I don't play an instrument - I just write in my head, and I usually hear fully formed songs. 'We Are Young'… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
I’ve had the pleasure of hearing The Novelists perform live. They are gifted songwriters and talented musicians with strong lead voices. This… — Daryl Stuermer Copy Share Image
With 'Innerspeaker' I was trying to do these hypnotic '60s grooves, but it was so hypnotic and repetitive that they sounded like… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
I think musically, there's always the stuff you're into that you've always been into but every once in a while there's a… — Dusty Redmon Copy Share Image
When I started off in Wales, I sang and accompanied myself with guitar in the '50s. And then I got a band… — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
I enjoy playing the band as the band. I be the whole band and Im playing the drums, Im playing the guitar,… — Chick Corea Copy Share Image
My favorite records are by bands where the musicians are all playing like themselves, but those personalities connect in an exciting way… — Dylan Baldi Copy Share Image
If you work with so many classical instruments... I mean, it still has this power, and it's still connected to the idea… — Pantha du Prince Copy Share Image
Every Christmas, all I ever wanted was Playskool instruments. It was my entire life. And then by the time I was 6… — Andy Biersack Copy Share Image
The same applies to any artist; we are the tools and instruments of our talent. We are outsiders; we have no place… — William Trevor Copy Share Image
I used to feel that musical knowledge and emotional truth-telling were antagonistic. But I was too curious about chords and instruments and… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I play the guitar. This year at the Sundance film festival, I joined the band from 'The Guitar' on stage. We warmed… — Saffron Burrows Copy Share Image
People expect us to be a straight up dance band but there are many more elements to our sound that you really… — Nomi Ruiz Copy Share Image
My father was an aspiring country singer and songwriter. He just didn't get that off that ground. I was afraid, very tentative… — Ronnie Dunn Copy Share Image
In college I had a weekend gig at a restaurant, a solo thing that was the best practice I could have ever… — Norah Jones Copy Share Image
I was put through piano lessons when I was a kid. I say 'put through' because it was fun and I loved… — Jack Garratt Copy Share Image
In the end, we shall recognize our song and sing it well. You may feel a little warbly at the moment, but… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who… — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
I think any song should sound good just played on a solitary instrument with the vocal. If you have those basics you… — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
I tend to write on an acoustic guitar or the piano. I have kind of a rule: if I can't sit down… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
All music done, as I said, through low res mp3 and $5 earbuds and so I think as a producer or a… — Butch Vig Copy Share Image
I think we got started like all bands. We wanted to make some noise, hang out, and have some fun. Remember, we're… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
I think of music a lot when I paint. The theme of it to a degree is music. So instead of literally… — Nelson Shanks Copy Share Image
My philosophy is, honestly, never collected anything that I don't play. I know a lot of people that collect guitars, but for… — Ronnie Montrose Copy Share Image
My brother had a big band in high school; after that we continued to play together, eventually forming a group called the… — Chuck Mangione Copy Share Image
Everything I've ever wanted to do, we've kinda done. Everything beyond this has been just the cherry on top. I've been so… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
“The characteristic sounds of a trumpet, oboe, banjo, piano, or violin are due to the distinct cocktail of harmonic frequencies that each… — Walter Lewin Copy Share Image
The ukulele was the first of many instruments they had bought for me. They got me a guitar when I was eleven,… — Tony Visconti Copy Share Image
Luckily for me, when I was growing up in high school, I had a band, and I was a singer in the… — Stark Sands Copy Share Image
These people that worked with my dad doing landscaping were in a grunge band so the music on the cover of Rolling… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
I mean, I don't think I would call Claus to do an album of big band tunes. You know, just like arrangers… — Diana Krall Copy Share Image
When I was young I wanted to make films and then I got into folk music when I was about 12, and… — Finn Andrews Copy Share Image
There were some initial instruments I had when I was young and made some trade-offs. Maybe a guitar I bought in a… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
At age ten I switched to guitar, and I've loved the instrument ever since. And I love to practice. I just do.… — Michael Angelo Batio Copy Share Image
One thing I can say about our band is this. If you got something good to lay on us, enlighten us, but… — Duane Allman Copy Share Image
Nothing's more exciting than a day in a studio with a string section - or more ruinously expensive. So it's good to… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
I love being in the band, I love being that person and it's such a beautiful and ridiculous adventure but that has… — Luke Hemmings Copy Share Image
But I also enjoy music outside the band. I've been doing production for other people, including Robert Wyatt. Check him out. The… — Nick Mason Copy Share Image
Life has been going and going on. the side of myself - and the side of the dudes - that no one… — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
![“When I was young I wanted to make films and then I got into folk music when I was about 12, and started going to this folk club in Auckland. My dad [Barry Andrews] was in punk and post-punk bands, so I guess it was a side of music I hadn't really listened to before - the really narrative form of…” quote by Finn Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/finn-andrews-55992_andrew_when-i-was-young-i-wanted-to-make-films_240740.jpg)
