In a way records are like paintings. Instead of using paints and brushes we use sounds and instruments. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
When a band means a lot to you, you build the fantasy more than the reality. Always. — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
A band is sort of like a star. It reaches a peak and burns out. To have five guys working in perfect… — Adrian Smith Copy Share Image
I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and… — Yann Tiersen Copy Share Image
Luckily for me, when I was growing up in high school, I had a band, and I was a singer in the… — Stark Sands Copy Share Image
After I learned the piano, I went on to learn percussion, the tuba, b-flat baritone, French horn, trombone, trumpet, most of the… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
“The chief musician-a sergeant-led the twelve-nuan regimental band that provided entertainment as well as the music to which the army marched and… — Richard Bruce Winders Copy Share Image
Music, that has mostly earned a 'film music' status in our country, leaves genres like jazz, folk and classical to the niche.… — Shweta Basu Prasad Copy Share Image
My idea for our band is to be influenced by something different for every album. So it's almost like making a new… — Dylan Baldi Copy Share Image
When you're a musician and you come from a singing background, specifically one that focused a lot on a cappella music as… — Nick Lachey Copy Share Image
I mean, I don't think I would call Claus to do an album of big band tunes. You know, just like arrangers… — Diana Krall Copy Share Image
You're just these kids from a small town. You get a record deal, and everything just goes so fast. In the span… — Benji Madden Copy Share Image
The identity of each band is what's important for me production-wise. — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
When the clock strikes 2, 3, and 4, if the band slows down we'll yell for more. — Bill Haley Copy Share Image
I started out singing in high school in the choir and in a garage band. — Stark Sands Copy Share Image
I came from somewhat of a musical family. I had an uncle on Broadway. My dad kind of knows how to play… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
In my opinion, anybody can sing. If they have a voice, they must sing. — Asha Bhosle Copy Share Image
your concert-goer, though he feed upon symphony as a lamb upon milk, is no true lover if he play no instrument. Your… — Catherine Drinker Bowen Copy Share Image
A lot of my musical education was done simply by listening. If you really want to excel on your instrument, it's almost… — David Finckel Copy Share Image
We're basically a rock band - guitar, bass, drums and vocals. But we take it further than that. We can be rotten,… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
My parents - Augustine Joseph and Elizabeth - discovered my talent for singing when I was a kid. I remember them telling… — K. J. Yesudas Copy Share Image
Well, Steve Vai joined my dad's band right around the time when I actually started playing guitar. So he gave me a… — Dweezil Zappa Copy Share Image
I know that starting out as a young band, it's really easy to get lost with bands that sound the same or… — Kellin Quinn Copy Share Image
If you were to ask me, 'What the hell does a musician have in common with a restaurant?' I would say a… — Mick Fleetwood Copy Share Image
When you start a band, you have to find people that are good, have the same sort of mindset as you musically. — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I'm writing songs I find myself in that Teskey Brothers soul world and I'm like, 'This is not a G… — G Flip Copy Share Image
My favorite records are by bands where the musicians are all playing like themselves, but those personalities connect in an exciting way… — Dylan Baldi Copy Share Image
For a rock band, I didn't see the point in live albums. To my mind, you've got to be there. — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
Shellac was asked to do a recreation of our first album, but we've always been a band that improvised our sets. That's… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
I will concentrate on playing guitar, on lyrics and on singing. I am a part of things; I am not the encompassing… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
You are always kind of suspicious that there's a better life out there for you no matter what it is - and… — Ryan Jarman Copy Share Image
Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties… — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
I was listening 'Plastic Ono Band,' the John Lennon album a lot, and that might have had some inspiration on me. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
“Music on the radio. When I went in, the big bands were just getting up a good head of steam. Now every… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I do think I've learned, in the ensuing years, how to be a more effective bandleader. And maybe, just maybe, we're a… — David First Copy Share Image
