Music making Quotes · Page 96

We have a certain bond that we don't have with anyone else on the planet. You just have that bond, that journey…

— Dolores O'Riordan

It's nerve-wracking singing in front of people. I think that's why most people get drunk for karaoke.

— Emily Blunt

I am very much into voices. I would say I'm a fan of voices, not of sound. I'm a fan of singers,…

— Christian Louboutin

Sometimes pop artists, it's all about clothes and pyro. My thing is about my band.

— Miley Cyrus

To me, finding sounds, or even recording, is a compositional process. The studio is kind of an instrument.

— Mike Patton

My singing, if you want to call it that is merely another medium of expression. Just an instrument I play. That's how…

— Nina Simone

The music I was making for people not to dance to was the one they were dancing to.

— Flume

It was a relief to be able to do my own band, because I was very responsible for all this amazing music…

— Dhani Harrison

Not even the creators of 'Rock Band' could possibly believe that playing the game is tantamount to making your own music. There…

— Carrie Brownstein

When I'm playing with my band, I designate different parts to feel different things. The bass pounds in your chest when you…

— Mandy Harvey

It's interesting to see how acoustic guitars are emerging as a primary instrument once again ... reminds me very much of what…

— Kenny Loggins

I love a song that will usher in the very presence of God. Then there's no Andrae; there's no fabulous band, there's…

— Andrae Crouch

I've always had influences from all over the place, like Mr. Bungle and Primus. As a band, we try not to focus…

— Johnny Christ

It's kind of dumb; everybody should be able to listen to the kind of music they want and just because you're a…

— Ray Toro

However, it [singing] wasn't until halfway through high school that it dawned on me that singing wasn't just a hobby, it was…

— Kina Grannis

The music on the radio is fine, it's just not my type of music. You don't play an instrument, and you don't…

— Elizabeth Gillies

When you make a record, you get to live in an imaginary world where you have the best kind of band on…

— Adam Granduciel

Actually, my first professional job was singing opera with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

— Brett Cooper

For me, it's always been important to have the live band be one thing, and the recorded band be kind of another…

— Zachary Cole Smith

So, hopefully, us finding ways to constantly work, but always with a different product, will help our band play to more people…

— Taylor Goldsmith

The reason I got into music was obviously because of bands like The Beatles and Pink Floyd, things like that.

— John Gourley

Being in a band is very much like a startup. You start in a garage. You hope to get interest from investors,…

— Kevin Jonas

Artists should always think of themselves as cosmic instruments for storytelling.

— Ted Lange

I am trying to keep my voice in order. Basically not talking much in the van throughout the day to preserve it,…

— Dan Mangan

Younger bands are into jerking off and we're into fucking. That's all there is to it!

— Aerosmith

And oh I want so much to sing, I tell myself no. But it is so hard to keep from singing.

— Donna Jo Napoli

I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double.

— Lee Konitz

We can be a rock band if want to be. We can be an electronic group if we want to be. We…

— Russell Mael

I think singing is such an important and incredible art form and it is quite undervalued at times.

— Katie Melua

One of the great things about having good players in your band is that you just ask them questions. You can pick…

— Bill Bruford

I think one of the reasons people are so passionate about our band is because we're so accessible.

— Chad Gilbert

I thought I would be in a band like Arcade Fire or be like Fiona Apple - but pop just made sense…

— Hayley Kiyoko

One of these mornings youre goin to rise up singing. Then youll spread your wings and youll take the sky.

— Ella Fitzgerald

A rock band with vocals is what I always wanted to be a part of; in fact, it feels very natural for…

— Paul Gilbert

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

I wanted to play in a band, and I wanted to do music for a living, and that's what I dedicated my…

— Flea

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

I want to experiment and include different elements of the music-making process in a song.

— Harrdy Sandhu

When I sing, I have to live in that moment, so my audience can feel that. That is my reason for doing…

— Jill Scott

I am what I do, and that's partly why I don't want to give up singing. But when I can't sing well,…

— Don McLean