Music making Quotes · Page 11

“Why be sad, when you can sing?”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I grew up in a band, I play everything.

— Scarface

Your humanity is your instrument.

— Wayne Shorter

I really do think everybody can sing.

— Stephen Malkmus

I'm in a band, I sing live.

— Willam Belli

I wish I could sing.

— Bobby Wagner

Everything is a battle with this band.

— Kenny Hickey

I joined a band to hit things.

— Anonymous

We're working twice as hard as any other band.

— Bill Kaulitz

Singing is as much an act of worship as is prayer.

— Ellen G. White

I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.

— Charles de Gaulle

Besides gardening, I love to sketch and to sing.

— Rekha

If I could get bands to come and play in my house, I'd like that.

— Martin Freeman

It's so nice to have a band name you don't have to explain.

— Carrie Brownstein

Being in the high-school band was some of the funnest years of my life.

— GRiZ

Most bands are commercial enterprises. But I'm not in one of those bands.

— David Johansen

I don't think I'm even a musician. I don't play a lot of instruments, not really a soloist or anything.

— Cass McCombs

I love being one of the musicians in the back. The light is on the singer and Im in the band. I…

— Marion Cotillard

I think I'm a songwriter. I grab an instrument to make my body a song, but I'm not a player as such,…

— P. J. Harvey

I've always been interested in singing, and I've always been singing and dancing since I was little.

— Lindsay Lohan

We've always prided ourselves on the fact that we're a band that the whole family can enjoy together.

— Jay DeMarcus

Every time you pick up an instrument, it's not always out of necessity - for a certain kind of person, it's a…

— Robin Pecknold

I love the string band. I love the sound of it, the possibilities of it, I love the physical sensation of creating…

— Chris Thile

I feel like it's really kind of a sit-down album, much in the same way I imagine Billie Holiday or someone sitting…

— Lucinda Williams

I was never a singer; I can't play any instruments; I had no training. Plus, I was brought up in a time…

— Patti Smith

I've always enjoyed singing and can't recall a time in my life where I wasn't singing. I'm most grateful for the strength…

— Jason Mraz

Sharon went on to play classical but we actually went into totally different instruments which was lucky for the band because otherwise…

— Caroline Corr

I was in bands, like everyone else, when I was 16, 17; I was a little skater listening to Dead Kennedy's and…

— Bonobo

I will stop nasal singing. I will change if the time comes. I am 100% sure about it. The day I feel…

— Himesh Reshammiya

“Summer is for music, and it’s time to turn up the volume! Whether you're strumming a guitar by the campfire, dancing to…

— Life is Positive

I've never really been interested in replicating the record in live performance, because I'd just get bored. When I was young I…

— James Dean Bradfield

They understand what their market is and who they should be selling records to, and most importantly, they know the kind of…

— Simon Cowell

Sing Ho for the Life of a Bear

— A. A. Milne

I sing to bring release.

— Peaches

I was in bands and things like that.

— Paul Whitehouse

I have my own studio that I sing in.

— Hope Sandoval

We chose to be a family, not a band.

— Kevin Jonas

Singing to the top of my lungs.

— ALYSSA

I was never in any band, technically.

— Elias

When I sing, I feel calm.

— Domino Kirke