Music making Quotes · Page 23

In many cases bands have a lot to overcome, business being what it is.

— Chris Stein

I like singing. I like pie... That's about it.

— James Diamond

A lot of bands would be aching to be in the position we are.

— Robert Cray

Today's imaginary band name: The Significan't.

— Janina Gavankar

You don't have to be a great drummer to be the most important guy in the band.

— Mike Portnoy

You've got to have a gimmick if your band sucks.

— Gary Giddins

I guess I like to sing more than just about anything else in the world.

— Jim Nabors

A good bassist determines the direction of any band.

— Ron Carter

I can't talk about my singing; I'm inside it. How can you describe something you're inside of?

— Janis Joplin

If you are gonna participate in a band, you've got to be a band member in good standing, and you've got to…

— Lindsey Buckingham

With singing, you get lost in the music - I go into another world when I'm singing.

— Asha Bhosle

I'll write and make chords with my voice sometimes if I don't have an instrument even though it takes a million times…

— Zooey Deschanel

Come oh come ye tea-thirsty restless ones -- the kettle boils, bubbles and sings, musically.

— Rabindranath Tagore

The lead singer is such a prominent thing, where drums are more of a supporting instrument.

— Danny Carey

“I am Evanescence. I am the only band member. I have basically hired the band. Evanescence has become me. It is mine…

— Evanescence Amy Lee

The harp is an insipid instrument--no good for dancing, feasting, or marching, only for sitting primly in a parlor or on a…

— Mason Cooley

I still think that I'm playing instruments, not just pushing buttons and there it goes. It's interactive and alive with the sound…

— Ikue Mori

Bands such as LiLiPUT and Essential Logic were just as unorthodox as Gang of Four or Wire, even taking their sounds a…

— Anthony Fantano

I consider the piano my 'main' instrument and have been playing for as long as I can remember. It seems to me…

— Ian MacKaye

When I get 13 or 14 years old, I get crazy with rock music, like, like, deeply crazy. And one of my…

— Juanes

The best music happens when you have a personal connection to it. That same philosophy can extend to the instrument you hold…

— Frank Iero

I have a hard time with musicians who act like pricks because it just makes me mad. I just sit there and…

— Isaac Hanson

Mad with the love of a wife for her husband... sing for the Most High sing for no other. We are all…

— Trevor Hall

Trying to get my music performed live by bar bands was a self defeating experience. It really just distracted me from what…

— Tom Scholz

All instruments sound fantastic in a church.

— Colin Meloy

I don't just rap - I sing and I dance as well.

— Chanel West Coast

I wanted all my solos to be something you could sing along with

— John Frusciante

Well, all of my shows are done with live instruments.

— Bear McCreary

I've been passionate about singing for as long as I can recall.

— Chinmayi

Singing is my life, and I have to do it, or I'm going to go totally bananas.

— Kathleen Hanna

I was born and raised on 'Singin' in the Rain.' It's in my work. It's in me.

— Zac Posen

I like singing, but it's certainly not my strong point.

— Moby

I'm going to keep pursuing my dream, keep singing and, hopefully, move to L.A.

— Katie Stevens

Band of Skulls is joining Cage the Elephant as my new musical caffeine.

— Michael Koryta

“To sing is to express, to love is to hurt”

— OhMJ

I've taken singing lessons since I was young, just to work on technique.

— Skylar Laine

I can hear someone singing, but I can't identify exact words.

— Rose Ayling-Ellis

Being in a band, whether your female or male, is really hard.

— Charlotte Caffey

For me, the best part of being in a band is playing shows, all the raw energy.

— Chino Moreno

But it can be hard to experiment when you're in a band.

— Julian Casablancas