I learned my profession onstage. I didn't have a musical background. I had no conservatory training. I don't play an instrument. — Marcello Giordani Copy Share Image
I started playing guitar at, like, 12 or 13 and just rock bands mostly. I had a punk rock band and hard… — Oscar Isaac Copy Share Image
I actually was consciously trying to emulate bands like Bruce Springsteen, and just trying to emulate what they do structurally. — Tom Curren Copy Share Image
I love people. I love being in a band. I love making music. I had to figure out that was way more… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I want to learn how to play an instrument. I want to break a world record. I'm just a very determined, motivated… — Alyson Stoner Copy Share Image
Chano Pozo created the role of the conga soloist in the modern band, somewhat th way Coleman Hawkins created the solo tenor… — Ned Sublette Copy Share Image
The harp was so much more gestural and physical for me than the piano - something about bringing this instrument into your… — Zeena Parkins Copy Share Image
“His voice was of a lower pitch and somewhat gravely, very much like the lead singer in a band that called themselves… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't think a solo album is me. I don't consider my voice to be that kind of a voice. Not that… — Melissa Benoist Copy Share Image
Whereas when you perform, the song is done. The music is out. People know it already. You can interpret it differently, the… — NAO Copy Share Image
My instrumentals ain't up for rental but come and try em and if you wanna buy em then. I supply em I… — Kool G Rap Copy Share Image
A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
After moving to England I did some recording and eventually formed an English band, this was together for quite a few years… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
Basically, I try to treat the electric guitar like an acoustic guitar. What you have to do is attack the instrument and… — Rory Gallagher Copy Share Image
Most people learn to improvise on their own, listening to records, endless hours of noodling on their instrument in the bedroom with… — Gary Burton Copy Share Image
What formed me as a musician, a songwriter, the sound and personality of my band, a whole lot of that happened well… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I've always said that I use my voice as an instrument. It was something I created myself, and I said, 'Have voice,… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
My instrument is the studio. When I play my instrument, I'm creating music using the studio. All the other instruments serve it. — Son Lux Copy Share Image
Of the One O'Clock Lab Band after hearing their performance, and sitting in with them at the White House: "I wish it… — Duke Ellington 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
I started off playing the harmonium and singing. By the time I was eight or so, my interest moved to Western instrumental… — Vidyasagar Copy Share Image
I was extremefrom skateboarder to hip-hopper to rave child to lead singer of a rock band, I did it all, and all… — Pink Copy Share Image
Leading a band is fun, but it's not always something I want to continually focus on. I have my toes in a… — Matana Roberts Copy Share Image
“A monochrome Jackson Pollock," Jane says, and then tells Tiny, "We gotta bolt. This band is like a root canal sans painkiller".” — John Green 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
“We're a symphony--our limbs and lips and skin making up the instruments, working together to create a beautiful piece of music.” — Julie Cross Copy Share Image
This band is metal in that we have a lot of metal in our instruments, and there's quite a lot of metal… — Mikey Way Copy Share Image
I never met a politician who didn't want to be a guitar player in a rock band. I've got the opportunity to… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
It's what I love to do. I love being busy. I love singing, so I don't really see it as being busy… — Eric Ginn Copy Share Image
My band did the Teenage Fair battle of the bands - problem was we were 11 years old! They gave us a… — Steve Lukather Copy Share Image
I love playing and I love singing, and the writing. There's kind of a symbiotic relationship between the writing and the playing. — Guy Clark Copy Share Image
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 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
In high school, I once sang 'Let's Get It On' and 'Brown Sugar' with a band that included my English teacher and… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
“There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The harp is an insipid instrument--no good for dancing, feasting, or marching, only for sitting primly in a parlor or on a… — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
We had so many hit singles, and usually right in a row, that we tended to be dismissed again by our detractors… — Richard Carpenter Copy Share Image
I have recorded with a 60-piece orchestra, and it gives me satisfaction to have done an album entirely with acoustic instruments. — Santhosh Narayanan Copy Share Image
My first instrument was an accordion. Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. — Hunter Hayes Copy Share Image
