Music making Quotes · Page 50

I play the real instruments. I don't waste my time with anything else.

— Jason Newsted

The Music Machine is my favorite rock band ever.

— Lou Barlow

^-^ check out what I made. Papa Roach (favorite rock band)

— James

If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it.

— Pierre Beaumarchais

He's writing what I'm singing, and I'm writing what he's playing.

— Patrick Stump

I've got about three or four rooms of records, and two rooms of instruments.

— Madlib

I have been singing all my life, so it is pretty much second nature to me.

— Gene Watson

I like to sing with people, whether they're good or not.

— John Stamos

We've gotten better as a live band. The songs have been allowed to grow with our audience. I don't think I would…

— Bryce Dessner

“I want to play you…” He pressed his forehead to mine, closing his eyes. “I want to play your body like an…

— J.M. Warwick

In 1996, I was in was in an acoustic kind of rock band, we were called Feeble. We were just playing locally.

— Travis Barker

Nature is an aeolian harp, a musical instrument whose tones are the re-echo of higher strings within us.

— Novalis

One of the joys of writing music is making your own mark. Study other stuff, immerse yourself in music and then tell…

— Thea Gilmore

Nother racist band. I have no part I want nohing to do with them. The drummer has just been arrested for ummm…

— Oliver Sykes

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

— Steve Lukather

I wish I played an instrument, but I could never decide which one, and I ended up playing nothing.

— Nastassja Kinski

The thing that will never go away is that connection you make with a band or a song where you're moved by…

— Dave Grohl

But I've always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what's expected of me,…

— Matt Cameron

I'd say we do reach somewhat of a younger audience, but I think for the most part that younger audience is picking…

— Alex Lifeson

My favorite singer is Canton Jones, a gospel hip-hop artist - when I'm on the bus going to a game, I listen…

— Maya Moore

When I was a kid, I was playing in various bands - amateur bands, garage bands, weekend bands, you name it, around…

— Steve Landes

We manage to bounce ideas off one another. Every band fights, but at the end of the day, we're very positive about…

— Keith Emerson

People are being more ­experimental. I hear chords being played that really haven't been on the radio. I love that. I go…

— Greg Kurstin

I listen to everything. As I told you, sometimes I just want to shut off from music and be silent. Then I…

— A. R. Rahman

Playing music and singing are my forms of meditation.

— Shruti Haasan

I was in a band called Hooker for a while.

— Travis Barker

Singing is really where I got my start in church.

— Danny Gokey

Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing.

— Julie Andrews

“Hip-hop is a reflection of your surroundings and an instrument of change.”

— Laura Goode

I think it's always good for a band to try and grow.

— Matt Squire

My singing... I'll just say it simple as possible: it's just godly.

— Michael Jackson

I love people and I love to sing, and that's what keeps me going.

— Loretta Lynn

When it comes to girl bands, we're all rivals.

— Jenny Frost

I see myself as like the lead singer of a band or something.

— Wiz Khalifa

When I do book readings, I always incorporate music or singing.

— Vivek Shraya

All of us sing, all are equal, all bring something different to the group.

— Ally Brooke

We sing for these kids who don't have a thing.

— Eminem

I don't sing as well as I used to. Nor does anyone else in their 60s.

— Anne Murray

I found a style of singing and performance that fits my lifestyle.

— Bridget Everett

There is definitely an art to the dance that is being in a band.

— Duff McKagan