Music making Quotes · Page 64

I'm at a point where I let my mind go with flow of the music I'm making and it's not interrupted by…

— Mic Geronimo

I went in [Sweet Basil band] and played with them, maybe half the gig for almost eight years or more.

— Jon Gordon

There has to be an element of danger, or at least an element of intrigue, for a band to be interesting.

— Mike Patton

The finest singing, given a good voice to begin with, comes from the constant play of a fine mind upon the inner…

— Ernest Newman

In the hierarchy of instruments, if you're a harpist, you're considered someone with a brain much more than if you're a singer.

— Nellie McKay

One of the big things that broke the band up for me, which I've become much clearer on over the years, was…

— James Murphy

I played some Yamaha drums that I like a lot. And I like the Yamaha people a lot too. They've been really…

— Levon Helm

There has always been a feeling with people that they love my singing but not always the choice of material.

— Alison Moyet

“The band is playing Auld Lang Syne But the heart will not retreat There's no forsaking what you love No existential leap…

— Leonard Cohen

'Wii Music' elevates the scope of music video games by moving beyond commentary on what music is - as 'Rock Band' and…

— Carrie Brownstein

When I'm not working, I'm on the road with my band. Or I'm performing in poetry houses doing spoken work. So I've…

— Malcolm-Jamal Warner

“Music hath its land of origin; and yet it is also its own country, its own sovereign power, and all may take…

— M.T. Anderson

Through singing, I met my second husband, Jonathan, who is a professional musician. He transformed our lives and relieved me of much…

— Jane Hawking

I always hesitate when people call me a musician.I have had no musical training. I can't play anything. I really think of…

— Patti Smith

If you're in a successful band, you tend to fall into a role. But I'm not remotely laddish. I'm a grown-up. I'm…

— Johnny Marr

For the people that don't know it, we've had members come and go from this band since the beginning. It's always been…

— John Gourley

I tell you, when we travel with our own band and we're on the road... Well, I can't even believe this is…

— Jane Monheit

A band requires so much rehearsal and travel logistics. I didn't mind it when I was younger, but there's not much motivation…

— Mark Kozelek

I do love singing. I wouldn't say I'm any good, but I definitely love it - especially jazz singing.

— Emilia Clarke

I believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.

— Mick Jagger

When we recorded 'Iowa,' we jammed, we went through the songs, we played as a band and we recorded as a band.

— Jim Root

For a while I had somebody that came to clean my house that turned out to be in a band that I…

— Carrie Brownstein

Being in a band you can wear whatever you want - it's like an excuse for Halloween every day.

— Gwen Stefani

Well, I was in a band. I was the singer with a band called the Soul Satisfiers. I sang then quite a…

— Gloria Gaynor

I think I'm going to do a lot of acting first, then go to singing. I definitely want to sing someday, though.…

— Jamie Lynn Spears

“The bands of color in a rainbow remind me of my band, Bands of Color. We’re not very musical, but we sure…

— Jarod Kintz

I have never been vocal about my singing abilities, but I am always ready to present my dancing skills.

— Aditi Rao Hydari

Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if…

— Edith Piaf

My least favorite thing about being in a band is photo shoots and video shoots. I like writing songs.

— Laura Jane Grace

I'll have the music, and then I'll just turn the microphone on, press Play and Record and sing. And whatever comes out…

— Phil Collins

“The band had morphed into another sweet melancholy song. "I'm Not Supposed To Love You Anymore." If that wasn't the voice of…

— Kristan Higgins

Certainly, there are huge, multiplatinum bands whose singers command their audience's attention. Sadly, much of the time they have little to say.

— Henry Rollins

Good songs are what a good band is all about. When you have a good song that stands up to the test…

— Joey Kramer

It's like a spiritual elevation that occurs when you're playing and becoming one with the instrument or players on the stage.

— Matt Nathanson

Singing is my passion and something that I still love to do and I'm always going to want to do it.

— Naturi Naughton

Even before we had a band, the merging of music and movies just seemed so perfect.

— Ron Mael

Percussion is the most adaptable family of instruments. The biggest challenge is to project percussion in a lyrical way.

— Evelyn Glennie

I got the idea of what a band should be from listening to Booker T and Otis Redding.

— Paul Rodgers

You were playing your instruments? Or do you have tape recorders under your seats?

— Prince Philip

I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career.

— Julie Andrews