When you're looking at a sea of people there ready for a band, it is an unbelievable feeling. You've just got to… — Caleb Shomo Copy Share Image
Yes, I always say that we're a National League band. What I mean is, if you play an instrument, you have to… — Emmylou Harris Copy Share Image
In the early days of Pearl Jam, we were caught up in such a whirlwind that I was just trying to keep… — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
It was quite unusual to use the recorder as a concert instrument. But my mother, a pianist, actually helped me a lot… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
I think early on in my career, I was heavily inspired by bands like Throbbing Gristle and Test Dept, and films of… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I think I can pinpoint the moment when my first band recorded, when I was 14 and 15 years old. I always… — John Congleton Copy Share Image
My father has a golden voice and sings beautifully. So does my brother, and my sister pursues dance as well. Love for… — Ananya Birla Copy Share Image
In my early shows, I wanted to put myself through a new childhood, disintegrating my whole identity to let the real one… — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
Music and musical instruments were proximal to my life from very early on - I took piano lessons for a brief time,… — Julien Baker Copy Share Image
The rest of the band were basically friends, So it was me following them around and begging them to let me be… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
I survived a number of garage bands during my teens and early twenties, both as drummer and guitarist. It's nigh impossible for… — F. Paul Wilson Copy Share Image
We're in this band, the Foo Fighters, making music for the love of music. We all came from bands that had disbanded,… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
Music is made of what we do when we move, and we can only move in certain ways, in certain ranges of… — Vijay Iyer Copy Share Image
Musical cherub, soar, singing, away! Then, when the gloaming comes, Low in the heather blooms Sweet will thy welcome and bed of… — James Hogg Copy Share Image
I'm very close to a lot of people from my time in the band, like our hair and make-up people and the… — Nadine Coyle Copy Share Image
Making really great music, making really great films, writing great books is an antidote to all of that. And, as people, as… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
“When you move on to the chosen instrument, be it paddle, belt, or whatever, don't be afraid to give them fifteen to… — Rebecca Lawson Copy Share Image
People think that once a band is 'big' that they make a ton of money, but that's not true. It's hard to… — Maria Brink Copy Share Image
“The transition from subject to observer was instantaneous, sensations, sights, and sounds changing from instruments of torment to a fascinating display of… — Marcha A. Fox Copy Share Image
To do a musical takes a tremendous amount of energy because you have to act and sing at the same time. And… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
I personally see myself as a musician in the first place. You know, I don't want to say I will be a… — Zedd Copy Share Image
It's a privilege to serve the poor, to be servants of noble Africans, but I better belong in the rehearsal room or… — Bono Copy Share Image
Music making features real-time creation, real-time decisions and actions. It's basically improvisation, which is the stuff of everyday life. In the realm… — Vijay Iyer Copy Share Image
Where Miles Davis can make you feel things.That's what I'm looking for from young guys. I'm looking for somebody who not just… — Marcus Miller Copy Share Image
My grammar school graduating class in 1941 had a little party for 13 or 14 year-old kids. [Trumpeter] King Kolax's band played… — Johnny Griffin Copy Share Image
“I want you, Sancho, to think well and to have a good opinion of plays, and to be equally well-disposed toward those… — Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Copy Share Image
If you're in a band for long enough, you see your bandmates at their best and their worst, and if you can… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
Somebody told me about a band that works out their whole set as if it was one song. They learn the whole… — Winston Marshall Copy Share Image
If there's a problem we can talk to anyone in the band. There's other people around us. Everyone in the band are… — Luke Hemmings Copy Share Image
We like the ambiance and atmosphere, and we felt really early that... I mean, of course, Air is an electronic band, but… — Jean-Benoit Dunckel Copy Share Image
In fact, the element of play has an important role in my life, and I think that should be the case in… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Copy Share Image
I enjoy the collaboration. I always envied people in bands who got to have that interaction. I've done so many albums where… — Beck Copy Share Image
When you're onstage with an electric band going through a massive P.A. system, it's very artificial. You can't really hear your own… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
It wasn't enough to be positive, focused and fearless, I had to take action! Musicians say that the hardest part of practicing… — Joey Reiman Copy Share Image
“Love and cherish your ability to play an instrument; and give it your best. Not everyone is so lucky as you are.… — Mr. Suzuki Copy Share Image
I don't really think of these as projects. I think of them as bands. I have tried to not just convene a… — Dave Douglas Copy Share Image
I am trying to make some kind of connection to what is going on in the world, to make some sort of… — Leon Golub Copy Share Image
Usually I can hear the pianos, the saxophone, and usually I can hear Ronnie. But I really need to listen to Keith… — Charlie Watts Copy Share Image
I'm used to coming up with a lot of parts. And I don't have to do that so much [with Divine Fits].… — John Britt Daniel Copy Share Image
There's a need for music that has urgency and emotional honesty. That's why people are reintroducing themselves to guitar music - that… — Mura Masa Copy Share Image
![“My grammar school graduating class in 1941 had a little party for 13 or 14 year-old kids. [Trumpeter] King Kolax's band played for the party and Gene Ammons was playing tenor saxophone with the band. And that's when I said, "That's it!" Just like that, tunnelvision ever since.” quote by Johnny Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83c/johnny-griffin-65875_band_my-grammar-school-graduating-class-in-19_1845972.png)
![“I'm used to coming up with a lot of parts. And I don't have to do that so much [with Divine Fits]. This is the kind of band I've always wanted to be in because we never set up any aesthetic rules when we started it. We just wrote and edited, and it ended up sounding like Divine Fits.” quote by John Britt Daniel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/john-britt-daniel-22842_aesthetic_i-m-used-to-coming-up-with-a-lot-of-part_1587465.jpg)
