Music making Quotes · Page 82

I just love the thrill of performing on stage. I believe that singing is something I was put here to do.

— Lucy Hale

When I'm onstage, I hope it looks like what I want to see - the lights, the pyro, the band.

— Nikki Sixx

A lot of bands break through with their third record: the White Stripes, the Clash, the Replacements.

— Ezra Furman

It is an unfortunate irony that music-making intended in part to attract new listeners is usually the least well rehearsed and motivated.

— Bernard Holland

I still sing. I still lead worship. I mean, it's - who I am, it's what God has given me to do.

— Darlene Zschech

When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.

— Lady Gaga

In Europe they look upon jazz as art. In America it's a diversion. Somebody opens a restaurant and installs another band off…

— Chet Baker

I wanted to come back to the guitar after three albums and almost 10 years. I started to miss this instrument and…

— Rokia Traore

Think about what makes a band burn out. They get too successful too fast. And then they take it for granted. And…

— Grace Potter

It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me. And also it's to me the greatest instrument. I shouldn't say that, but…

— Dave Brubeck

I don't understand how those old bands did it. We worked out early on that if we did three gigs in a…

— Winston Marshall

I'm trying to open up my range and really sing more. With The Fugees initially, and even with 'Miseducation,' it was very…

— Lauryn Hill

I do so play an instrument! I play air! I play the air with my fingers, and I'm in touch with the…

— Jill Scott

“Followed like a goat on a halter, hungry dog closing on his just-filled dinner bowl, water-bottle and towel carrier behind the tuba…

— Dennis Vickers

“I have a new love for that glittering instrument, the human soul. It is a lovely and unique thing in the universe.…

— John Steinbeck

I sang in a reggae band. And then there was a soul band where I sang back-up vocals and some lead. And…

— Abigail Washburn

I would like to be remembered as a man who brought an innovation to popular singing.

— Frank Sinatra

I dance, scream like screamo, I have a band named Shattered Memories. What can I say I'm not perfect. :)

— Anonymous

I have a fascination for well-produced '70s and '80s rock with a lot of harmonies. AOR bands like Journey, Jefferson Starship, Toto,…

— Tobias Forge

We're a unique band, so why have a generic producer lumping you in a box with other bands that sound the same?

— Jim Root

I really idolize everything my sisters do,so I went into singing contests and won also. That's how I really got into singing.

— Coco Lee

Sometimes on my show, I just play something out of the blue, and the band picks up on it.

— Trombone Shorty

He didn't want me to become a musician, he wanted me to be a doctor, because he said singing was too hard.

— Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

A band which plays songs such as 'Death Knell' or 'Prime Mover' can't just stand on the stage with a shirt and…

— Tobias Forge

I'm probably more into a more spacious, even meditative, quiet delivery of singing.

— Dan Bejar

But I can tell you that my favourite singer is Shania Twain and my favourite band is Lonestar.

— Matt Le Tissier

All I can say, being young people being in a band, writing songs that we felt were great... we never felt that…

— Charlotte Caffey

We're a rock n' roll band. We play heavy metal music. And we want to give you a great time. That's basically…

— Rob Halford

I always wanted to do a song with a violin; I always loved the sound of the instrument, especially for melodic stuff.

— Max Cavalera

For an individual, playback singing is not enough to sustain a career, and it is not really a main source of income.

— Armaan Malik

Kenny G, I have to be grateful to him for proving that the instrument can be played all different kinds of ways.

— Steve Lacy

It's really hard for me to capture this certain way of singing that sounds good to me. I don't really understand it,…

— Doug Martsch

Singing background has always been such a precious thing. I'm always going to be excited to sing behind an artist and learn…

— Judith Hill

I like guitar. It just turned out that it's the instrument I learned to play. I have a lot of respect for…

— Mac DeMarco

When I was at school, I used to stay on a balcony singing and people would stand around listening.

— Bad Bunny

Folks call me Ellis. I run an auto shop with a couple of my buddies. We're also in a band. I play…

— Ellis

I cannot imagine a more satisfying calling than my own: beauty, humanity, and history every day, combined with the cathartic joy of…

— Renee Fleming

THE GODS was my first professional band and I learned a lot during that time. It was very cool playing with so…

— Ken Hensley

I played with local bands and ended up touring with Scissor Sisters, Mylo, Alphabeat, and Calvin Harris. That somehow changed into DJ'ing.

— Kristian Nairn

We want to sound like a band you can't clone or even categorize. We like to throw everyone off.

— Shavo Odadjian