Music making Quotes · Page 33

I think that there's a strong crossover in that Janis, studying the visual arts, was learning how to break it down into…

— Laura Joplin

We grew up with musicians coming over jamming. We had tons of instruments. So holidays were always like, 50 people would come…

— Elisabeth Moss

We had a bunch of instruments around the house. Like, I played different instruments, trumpet, bass, drums, piano, all that, but whatever…

— Trombone Shorty

If you're lucky enough to have a guitar player like Derek in your band, you have to give him time to shine,…

— Susan Tedeschi

Writing from a personal experience can bring about this emotion and power of emotion that can be instantly connected to the instrument,…

— Gregory Porter

We were perceived as a post-grunge band.

— Daniel Johns

I love hard singing.

— Alison Krauss

We haven't started playing it live yet but we're going to. And then 'Warpaint' is a song that's really, really close to…

— Theresa Wayman

A true musician, like Johnny Cash, should be able to walk into a room with nothing but an instrument and capture people's…

— Chris Cornell

I learned to play instruments and I've been in bands since I was 13, but I wanted to be an artist and…

— The-Dream

At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks too Duke Ellington.

— Miles Davis

First of all, I love singing. I mean, I get out of bed and I sing. I can't help it.

— Tom Jones

For I am bound with fleshly bands, Joy, beauty, lie beyond my scope; I strain my heart, I stretch my hands, And…

— Christina Rossetti

The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on…

— Yoko Ono

Yes, but I have to say this: the band is going to decide where the band plays.

— Sebastian Bach

I do really love singing. It's something that I have always liked to do.

— Erica Cerra

Don't clap I'm not a jazz band for Christ's sake.

— Dylan Moran

The light went on when I heard Phil [woods] play, and I went like, "That is why I'm playing the instrument." So…

— Jon Gordon

I don't want to know everything about bands, I want to have some mystique remain because sometimes when you get all of…

— John Bush

I usually sing when I'm by myself.

— Chyler Leigh

It happens very rarely, but when it happens it's worth waiting for, that the instrument becomes part of your body.

— Jack Brymer

For 'For Real,' where I play a singer who has to give up her passion for her husband and family, I practised…

— Sarita Choudhury

Our goal was definitely to be the biggest band in the world, for sure.

— Redfoo

There is no one like Toto in history in that we were both successful as session musicians and also had a band…

— Steve Lukather

We have a certain bond that we don't have with anyone else on the planet. You just have that bond, that journey…

— Dolores O'Riordan