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 Copy Share Image
We can be a rock band if want to be. We can be an electronic group if we want to be. We… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
A lot of times, bands will go on tour, and people only wanna hear the hits. Luckily, our fans are receptive to… — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
With the jam bands I've seen, it's about music, and it's about theory, and it's about making everyone feel better with music. — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
I started out as a pianist and singer in gay and piano bars - they were the only places I could get… — Michael Feinstein Copy Share Image
Volbeat is one of those bands, where as soon as I hear them, I know who it is. It sounds like Elvis… — Jim Breuer Copy Share Image
I feel so lucky to have been in a group where it was a real band. This wasn't a singer and guitar… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
I'll write and make chords with my voice sometimes if I don't have an instrument even though it takes a million times… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
It was about this time that I began experiencing the beginnings of my battles with an anxiety disorder. We were touring a… — Jack Irons Copy Share Image
I know I express myself best singing love songs, and Jim Steinman gave me my rock style, which I have always wanted.… — Bonnie Tyler Copy Share Image
The real self of an artiste lies in art, so when an artiste performs, all the pain, trauma and tension get released… — Mrinalini Sarabhai Copy Share Image
We grew up with musicians coming over jamming. We had tons of instruments. So holidays were always like, 50 people would come… — Elisabeth Moss Copy Share Image
Your more a God to me than anyone who believes in something invisible. You have always been there for me through your… — Timothy Ashmore Copy Share Image
To be the music company of the future, you have to figure out a way to be a great business and distribution… — Michael Rapino Copy Share Image
I play the baritone horn - which is like a mini tuba, and is the least sexy instrument you can choose, and… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
I had 12 years of classical music as a child, playing piano competitions as a teenager, playing in blues bands and rock… — Ronnie Milsap Copy Share Image
Ultimately, our goal was to be a band and be recognized for our songs and making records. And I think that has… — Isaac Hanson Copy Share Image
It's more my own thing if I do instrumentals, but I also do really love collaborating with vocalists, so it's a good… — Flume Copy Share Image
Singing really is acting. In a lot of ways, it's much more personal. I love music, and being able to work on… — Leighton Meester 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
The thing about Led Zeppelin was that it was always four musicians at the top of their game, but they could play… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm an instantaneous act the whole world will love in one second - but that's how I've felt about… — Marina and the Diamonds Copy Share Image
It is not enough merely to memorize and spout vocal axioms good singing is infinitely more than much talk and head-knowledge. — Jerome Hines Copy Share Image
A lot of groups go out, and they make big bucks in a couple of years and they're gone. I would like… — Randy Meisner Copy Share Image
I played trumpet in school once because I joined band because a cute boy played trumpet too. And I was really bad… — Skylar Grey Copy Share Image
There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do not want to get your head cut… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
My mom wasn't thrilled about me being in a band, because she very correctly said she couldn't see any sort of stability… — Caroline Polachek Copy Share Image
For I am bound with fleshly bands, Joy, beauty, lie beyond my scope; I strain my heart, I stretch my hands, And… — Christina Rossetti Copy Share Image
O believing brethren! What an instrument is this which God hath put into your hands! Prayer moves Him that moves the universe. — Robert Murray M'Cheyne Copy Share Image
When the audience resonates with my music and sings every single word from the song, the high of performing live is unmatched. — Guru Randhawa Copy Share Image
My energy to sing, I get it from my singing. Singing was not a reason to make a living. This is the… — Nana Mouskouri Copy Share Image
I started listening to classical music when I was in my early teens. Prior to that, I listened to pop records or… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Angus and I had silent dreams about playing in a band since we were kids, always playing our guitars and listening to… — Malcolm Young Copy Share Image
We came from a small town where there was no music scene or no other bands, and we decided to put ours… — Ed Kowalczyk Copy Share Image
Lord God...use me as Your instrument -- but do not forsake me, for if ever I should be on my own, I… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I just want a band and keep them working, people that I like and who I think a lot of. Once my… — Pharoah Sanders Copy Share Image
I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops. — Evelyn Glennie Copy Share Image
Sometimes you feel like you're working all alone out there as a band and you have no soulmates in how you see… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
I much prefer making music to talking about it. There's something visceral about instruments and voices that transcends words. — Mark Heard Copy Share Image
When I moved to New York, I had to let my band know that I couldn't play anymore, and that was difficult… — Oscar Isaac Copy Share Image
