Music making Quotes · Page 65

I do play a lot of instruments. I started with the harp when I was young and then sort of moved to…

— Maggie Rogers

When I hear artists or authors making fun of businessmen, I think of a regiment in which the band makes fun of…

— H. L. Mencken

The best part of being in a band and being successful is you get to have hot girls lace up your shoes.

— Zacky Vengeance

When I was a kid, everyone wanted to be in a band - that was the path to girls, adulation, money.

— Tom Anderson

Back in the Eighties, I used to write ballads on my acoustic guitar, so it seems very natural to me to go…

— Wayne Static

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on

— Samuel Butler

This is what I wanted to do from the very beginning: write songs and make records and tour them with a good…

— Christopher Owens

I had trouble fitting in, in a musical sense. A lot of drummers get sidetracked by the instrument. It can engulf you.

— Tre Cool

You don't pigeonhole yourself, people pigeonhole you. If the world is not at a place yet where it can just be like,…

— Beth Ditto

I love the whole aspect of music, especially the singing; I never get tired of finding new songs to sing and sing…

— Johnny Mathis

I love the sound of voices singing together, congregational singing, anything like gospel, or folk, or sea shanties. I spent quite a…

— Hozier

At every moment, each instrument knew what to play. Its little bit. But none could see the whole thing like this, all…

— Janet Fitch

This goes for our songwriting as well as our success as a band - the minute we stopped chasing what we thought…

— Matthew Ramsey

I didn't graduate high school, so I never got a teacher's education, I'm mostly self-read, self-taught. I always loved music, so I…

— Billy Joel

The music industry has completely restructured itself in the last couple of years because it hasn't been making money. Labels are signing…

— Caroline Polachek

You don't have to have a terrific voice or know how to read music. The only requirement is that you enjoy singing,…

— Dick Miller

Essentially, your voice is an instrument; it's a muscle, and you have to treat it like a muscle, and so you have…

— Kevin Spacey

When everything is together - the band, me, the audience, it's boss! It's just like magic.

— Janis Joplin

I can't imagine ever not making music, making albums, writing songs, doing shows. That's all I really know, and that's all I…

— Pixie Lott

Rehearsals and this band are two words that don't really go together, kinda like Military Intelligence.

— Jerry Cantrell

With the Internet, bands can come and go every five minutes and the music looks disposable.

— Bruce Dickinson

A lot of times, when a band finds success with a certain style or sound, they have a really hard time breaking…

— Matt Cameron

I think bands, when they're on the road, they keep their sanity by developing an internal sense of humor.

— Ric Ocasek

My father was a steelworker who'd come over from Abruzzi, in Italy. He played in the band and he encouraged me to…

— Henry Mancini

For about three years I was playing clubs and theatres, I had a band, and I made a recording a few years…

— Laura Nyro

Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It's a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It's sort of…

— Al Pacino

I've been playing one way or another since I was about three years old. I don't remember not knowing how to play…

— Frank Fairfield

The songs my band and I like to sing - the songs that the room will erupt for - are '90s hits,…

— Ross Lynch

I think being in a band is probably the only job when you're actively encouraged to be out of it most of…

— Martin Gore

While you're learning guitar, figure out the drums, too. Not only does it help you have great timing, but it helps you…

— Nuno Bettencourt

The songs resonate with a positive hue. That's a positive thing. People feel good singing 'Sing a Song' or 'Shining Star.'

— Philip Bailey

All the best bands have a language, and what they say within that language makes it is what it is.

— Erol Alkan

My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight.

— Kate Smith

That's really the thing that got me into playing a lot - getting excited about playing along with my favorite bands like…

— Chad Smith

I can't sing. So if I ever tell you that I'm singing tell me to stop!! You might go deaf..:P

— Anonymous

I love and respect my instrument. I was born with an instinct for what is right, the correct technique, and I have…

— Mirella Freni

If you heard my records and no one told you, I don't think you'd know whether it's a band or one guy.

— Lenny Kravitz

Fans want new music. We're the same way. We have bands that we like, and whether they release it or not, we're…

— John Dolmayan

I love being in a band. I love that collaborative spirit, although some would suggest that I don't get involved in the…

— Trevor Rabin

I realized when I was taking care of my problems that the band is all I really care about.

— Steven Tyler