Music making Quotes · Page 43

A lot of the metal bands that were around when Metallica put out 'The Black Album,' now they're playing clubs, and Metallica…

— M. Shadows

My band is so dedicated, everybody works very hard. The No. 1 priority is the show, and it's pretty cool because we…

— Bob Seger

I started out singing covers. I've sung a lot of 'em and love a lot of 'em.

— Rodney Atkins

“It's the place you would go if you wanted to buy a stereo system for under thirty-five dollars and didn't care if…

— Bill Bryson

I could relate to a band from a small town, talking about wanting to get out.

— Luke Hemmings

I like singing, but it's certainly not my strong point.

— Moby

Adele was introduced to me by a guitarist named Mike Hartnett that plays for a band called Rehab. We was just riding…

— Big K.R.I.T

Hip-hop is the only music in the world where you can take any instrument and make it hip hop. It's anybody's music.…

— Yelawolf

Usually I'm only using my instruments when I'm recording or playing a gig.

— Max Tundra

Playing the guitar, you kind of lock into a rhythm and a groove, and then it relaxes me to make up lyrics…

— Cat Power

My father has a great voice. My father used to sing... just sing.

— Marvin Gaye

A band is as solid as its drummer is.

— Joey Kramer

The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument.

— Herb Alpert

California club pop chirper Dev's debut is as stark as it is sweet. This is owed partly to the casually giddy lightness…

— Chuck Eddy

We formed this band when we were 18-19, we couldn't play... We were just like 'Let's get together and play some cover…

— Lars Ulrich

There's no reason but luck that I'm in one of the biggest bands in music.

— apl.de.ap

Hopefully people can look at our band and see that we're a heavy rock band. We're definitely not a metal band, but…

— Adam Rich

An electronic instrument is just harboring a natural element the same way that a guitar is harboring an acoustic element. It's all…

— Patrick Wolf

By 21, I had my first real taste of success with a band called House of Pain.

— Everlast

We had a great educator [in the school band], a man named Larry Laurenzano. He was tough, but we knew that he…

— Jon Gordon

I had a drummer in my band who started teaching me tricks to come up with interesting rhythms. Because I don't come…

— Jens Lekman

Singing is something that I have done all my life, but what I did on my first two records was to hide…

— Hildur Gudnadottir

Perception is made up of bands.

— Frederick Lenz

But I would lie on the floor and analyze everything. I'd listen to all the strings and the background vocals on the…

— Kevin Richardson

We started this band as kids, and as time has gone on, we've grown and are learning to accommodate each others' differences.

— Layne Staley