Music making Quotes · Page 31

I'm working on my music a lot, like folk singing, guitar. It's sort of rocky, folky, alty, angsty. I'm putting a lot…

— Jamie Campbell Bower

“The mind is a fascinating instrument that can make or break you.”

— yvan Byeajee

I never wanted to be in a heavy-metal band.

— Shavo Odadjian

Nobody wants to hear me sing! I can sing, but nobody wants to be there for it.

— Matt Letscher

LCD is a band about a band writing music about writing music.

— James Murphy

I sing about life.

— Marvin Gaye

The idea of strapping on a guitar and fronting a band has always scared me half to death.

— Josh Freese

In my mind these two instruments speak to me in different ways, and the solo stuff seems to be easier to do…

— Evan Parker

Singing was probably my first love, and song writing. I write a lot of love songs and heartbreaking songs.

— Nolan Sotillo

I've really improved, I think, as far as just being able to get up onstage with my guitar and sing.

— Cody Simpson

To sing a simple round is truly an enlightening experience.

— Phil Lesh

I use the audience as my color palette, my instrument.

— Bobby McFerrin

Me and the Dap-Kings, the whole band is playing a wedding band in 'The Wolf of Wall Street.'

— Sharon Jones

Since I cannot sing, I paint.

— Georgia O'Keeffe

I think if you are writing an instrumental you are dealing with more of an aesthetic in a sense but a lyric…

— Leo Kottke

Find myself a rock and roll band, that needs a helping hand.

— Rod Stewart

“Like one of his heroes, Tom Waits, whenever Yorke feels like his songwriting is getting too comfortable or stale, he’ll pick up…

— Austin Kleon

It's healthy for a band to become slightly less relevant

— Max Bemis

I really do think everybody can sing.

— Stephen Malkmus

I feel so lucky to have found two other, now three other musicians, that I can absolutely communicate with musically and believe…

— Theresa Wayman

I grew up with the Beatles and they are still to this day my top band played in my iTunes.

— Greg Laswell

When you learn to play, you just hold the guitar differently. You can tell when someone's just never held an instrument.

— Monica Barbaro

I think I'm eclectic and I'm never afraid to not know an artist or a band or an album because I want…

— Jade Bird

The instrument through which you see God is your whole self. And if a man's self is not kept clean and bright,…

— Anonymous

The limitations and parameters of a band is something I've always enjoyed: so many creative people coming together and raising the music…

— Grace Potter