Being a part of a band is easier to brainstorm, and it's fun - you're encouraged and inspired by the others. In… — Brendan Benson Copy Share Image
I was always a singer, it was nothing anyone planned on me doing for real, because it's an unusual thing. I was… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
I was on one bus with my band and crew for seven years. I didn't come to town with a karaoke tape.… — Kenny Chesney Copy Share Image
We had a bunch of instruments around the house. Like, I played different instruments, trumpet, bass, drums, piano, all that, but whatever… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I've been in the studio when you go through a track and you run down a track and you know even before… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
I have wonderful band mates that make music that I'm forced to listen to for hours on end until I come up… — Nikki Jean Copy Share Image
I like to say that I do covers of my own songs. And I have about a dozen bands all over the… — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer,… — Hudson Taylor Copy Share Image
I have a lot to do with the writing, and also the production, but it would be wrong of me to say… — Glenn Tipton Copy Share Image
I got a greater purpose. God put something in my heart to get across, and that's what I'm going to focus on,… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
It's weird. People want you to know that they write. They want you to know they're a musician, rather than making music… — Scott McClanahan Copy Share Image
I used to listen to music from the frosting down. As a word nerd, lyrics are really important to me, and then… — Kelly Hogan Copy Share Image
Pete Townshend is one of my greatest influences. More than any other guitarist, he taught me how to play rhythm guitar and… — Alex Lifeson Copy Share Image
I've got an article where my mum says that I used to run home from school to watch the Stones on TV.… — Ron Wood Copy Share Image
I was a schooled musician. When I made 'Blue Velvet', I told everyone what to do. I was an arranger. I learned… — Bobby Vinton Copy Share Image
I would always rather be working on the band. All that other stuff is stuff I really enjoy doing, but I don't… — Guy Picciotto Copy Share Image
“All music is what awakes within us when we are reminded by the instruments; It is not the violins or the clarinets… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
And I look forward to the time when I can become more indulgent with my songwriting. But this band is a family,… — Stone Gossard Copy Share Image
Everybody now who's playing in Unicorn band is deeply schooled in music. I'm the only one who's self-taught, which I think is… — Nicholas Thorburn Copy Share Image
We started with Denny Cordell, and he was a great record producer. He knew exactly how to take a band that knew… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
Well, we didn't have our original drummer on our last record. And most of that album was not played as a band… — James Iha Copy Share Image
If you are any competent musician, if you have creative ideas, ideas of songs, of arrangements, in a band like the Stones,… — Bill Wyman Copy Share Image
It was about working with other musicians, but more than that it's about exploring musical areas that you could never do with… — Glenn Tipton Copy Share Image
Write your own music and write frequently. Go to as many live shows as you can as well (of bands you enjoy… — Dia Frampton Copy Share Image
He was seriously thinking of becoming a monk. He thought he had to be celibate to maintain the purity of his instrument,… — Mimi Rogers Copy Share Image
I think I understand what bands want, just from having made records myself. I understand what it takes to get a good… — Ric Ocasek Copy Share Image
I played the vina until my heart turned into the same instrument. Then I offered this instrument to the Divine Musician, the… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
You can sing only what you are. You can paint only what you are. You must be what your experiences, your environment,… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
I'm not likely to forget where I've been and what I've done and learned. I think it's just as important to play… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
I'd actually been making my living as an organist with bands since I was probably 15 or 16 years old, and then… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
If I was talking about making a song special, I probably meant getting the lyrics and arrangement together, or getting some instrument… — John Britt Daniel Copy Share Image
Sing, my tongue, the Saviour's glory, Of His Flesh, the mystery sing; Of the Blood, all price exceeding, Shed by our Immortal… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Every time I sit down in front of my piano, I like to improvise with the instrument. It depends on my mood… — Tarja Turunen Copy Share Image
I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won't believe how many musicians are… — Garth Brooks Copy Share Image
“I had reached the level of expertise you would expect from someone who had played an instrument seriously for the last six… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
I know I express myself best singing love songs, and Jim Steinman gave me my rock style, which I have always wanted.… — Bonnie Tyler Copy Share Image
As a song-writer I have always written with one instrument - either guitar or piano - because I believe that if a… — Chris de Burgh Copy Share Image
I was not a band geek, per say. But me and my two older sisters played instruments, so I would come home… — Miles Teller Copy Share Image
“What was remarkable was that associating with a computer and electronics company was the best way for a rock band to seem… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
I know musicians who think that drumming and guitaring can be very meditative, but singing is different because when you think about… — Brett Dennen Copy Share Image
