Music making Quotes · Page 89

I hope to star in a biopic of some musician, so I could do their impression and get into their minds and…

— Melissa Villasenor

It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and…

— Johann Sebastian Bach

Sharper than a serpents tongue, tighter than a bongo drum, quicker than a one night stand, slicker than a mambo band.

— Don Henley

I love music, but can't hold a note in a bucket. I can't sing, can't play an instrument.

— Zoya Akhtar

When I left the band I said Look, I am ready to move on. I was interested in playing with some of…

— John Sebastian

I can rap, I can sing, I can do whatever, you know what I'm saying? I can do rock.

— Trippie Redd

I've sung before, first in a band in high school and then in a band in Norway, but never in a musical.

— Essie Davis

I was playing in bands before high school even. My first band I was in at 14. And we were playing just Beatles.

— Dan Fogelberg

“Marconi said, "I see you have your instruments. Can any of you sing? The old spirituals work best." John said, "I can…

— David Wong

I wanted to call it 'Experiment' because it's all kinds of different sounds. We have a bunch of instruments on there that…

— Kane Brown

Getting on stage, for me, was a huge thing when I first started. And back in high school, everyone was in rock…

— Tyler Hilton

I've always felt that singing is half technical, half taxing. You've got words, a melody, and an instrument, and you have to…

— D.A. Wallach

Josh is the guy in the band who's just so friendly and super, wanting to walk up to you and say, 'Hey,…

— Tyler Joseph

I just find it weird if you're in a band and you don't know how to make it look the way it…

— Hunx

Music is in all growing things; And underneath the silky wings Of smallest insects there is stirred A pulse of air that…

— George Parsons Lathrop

I'm that girl that's a hardcore musician and loves to sing and write and play instruments but, at the same time, loves…

— Christina Grimmie

I think, generally, I just cannot really envision life without writing and producing records and singing.

— David Bowie

There is nothing to keeping a band together. You simply have to have a gimmick, and the gimmick I use is to…

— Duke Ellington

I was listening 'Plastic Ono Band,' the John Lennon album a lot, and that might have had some inspiration on me.

— Rostam Batmanglij

I'm not one of those guys who can just take a guitar into a room and come out with a song. I…

— Steven Wilson

Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, you cannot play upon me.

— William Shakespeare

Music soothes you, especially when you write, sing or play an instrument. It really can be a cure for everything.

— Hope Sandoval

My performing and my singing leave much to be desired, but having other people record my songs is the most flattering thing…

— J. J. Cale

The fact of picking up an instrument and writing a song and expressing yourself publicly has a powerful political dimension

— J. Robbins

I'd been through crappy day jobs and stupid garage bands. I was determined to make it as a musician.

— Paul Westerberg

I was into all kinds of music as a teen - country music, because my dad was in a band that played…

— Martina McBride

My first instrument was the piano; I played in the church, and before that I sang in church. I didn't learn the…

— Chuck Brown

Dancing and singing are the two things that have stuck with me throughout my life.

— JoJo Siwa

“THE BODY, IN AND THROUGH WHICH WE BREATHE, move, communicate and reproduce is an amazing instrument in many varied physical ways.”

— Elaine Seiler

I've always been in a band where it's been somebody else's band - or pretty much always.

— Pat Smear

I was brought up by my mother, and she is my guru in classical singing. I have trained primarily under her.

— Chinmayi

I know it is one of the most important instruments and inventions, the electric guitar, to me, since television or movies or…

— John 5

I just don't hear anyone else making the music I'm making in my head, so I'll have to do it myself.

— Bob Dylan

“He who lives for an encounter with the unseen becomes the instrument of the seen.”

— Paul Auster

I don't like bands who would play music like Code. I mean I hate most bands with emotional singing parts (I adore…

— Mat McNerney

In 'thinking up' music I usually have some kind of a brass band with wings on it in back of my mind.

— Charles Ives

I've never played instruments. I've always been a singer or a writer, for that matter. But I started playing in bands when…

— Ivan Moody

I started off playing the harmonium and singing. By the time I was eight or so, my interest moved to Western instrumental…

— Vidyasagar

I enjoy hearing people who are good at their instruments and who've found a distinctive voice.

— John Darnielle

I always enjoy rhythms and melodies, but I always use my voice as more of an instrument and less of a soapbox…

— Chino Moreno