Music making Quotes · Page 59

I was actually in a Take That tribute band.

— Rylan Clark-Neal

I've said this over and over again, but I love being in a band.

— Ringo Starr

“The instrument through which time is converted is called work.”

— Sunday Adelaja

I need the money. People don't understand how little money you make in a band.

— Evan Dando

I've been singing in church and wherever else I got the chance since I was 3.

— Morgan Wallen

I can sing and dance. I can smile - a lot.

— Chris Colfer

I was a drummer, and I did a little singing too.

— Lou Gramm

I'm literally tone-deaf with singing. It's unreal.

— Tom Holland

I grew up mostly with classical, big band, and a lot of Irish music - I really didn't start listening to rock…

— Moira Kelly

If something is done really well then the question of live vs. DJ vs. instruments vs. drum machines doesn't matter - it's…

— Bonobo

I was that kid that did dance, singing, pageants. I did everything pretty much across the board, so it was kind of…

— Normani Kordei

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

— Cat Power

I have a great band, with very talented players, and we give everything we have every night.

— John Legend

You have a natural groove inside of you, but the more you practise, the more comfortable you will be with your instrument.

— Vinnie Paul

By 17, I had a whole band that would go in and play. It was called Spontaneous Inventions, after a Bobby McFerrin album.

— Brian McKnight

I've discovered all kinds of music and done all kinds of music over the past 40 years, from playing tango with Piazzolla…

— Gary Burton

When I was a teenager, I dreamed of being an opera singer like Maria Callas or a jazz singer like June Christy…

— Patti Smith

I'm down to Earth, a lover of music, making music and making love. I love to make people happy and I think…

— Duff McKagan

Starting a band is the easy part. Once you've formed the band, you have to tell a story, and that story requires…

— The Edge

When I was 5, I started taking singing lessons, and then, after 'School of Rock,' I started taking guitar lessons. I would…

— Miranda Cosgrove

If I see a chick playing guitar, I'm drawn to that band immediately. I want to know everything, even if it's completely…

— Courtney Love

When I was young, and I would see bands playing, I would dig the rock & roll and get excited, but when…

— Angus Young

In my early 20s, I had this idea that I was going to front a band, like Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin.…

— Pat Benatar

I got my first instrument at Christmas when I was three or four. My dad and mom got me a mandolin. It…

— Chord Overstreet

I like being with the band, the whole idea of playing music with them.

— Christine McVie

“For he is an instrument for the children to learn benevolence upon.”

— Christopher Smart

The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body.

— Anais Nin

I love trying new things and experimenting with instruments and sounds.

— John Corabi

Singing and entertainment are now my first priority.

— William Hung

I don't believe in having bands for solo records.

— Mick Jagger

I cannot imagine stopping singing. It is so nice that I even do it as a hobby.

— Jose Carreras

The guitar was not treated very seriously as a concert recital instrument.

— Julian Bream

Your body is your instrument, you play it expertly.

— Roseanne Barr

We want to do songs that people don't normally hear in cover bands.

— Tom Sandoval

A band ought to have a sound all of its own. It ought to have a personality.

— Glenn Miller

Singing was the big focus and outlet for me.

— Debra Wilson

I've never stopped working on songs and practising singing and guitar.

— Richard Dawson

I sing in the car if I'm in LA, because you're like soundproofed.

— Jimmy Fallon

“How could you be sad, when you can sing?”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Gamelan instruments are exotic and mysterious.

— James Newton Howard