Music making Quotes · Page 104

I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a…

— Anonymous

Normally when I work with bands I'm trying to refine and improve what's already there.

— Jerry Harrison

“We waited on the plaza while the band wondered what to play at a time like this—something to console or wake the…

— Ron Slate

There are plenty of very different sounding bands that could be H.O.R.D.E. bands.

— John Popper

I feel like I'm a quick learner and I'm also very quick to forget. That's why I can't play an instrument because…

— Joss Stone

I used to think I was ordinary and just like everybody else, and I am, but there is something about being in…

— Chrissie Hynde

I've been so used to being supported by musicians, and I don't class myself as a particularly adept musician on instruments. I…

— PJ Harvey

My strength is to communicate with an audience and to know what jazz singing is capable of.

— Kurt Elling

To play with a band all of the time, just about nightly, was good for me because I wrote lots of arrangements…

— Allen Toussaint

I like people writing great songs on guitar or piano or what have you. I miss people getting on stage with real…

— John 5

We had a wonderful department that scouted out new music. It was beneficial to Rolling Stone, because I would come back and…

— Jancee Dunn

And, well of course, Count Basie, and I think all of the black bands of the late thirties and early forties, bands…

— Buddy Rich

Dweezil and I are going on tour with the band probably starting in the middle of February for a month probably playing…

— Lisa Loeb

Pop music written in guitar band formation was really popular in the '70s, with Fleetwood Mac and Steely Dan. We wanted to…

— Ellie Rowsell

The lead guitar work is a bit repetitious, but when a song is under two minutes long, I don't have much room…

— Phil Anselmo

I always really enjoyed our early days, before we got too famous. We used to play clubs and that kind of stuff…

— George Harrison

I don't want to compromise on my singing or drop down its level to start acting.

— Guru Randhawa

I'm sure I could start a band tomorrow that would have different influences and would want to do something completely different than…

— Chris Cornell

Busted is not the ideal band I'd like to be in by any stretch of the imagination.

— Charlie Simpson

Music teachers can either inspire or make you resent your instrument and parents in early years.

— Jill Sobule

I feel like I'm waving the flag for musicianship, trying to bring back bands that can play.

— Jonathan Davis

Years and years ago, I sang at a blues bar with a band behind me. It was with my friend, my guitar…

— Josh Holloway

The regular rhythm and upbeat tunes of military music or marching bands positively affect your mood even if you don't actually 'enjoy'…

— Liz Miller

What I see in a lot of music movies, or rock 'n' roll movies, that feature a band is that they're lip-synching.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

I've always had a good time in bands, and when I wasn't having a good time, I left.

— Peter Frampton

I was the drummer in a band called Hemsworth for a brief stint, too - it was not very great. I didn't…

— Ryan Hemsworth

Pantera is the only band I've ever been in, and at the start we used to play covers to make a living.

— Dimebag Darrell

The Steinway piano is such an incomparable instrument. Due to its virtues, I am able to express all my musical feelings.

— Daniel Barenboim

“Too many talented people string and unstring their instruments without ever playing their music.”

— Ken Standley

I've become more interested in creating a band sound than trying to outshine the other guys.

— Dimebag Darrell

I grew up with boys of all kinds - I have two brothers, and I was in a bagpipe band for several…

— Maggie Stiefvater

I was going through a period where I was just trying not to write songs and was thinking maybe I wouldn't play…

— Tim Rutili

To be honest, we never, ever let business weigh down the creativity of this band.

— Zacky Vengeance

Authentic rock and roll is a sound that I've always been drawn to with bands like Brand New and Jimmy Eat World.

— Ryan Hurd

I play piano and I sing. But I do that for fun. I mean, I do everything for fun.

— Daphne Guinness

The first time I went on stage as an adult was touring with the Johnny Cash Show. I'd sang as a child.…

— Carlene Carter

If you don't have a good rhythm section, your band is toast; you're a bar band. Good rhythm section, you've got a…

— Duff McKagan

Shortly after this I was made a member of the boys choir, it being found that I possessed a clear, strong soprano…

— James Weldon Johnson

Piano was my first instrument, but it wasn't the instrument that I showed the most proficiency on.

— GRiZ

We were all friends who formed a band. We weren't auditioned or put together by a record label, management company or TV…

— Keren Woodward