In the early to mid-'90s, everywhere I turned, someone had died. It wasn't just people in bands. It was the people I… — Dave Gahan Copy Share Image
Sometimes just allowing yourself to noodle without any structure will enable you to stumble upon great new ideas, culminating in creating your… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
There aren't a lot of cover bands that do Boston material or do it well, and the reason for that is that… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
In so many ways, it feels the same now when I play as the very first time I picked up the instrument.… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
It's a magical thing, the guitar. It allows you to be the whole band in one, to play rhythm and melody, sing… — David Gilmour Copy Share Image
I had no idea I would become a musician; I fell into it. First, I had a band called Fancypants Hoodlum. It… — Peaches Copy Share Image
Music itself is a great source of relaxation. Parts of it anyway. Working in the studio, that's not relaxing, but playing an… — Jackson Browne Copy Share Image
I no longer sought skill, flexibility, strength, endurance, muscle tone, and quick responsiveness as means of imposing my will on the instrument,… — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
Everybody in Lynyrd Skynyrd loves different styles of music, and our minds are very open when it comes to writing our songs… — Johnny Van Zant Copy Share Image
“The novelist is like the conductor of an orchestra, his back to the audience, his face invisible, summoning the experience of music… — Sol Stein Copy Share Image
Opera singing is in every way of inestimable value; a real heritage for all mankind that has been reached over centuries of… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
Well, I couldn't play an instrument. I'd just stand up front and announce the numbers. They had me sing a little, but… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
“Ô, Muse of the Heart’s Passion, let me relive my Love’s memory, to remember her body, so brave and so free, and… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
It's hard to get a start as an instrumental guitar player. It's a much quicker route to be in a band, so… — Nita Strauss Copy Share Image
There was a weird moment whereI was still a drummer, I always saw myself as a drummerand we got nominated for a… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
The piano is an instrument I've always loved and so I taught myself. As a rapper, who wants to produce more, being… — Santan Dave Copy Share Image
I love, love, love music - have since I was a kid, and I'm still really into music - and I became… — Cassandra Peterson Copy Share Image
I don't think we care anymore about what we're gonna do. We're just gonna be our own band and we're not gonna… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
The lesson there is that there's no hiding the sound of a band that is bored with its own music. Whatever it… — Steve Berlin Copy Share Image
I had always wanted to make music on a big scale but never knew how it was going happen - until I… — Morten Harket Copy Share Image
Now bands have to sing live, now people watch who sings on the record, now people want to hear the real music… — Rob Pilatus Copy Share Image
When I was about 9, my brother, who's six years older than me, started getting guitar lessons, and I wouldn't say that… — Lewis Capaldi Copy Share Image
I was a singer professionally when I was four years old, and I did not really begin to play any instrument -… — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
We are probably the most frustrating band to soundcheck because we always go off on jams and our sound-man is sitting there… — Theresa Wayman Copy Share Image
I love performing with Jay, It's the third time we've done the song together live and it's always fun. It was an… — Eminem Copy Share Image
Some people ask me what instruments I play, but usually I'll just say I'm more of a producer or a composer or… — Gus Dapperton Copy Share Image
As time went on, we formed a number of different bands. We played in rival, neighborhood bands. We learned more songs and… — Wayne Kramer Copy Share Image
I got one of the best sax players in the business - Arno Hecht. He plays with the Uptown Horns and all… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
I'm the one who made me you can call that man made, help you get your bands up you can call that… — Chamillionaire Copy Share Image
My stuff was more of a folk coffeehouse thing, with more acoustic guitar, just me doing a single, and then adding on… — Dan Hicks Copy Share Image
Pat Benatar might need a rock band, but I can just sit with a blues guitar for an hour and a half… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
Some day we'll be a 35-year-old band, and then we'll be a 40-year-old band - I daresay that we will be a… — John Popper Copy Share Image
Rhythms, beats, etc., are fundamentally central to my creative drive: my first instrument was the drums, nearly every band I have been… — Justin Broadrick Copy Share Image
“Sensuality is essentially the only instrument I know how play best, but with a listener who understands nothing or does not wish… — Lebo Grand Copy Share Image
I was a kid, I loved music, that was our social thing. That's what we bonded on. That's what my Saturday nights… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything. Vocals can be so many… — Grimes Copy Share Image
A band's only unique thing is its chemistry, especially if none of you are prodigious players or particularly handsome. The one thing… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
I was in a band and it wasn't working out the way I wanted. Then somehow, little by little, I started doing… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
I came up playing in both punk rock bands and hip-hop bands, and I found a more universal way of reaching people,… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
I was in a Led Zeppelin cover band in high school, and my highlight was playing "Misty Mountain Hop" at a coffee… — Victoria Legrand Copy Share Image
