It is the state of mind of the person wielding the instrument that determines to what end it will be put. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I feel a lot closer to music and my relationship with my instrument than I did as a teenager. I have an… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
God gave music the power to carry his light into the darkness. That’s a mighty privilege. It means intentionally telling stories and… — Andrew Peterson Copy Share Image
Congregational singing is a holy act, and as I organize my thoughts, I hear my old pastor, Alistair Begg, reminding me that… — Keith Getty Copy Share Image
I found it easy to produce. I'm not the musical guy. I can't read and play music like that, but put some… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
I will stop nasal singing. I will change if the time comes. I am 100% sure about it. The day I feel… — Himesh Reshammiya Copy Share Image
It is really refreshing to hear a big band that has the ability to execute ensemble passages with swing and precision while… — John Patitucci Copy Share Image
We're a band's band. We have real songs, real players, real problems. Real ups, real downs. — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
I don't think there's anything wrong with not knowing how to play an instrument, but the rise of the non-musical producer has… — Moby Copy Share Image
I take every lesson in the book: singing, acting, guitar, piano, jazz, organ and tap-dancing. — Barbi Benton Copy Share Image
It's really hard for me to capture this certain way of singing that sounds good to me. I don't really understand it,… — Doug Martsch Copy Share Image
The problem with improvisation is, of course, that everyone just slips into their comfort zone and does sort of the easy thing… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
“At the ukulele workshop that summer. He lectured on the four-note chord in the context of timelessness, and described himself then as… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
In fact, the element of play has an important role in my life, and I think that should be the case in… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Copy Share Image
I definitely enjoy working within different contexts, with different collaborators, and in different locations. I need to keep feeding myself as an… — Mirah Copy Share Image
We can be a rock band if want to be. We can be an electronic group if we want to be. We… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
I still sing. I still lead worship. I mean, it's - who I am, it's what God has given me to do. — Darlene Zschech Copy Share Image
A band is a great way to destroy a friendship, and a tour's a great way to destroy a band. — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
As an architect, you have to provide a shelter to enjoy art. And you have to love art. It's like when you… — Renzo Piano Copy Share Image
By the time I was 17, I was in a band, writing songs and playing solo piano at weekends, in pubs or… — Chesney Hawkes Copy Share Image
My brother was in high school and he had a garage band going, but no one would sing. They were covering a… — Mitch Lucker Copy Share Image
When we treat music as an industrial commodity, and young people as merely consumers, we overlook the joy of participating in music...… — Mick Hucknall Copy Share Image
All I can say, being young people being in a band, writing songs that we felt were great... we never felt that… — Charlotte Caffey Copy Share Image
I didn't own a record player when I was younger. I just played every day after school and then started gigging around… — Michael McDonald Copy Share Image
You know, my sister sings, my brother plays drums in my band. My whole family is a bunch of musicians. — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
When I was 17, my main goal was to be in a band and travel the world. I ended up getting to… — Cassadee Pope Copy Share Image
I was 11 years old, and I had been playing classical piano for three years, and suddenly the guitar came and landed… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I cannot imagine a more satisfying calling than my own: beauty, humanity, and history every day, combined with the cathartic joy of… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image