Music making Quotes · Page 62

I play piano and I sing. But I do that for fun. I mean, I do everything for fun.

— Daphne Guinness

Authentic rock and roll is a sound that I've always been drawn to with bands like Brand New and Jimmy Eat World.

— Ryan Hurd

The Steinway piano is such an incomparable instrument. Due to its virtues, I am able to express all my musical feelings.

— Daniel Barenboim

Pantera is the only band I've ever been in, and at the start we used to play covers to make a living.

— Dimebag Darrell

I was the drummer in a band called Hemsworth for a brief stint, too - it was not very great. I didn't…

— Ryan Hemsworth

I've always had a good time in bands, and when I wasn't having a good time, I left.

— Peter Frampton

I grew up with boys of all kinds - I have two brothers, and I was in a bagpipe band for several…

— Maggie Stiefvater

I've become more interested in creating a band sound than trying to outshine the other guys.

— Dimebag Darrell

I still love to walk in the mountains or be on the sea. I like to be in nature. Sometimes I bicycle.…

— Cecilia Bartoli

We care about equality and democracy within the band and outside the band. For us life is about cooperation and solidarity, not…

— G.W. Sok

Singing is my passion, regardless of anything else that I've ever done. That's the one thing that no one can ever take…

— Alex Newell

You know, the truth is that us actors would all like to believe we re-invent the wheel, every time we play a…

— John C. Reilly

I'm convinced that the world, more than ever, needs the music only you can make. And if it takes extra courage to…

— Steve Goodier

I put in the sounds of instruments such as the guitar and piano, which everybody hears often, and tried to go with…

— Seungri

“A neurosurgeon once told me about operating on the brain of a young man with epilepsy. As is customary in this kind…

— Wilder Penfield

“The act of singing and dancing is about as true a form of self-expression as we have access to as human beings.…

— Brad Falchuk

“Too many talented people string and unstring their instruments without ever playing their music.”

— Ken Standley

Years and years ago, I sang at a blues bar with a band behind me. It was with my friend, my guitar…

— Josh Holloway

I feel like I'm waving the flag for musicianship, trying to bring back bands that can play.

— Jonathan Davis

What I see in a lot of music movies, or rock 'n' roll movies, that feature a band is that they're lip-synching.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

The regular rhythm and upbeat tunes of military music or marching bands positively affect your mood even if you don't actually 'enjoy'…

— Liz Miller

Busted is not the ideal band I'd like to be in by any stretch of the imagination.

— Charlie Simpson

I'm sure I could start a band tomorrow that would have different influences and would want to do something completely different than…

— Chris Cornell

Music teachers can either inspire or make you resent your instrument and parents in early years.

— Jill Sobule

My strength is to communicate with an audience and to know what jazz singing is capable of.

— Kurt Elling

I've been so used to being supported by musicians, and I don't class myself as a particularly adept musician on instruments. I…

— PJ Harvey

I used to think I was ordinary and just like everybody else, and I am, but there is something about being in…

— Chrissie Hynde

I feel like I'm a quick learner and I'm also very quick to forget. That's why I can't play an instrument because…

— Joss Stone

I don't want to compromise on my singing or drop down its level to start acting.

— Guru Randhawa

There are plenty of very different sounding bands that could be H.O.R.D.E. bands.

— John Popper

“We waited on the plaza while the band wondered what to play at a time like this—something to console or wake the…

— Ron Slate

Normally when I work with bands I'm trying to refine and improve what's already there.

— Jerry Harrison

It seems that singing is the only thing I've been able to do and fortunately it seems to be useful!

— Judith Durham

I play as many instruments as Prince, and I can write as many songs as him, but he'll be way better than…

— Scarface

I really wish I could sing so I could front a band, because that would be a dream come true, totally. I…

— Charisma Carpenter

I listen to music while doing homework, texting, singing, dancing, eating, talking, driving, walking, running, living, breathing...

— Jerett Parker

I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a…

— Anonymous

I love jamming with my band because the guys inspire me every time. We all get off on each other's playing.

— Dimebag Darrell

My home studio is my private instrument for me only. It's not intended to record anyone but me.

— Billy Sheehan

Average band with a great drummer sounds great, great band with an average drummer sounds average.

— Buddy Rich