I had an old band in Scandinavia, the beginning of Mercyful Fate, so it reminds me of my roots as a teenager.… — Yenz Leonhardt Copy Share Image
I like loud music. I like music that fills my ears. I'm just going to pull out my iPod and see what… — Tyler Florence Copy Share Image
I played a Fender Precision for a little while, when I originally joined the band. Then - what is that little headless… — Cliff Williams Copy Share Image
I'd make a White Stripes record right now. I'd be in the White Stripes for the rest of my life. That band… — Jack White Copy Share Image
It's hard to explain what happens when jazz and punk fuse with a violin twist but it works. Probably because Anson Choi… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I think that's what propelled our band, the fact that we put on something that was visibly attractive to people and then… — Cedric Bixler-Zavala Copy Share Image
You're just these kids from a small town. You get a record deal, and everything just goes so fast. In the span… — Benji Madden Copy Share Image
My first CD started as a studio project and I record everything with one other guy, so I didn't have a band.… — Borns Copy Share Image
You know, when you really connect with the instrument and everything just comes out on an emotional level very naturally through your… — Slash Copy Share Image
Being a musician has actually surrounded and immersed me in pop culture and youth culture from a very young age. But even… — Davey Havok Copy Share Image
“They start setting up on a little left stage playing my secret favorite song: the rustling of sheet music and set lists,… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“Take notes, boys! The ladies always love a man who can play an instrument!” Lindsay snorted, “Your instrument doesn’t even like girls,… — Cora Carmack Copy Share Image
You never know that this is the moment when you're in the moment. When I was sixteen I moved to a smaller… — Stuart Hamm Copy Share Image
The instrument that I never learned how to play was my fans. You know, they are the part of the story that… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
I had a kind of artrock band called Peanut for a while, which eventually helped me over my fear of singing. That… — Withered Hand Copy Share Image
“One reason for the popularity of music with a beat is that, once public schools began to drop music from their curriculum,… — Brian A. Wren Copy Share Image
I'm kind of a terrible musician. I'm a very functional musician. I play just about every instrument in a band setting, functionally.… — Maggie Rogers Copy Share Image
I was living and working with adult men who were playing a real art form. And I had been playing blues all… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
I like being out front, doing what I do, but then I also like playing in a band too. I'd like to… — Bootsy Collins Copy Share Image
Instruments sound interesting, not because of their sound, but because of the relationship a player has with them. Instrumentalists build a rapport… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
To me, all guitar players can play, because I know they're getting to where they're at. It's a very hard instrument to… — Wes Montgomery Copy Share Image
What draws people to the instrument is the love for guitar players that play a certain way. I mean, even though it… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
“Melody had heard some of these people from the Ukraine singing. He hadn’t understood one word. Yet he didn’t have to know… — William Attaway Copy Share Image
And if the world does turn, and if London burns, I'll be standing on the beach with my guitar. I want to… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
Singing has always been a part of my life. I started at Opryland singing, and I realized I could make a living… — Kassie DePaiva Copy Share Image
I grew up playing about 15 instruments and the way that I was able to accomplish that was by cutting my classes,… — Flavor Flav Copy Share Image
I began with dance, doing ballet at 3, then tap, jazz, modern. Then I sang in church choirs, learned how to play… — Samantha Barks Copy Share Image
People still talk about sampling as this new, progressive problem in music. There are technologies now where you can glean the polyphonic… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
There are a few songwriters in bands I really relate to that write a certain type of joy, because a lot of… — Mark Foster Copy Share Image
My brother was always in bands and on the road when I was a kid and he was my inspiration. He never… — Jimmy Chamberlin Copy Share Image
The guitar is such an incredible instrument; it plays classical, flamenco, jazz, country, bluegrass, rock, acid, blues. You'll never see a clarinet… — Randy Bachman Copy Share Image
I've been involved in a lot of different kinds of projects. I've been on straight hip hop tours. I've been on underground… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
I started playing instruments. Writing didn't come until later. I didn't know how to play a keyboard but I'd listen to hits… — Amanda Perez Copy Share Image
I would sing around the house, and I would always play on things just because instruments were always there, but I didn't… — Jack Garratt Copy Share Image
In the end, I didn't think I was good enough to use sax as a stage performer to get where I wanted,… — Engelbert Humperdinck Copy Share Image
“Toph kicks over the microphone stand in a grand,asshole gesture,and the three of them jump off the stage.It's a little less dramatic… — Stephanie Perkins Copy Share Image
I am the entertainer and I know just where I stand Another serenader and another long haired band Today I am your… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
My whole view of music completely flipped over on its head. I grew up listening to punk rock, SST. I liked people… — Doug Martsch Copy Share Image
After making my first album, I was thrown into pop sessions where people very rarely had a drum kit or any real… — G Flip Copy Share Image
“When Maester Aemon heard him sing, he said his voice was honey poured over thunder.” Jon smiled. “Toad sometimes sings too, if… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image