Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers. — Elton John Copy Share Image
I think I write very good songs. But I don't know if anybody could record my songs with as much fervor. They… — Art Alexakis Copy Share Image
Whether he's doing great acting or not, you're seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor. What he does… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
I think we as a band, as individuals, understand that all popular music stems from blues and jazz and even pop, but… — David Johansen Copy Share Image
I had no idea I would become a musician; I fell into it. First, I had a band called Fancypants Hoodlum. It… — Peaches Copy Share Image
I play a whole lot of instruments pretty badly, instead of playing one instrument really well. — Mikal Cronin Copy Share Image
“It is an ajtys—a singing-duel. The boy and girl stand in the eye of the village carrying on a mocking well-I-sort-of-like-you-even-if-there’s-one-or-two-weird-things-about-you-for-instance—kind of… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
What I do is a bit broader in scope than a heavy metal band like Iron Maiden, Motorhead, ACDC and so on. — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
I started learning everybody's riffs, from Donny Hathaway to Jeffrey Osborne to James Ingram. That helped me create my own style of… — R. Kelly Copy Share Image
I like many different kinds of music. My favourite band is Radiohead, and I'm also a giant Jeff Buckley fan. — Christopher Masterson Copy Share Image
I've gotta be the only father begging his son to leave a six-figure job to go play in a rock n' roll… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
None of the bands I'm in demand constant touring, so I'm able to do a bunch of things. — Colin Marston Copy Share Image
To put my name on a track as a solo artist was a big deal to me. There was no band to… — Nita Strauss Copy Share Image
A band is like a marriage - you don't know why it works, but when it does, everything feels right. — Nuno Bettencourt Copy Share Image
We ceased to be a band the moment we made it. It left us with nothing. We felt like a failure although… — Morten Harket Copy Share Image
It wasn't enough to be positive, focused and fearless, I had to take action! Musicians say that the hardest part of practicing… — Joey Reiman Copy Share Image
Music is multi-dimensional: it's all in the feeling. Sometimes I feel like looping; sometimes I don't. Sometimes I want to strip it… — Tash Sultana Copy Share Image
I'm from a singing family, but they're not professional singers, only gospel - my grandfather was a minister. I started to sing… — Diana Ross Copy Share Image
Nobody played instruments in my family. My father got that bug and said he wants his son to play saxophone. — Clarence Clemons Copy Share Image
The world is full of bands and bullshit, and if I'm doing a stupid art project like rock 'n' roll then I… — Ariel Pink Copy Share Image
I've known from a very early age that singing was what I was supposed to do. There was this unmistaken, undeniable passion… — Josh Turner Copy Share Image
I always thought of myself as the piano player in the band. That, I suppose, I'm confident about, and I guess my… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Even as a kid, if I would come across something cool in the record store, that would be how I found out… — Scott Ian Copy Share Image
I've written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played — Mick Taylor Copy Share Image
If you were a performer that only had an acoustic instrument, back in the day you couldn't hide behind your guitar pedals… — Will Sheff Copy Share Image
I have never done any other job. I have sung in bands since I was 15. I left school completely unqualified. I… — Alison Moyet Copy Share Image
The wild thing is that when I'm in the band, I can control my destiny with four other guys. As a composer… — David Bryan Copy Share Image
“And the thing about jazz, through all the business involved in practicing and improvement, it's always sweet: the improvement that you notice… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
I remember hearing, back in the day, so-and-so got a deal, and bands are spending the money. Some of them live in… — Sonny Sandoval Copy Share Image
Why would you want to stand there waving a stick when you could be playing an instrument? — Nigel Kennedy Copy Share Image
As a songwriter and a singer in a successful rock band, I have had the good fortune of being surrounded by incredible… — Ed Kowalczyk Copy Share Image
I'm quite happy for my voice to be pushed up, whereas in the past I wanted it buried with the guitars, or… — Roddy Woomble Copy Share Image
The band is like a vintage car. You take it out to go for a spin for a couple miles, but you… — Robyn Hitchcock Copy Share Image
When you're in a band, it's like everyone's the CEO, and anyone could destroy it at any moment. — Jack Antonoff Copy Share Image
All of the people we admire have extensive catalogs, so what's most exciting about people responding well to the band is allowing… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I like people writing great songs on guitar or piano or what have you. I miss people getting on stage with real… — John 5 Copy Share Image
Actually, when I was in elementary school, I saw a saxophone. A band came to my school, and I saw this guy… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
