“I discovered very early that my instrument wasn't my voice," he said to me once. "It was the microphone.” — Pete Hamill Copy Share Image
You know, I've always wanted this, to be playing music and making money and all. But, it is really weird. — Gina Schock Copy Share Image
Instead, of worrying if something will be a hit, bands need to go out and make good music, get a following, play… — Jaimoe Copy Share Image
Music is my soul, and I love singing and dancing, but being on the road is not a real way of life… — Ashley Roberts Copy Share Image
My dad and mom were in bands: the Soda Jerks, Fat Time, Girls at Play - which is a play on Men… — Sia Copy Share Image
Any band that you have, any relationship in your life, is gonna come with moments of tension. — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
What's really important is that all we ever were was a band. And all we ever wanted to be was a band. — Isaac Hanson Copy Share Image
A band isn't a band unless they're playing together. Otherwise, it's just five guys that are living off their royalty checks. — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
Well, Steve Vai joined my dad's band right around the time when I actually started playing guitar. So he gave me a… — Dweezil Zappa Copy Share Image
You get older, you start meeting girls, you want to impress them. And if you happen to know an instrument, what you… — Jake Shimabukuro Copy Share Image
Our bassist, Tim Staffell, was at art college with Frederick Bulsara, who changed his name to Freddie Mercury and joined the band… — Roger Taylor Copy Share Image
Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math.… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Frequently, I go straight into the studio and see what's around. I might hire a couple of instruments that I've never used… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I used to play in rock bands. Then I went to the first school of electronic music in the world. It was… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
My mother has learnt classical singing from renowned artiste Druba Ghosh at Sangeet Mahabharati, a music school. During my vacations, my father… — Madhura Naik Copy Share Image
“Because you're in a band, you go for other people in bands or in the music industry, but people don't grow up… — Paul Miles Copy Share Image
For me, recording was a lot about honing my guitar skills and honing my singing. — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
We've met people who have been in bands for years and they have said things to us like 'You guys are doing… — Calum Hood Copy Share Image
To me to singing is like a freedom. It's a very therapeutic thing. It's incredible. I can just lose myself. It's sort… — Lisa Stansfield Copy Share Image
The cult of the instrument is O.K. for people who are mad about the guitar. But I love music. The guitar is… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
We're not complete prodigies musically and as a band together it takes more and more work to find something new and special. — Justin Chancellor Copy Share Image
I love to have a band, but dancers are my priority because I really want a show, you know? — Zara Larsson Copy Share Image
I try to make classics. I don't try to make things that aren't good. It's always a pleasure to see that people… — Adrian Younge Copy Share Image
Mental health is personal for our whole band. As touring musicians, self-care can quickly become make it or break it on the… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
'Game of Thrones' offers such a wide range of instruments that I use and stylistically for what I'm doing, but 'Westworld' is… — Ramin Djawadi Copy Share Image
The congregation that I was raised in was one that sang and a non-instrumental fashion. It was all a cappella singing, and… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
The piano is really the featured instrument of a 10-piece chamber orchestra. The construction is the harmonic language. — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
I think I've always felt as a band and as a musician and a music business person, I've always felt like an… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
Singing has always been an important part of my life and I have always loved singing. — Sara Khan Copy Share Image
“singing has to come from the inside, and i don’t have anything left inside.’ ‘really?’ Ruth said, amazed, ‘How did that happen?’… — Francine Rivers Copy Share Image
With human beings it could be argued that all music-making is, in essence, grounded in improvisation. — John Burnside Copy Share Image
“Grown-ups everywhere are learning the instrument to relieve stress, focus their minds – and for the sheer joy it brings.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I always imagine later on these songs I could've played with a band, but it never worked out that way. — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
When I did my rock band, I pined for a more soulful sound. I wanted music that was very melodic and blues-based. — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
My dad and I used to play Prince, Lauryn Hill, Stevie Wonder, The Parliaments, and a lot of older funk bands while… — Gabriella Wilson Copy Share Image
I did play the guitar and sing; I was in a band called The Estrogens: three females and one very brave guy. — Carolyn Porco Copy Share Image
I used to play in bands and my dad, he's a big Beatles fan, so I grew up on a lot of… — Charlie Heaton Copy Share Image
It's been fun to just play bass in a band and play live but be in the background. — Ad-Rock Copy Share Image
We find it very interesting to call upon different voices as though they were different instruments. — Grace Chatto Copy Share Image
Everywhere was singing, all over the house was singing, and outside the house was alive with singing, and the very air was… — Richard Llewellyn Copy Share Image
