What I try to impart to a musician is to really try to practice the instrument in a really sincere way. Learn… — Roscoe Mitchell Copy Share Image
It's funny, because I had no intention of being in a band because I was so shy. But I loved playing music… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
We were kids that didn't have any education. None of our parents were in the music business or even college graduates. We… — Benji Madden Copy Share Image
For a long time in the 1970s, I was experimenting to build musical instruments and use them. I did a lot of… — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
People of talent resemble a musical instrument more closely than they do a musician. Without outside help, they produce not a single… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
On stage, it's very naked. There's a reason you shake your knees. You're very vulnerable, cos it's just you, your body is… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
We are just fans of music, we are not fans of a specific kind of music. We just happen to be a… — Joe Elliott Copy Share Image
I definitely don't subscribe to the theory that more instruments, or more vocal tracks, harmony, or double tracking the voice, is a… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
Songwriting was definitely first. I started singing, and then I was rapping; then I went back to singing. As I was growing… — William Singe Copy Share Image
I really am a firm believer that if you're going to do something musically, you really need to know what that music… — John Debney Copy Share Image
I see a young man playing 'Plaisir d'Amour' on guitar. I knew I didn't want to go to college; I was already… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I wanted so badly to be in a famous band, and it was not happening. I played drums with different bands and… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Nowadays, there's a lot more that comes before music, that I need to take care of before I can sit down and… — Patty Schemel Copy Share Image
When you're working with the same band you kind of know their style inside out, and even when you've been working for… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
I have always loved music and singing, and I am open to listen to any type of music. Regardless of my mood,… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
Above all sing spiritually. Have an eye to God in every word you sing. Aim at pleasing him more than yourself, or… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Whichever kind of music I was making it was all about the melody anyway. The kind of music I'm making now is… — Jarryd James Copy Share Image
California club pop chirper Dev's debut is as stark as it is sweet. This is owed partly to the casually giddy lightness… — Chuck Eddy Copy Share Image
I think we are very musical people, so we take pride in singing hymns very well, and embracing learning different instruments and… — Koffee Copy Share Image
“It's called a gui-tar. It's used to perform American rural music. It's said to be especially popular in Texas," he told her.… — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
My first job was in a Bohemian polka band, the Rejcek family polka band in Abbott. The old man in the band… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
There are bands that make parodies of being in a band, like Spinal Tap. That's a big influence. They're making fun of… — Redfoo Copy Share Image
You can be in the band, you can go buy your own guitar strings at Guitar Center, you can go and do… — Nita Strauss Copy Share Image
I'm at a point now where I crave healthy musical environments, where there is a genuine exchange of ideas without repressed envy… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
For every great thing we did, there is a very public moment of falling on our faces. But everything that came through… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
Man must speak, then sing, then dance. The speaking is the brain, the thinking man. The singing is the emotion. The dancing… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
Most of the time, I'll be conducting the orchestra, but there will be some pieces that I'll be playing an instrument as… — Ramin Djawadi Copy Share Image
It's important to me that people feel connected to the band through the music, you know? I don't want it to be… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
The problem with improvisation is, of course, that everyone just slips into their comfort zone and does sort of the easy thing… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
Your voice is not your instrument. Your voice is the character that you build, your innermost feelings, the things that you want… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
We don't go around the world counting ticket and record sales, nor do we glue our ears to the radio to hear… — Angus Young Copy Share Image
As a drumset player I look outside the typical canon of drums - jazz and rock. When I hear something like the… — Glenn Kotche Copy Share Image
Just because you have developed the craft on your instrument doesn't mean that you don't have the ability to be expressive emotionally… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
I really enjoy being with the people I play with. I enjoy their company. I love the crew, the band - we… — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
When I started making films I just decided "I'm the filmmaking equivalent of a garage band and I'll just make my garage… — Guy Maddin Copy Share Image
I was 11 years old, and I had been playing classical piano for three years, and suddenly the guitar came and landed… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
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