It's just music. It's trying to play clean and looking for the pretty notes. The beat in a bop band is with… — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
I've always chosen all my own material; no one ever told me what to sing or how to sing it, but I've… — Jane Monheit Copy Share Image
When I called 'Cut 4 Me' a mixtape, I was thinking about a few elements: One is used instrumentals. The project is… — Kelela Copy Share Image
I don't think there's anything wrong with not knowing how to play an instrument, but the rise of the non-musical producer has… — Moby Copy Share Image
If you're trying to get a lot of money and attention and cars and just stuff like that, being in a band… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
I must say it was not very inspiring to see that tons of new bands emerged from nowhere and started to play… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
To tell the truth, I'd join a band with John Lennon any day, but I couldn't join a band with Paul McCartney,… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
As a result, I had to get my own playground which was my band Colours. This band lasted for about eight years… — Eberhard Weber Copy Share Image
I play bass. I play a bit of guitar. I've never been to a lesson, so my theory of music is non-existent… — Thomas Sangster Copy Share Image
I just feel like bands always need to work harder than the hardest working band. You need to constantly be one-upping yourself… — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
My mother told me to keep on singing, and that kept me working through the cotton fields. She said God has his… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
I don't know any artists or painters, like, "Oh that painting group." I want to write down this idea of a group… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
In our band, the difficulty really isn't, 'Is one of us gonna fall off the wagon or get into a bad situation?'… — John Dolmayan Copy Share Image
I would sing myself with a tambura and just regular a cappella singing and practicing. I did that around 1973 and 1974,… — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
I'm obsessed with the countryside: woods, forests, fields, lakes, mountains. I'm really into folk music and folklore. But more so I'm into… — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
I started out in a heavy metal band with a guy who could really play guitar, and I thought the only thing… — Robert Pollard Copy Share Image
We listened to a lot of drama, adaptations of books, comedy. There was a real love of music expressed in choirs, because… — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, you would put on a KISS record or a UFO or Aerosmith record and listen to it… — Steven Adler Copy Share Image
I have a band called the Dirty Knobs that Ive had for probably 15 years now, and Ive worked with them between… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
Not a lot of hard rock bands are just letting it all be - they're adding a lot of samples on things,… — Johnny Christ Copy Share Image
As a songwriter and a singer in a successful rock band, I have had the good fortune of being surrounded by incredible… — Ed Kowalczyk Copy Share Image
Once I wrote 'Atmosphere,' I thought, 'This is my story; it's me and my life and what I've gone through to get… — Kaskade Copy Share Image
The vocals are the very last thing I do. So, it's kinda the opposite: with country. it's singing and guitar first, but… — Hank Williams III Copy Share Image
I can't play an instrument to save my life. But when I'm creating, and when I'm making music, I feel like I'm… — Khalid Copy Share Image
The process of introducing people to new music is amazing. It's a gift. One of the best parts of any day is… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
I'd work on Garbage or I'd edit a song or writing here, but I was able to do a lot of things… — Butch Vig Copy Share Image
“Enjoy the music in your earbuds in your own head. Dancing and singing because you enjoy the tune so much you can't… — Paula Heller Garland Copy Share Image
I didn't decide to start to playing piano until I was almost 13 years old when my friends and I thought it… — Andrew Hollander Copy Share Image
We happened to be in the studio next door and I think Noel Redding came around and said, 'Do you fancy having… — Roy Wood Copy Share Image
... We borrowed it all from Coltrane. I started encouraging everybody in the band to listen to John Coltrane - 'Check it… — Phil Lesh Copy Share Image
The reason for a lot of bands not making it is because they don't really understand that your job is sort of… — Tobias Forge Copy Share Image
Growing up I listened to a lot of Billy Joel, Sam Smith, Adele, Stevie Wonder, and Queen; these are artists who use… — Benson Boone Copy Share Image
The danger of a rock band is repeating oneself. It's our greatest fear - that it evolves into the myopia of a… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
You could say, 'Oh, we're gonna write the heaviest album of all time' or 'We're gonna write an album that sounds like… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
I like collaboration because, first of all, I'm good at writing lyrics. I don't know how to make beats. I don't play… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
“Before leaving the earth altogether, let us as: How does Music stand with respect to its instruments, their pitches, the scales, modes… — John Cage Copy Share Image
There's no way we could play a country song as well as a country band or a Latin song as well as… — Mike Gordon Copy Share Image
Big band music, to me, it really has three key elements. First is the lyrics are really sweet, and they're just really… — John Tesh Copy Share Image
I'm a heaven sent instrument. My rhythmatic regimen navigates melodic notes for your soul and your mental. That's why I'm instrumental, vibrations… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
The bands that have been the most important to me, and the records that have been the most important to me as… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
