Music making Quotes · Page 26

I guess my first instrument was the recorder when I was about five or six.

— Rostam Batmanglij

“That before living agent, now became the living instrument.”

— Herman Melville

Well I Guess I Won't Ever Be Singing Again..

— Anonymous

Dropkick Murphys, everybody! That's a band!

— Conan O'Brien

I started out singing in high school in the choir and in a garage band.

— Stark Sands

I've had singing lessons and plan to show off.

— Geri Halliwell

I don't listen to my music if I'm not making it.

— SZA

I've studied classical singing, but not to a great extent.

— Floor Jansen

I've definitely gotten to the point where we get to the venue, and people know that I'm in charge of the band.

— Frankie Cosmos

When I was small - I grew up in a village outside of Krakow - my brothers and sisters and I would…

— Joanna Kulig

.. the guitar is just a wonderful instrument. It's everything: a bartender, a psychiatrist, a housewife. It's everything, but it's elusive

— Les Paul

I combine aspects of many styles of music and create my own musical forms by way of electronic instruments.

— John Frusciante

So I just try to be me and feel the songs and feel the energy of the band with me.

— Jeff Gutt

There are bands like Imagine Dragon, Grouplove, and fun. who have come along and shifted the way that rock can sound.

— Brendon Urie

“Authors are but the instrument to be played. The art is inside them, but many people help create it.”

— Love The Stacks Bookstore

Joining a band without ever having really met the people before, you just want to be musically powerful.

— Dave Grohl

I was trained at classical piano as a youngster back in PA. To rebel, I bought a drum set and played in…

— Jeff Cardoni

I play the baritone horn - which is like a mini tuba, and is the least sexy instrument you can choose, and…

— Steve Carell

I love to dance and I'd love to be saying goodbye to my friends while the band was playing and they were…

— Benjamin Spock

We never really dreamed of being a band until it just naturally happened. All of a sudden, we were like, 'Maybe we…

— Matthew Ramsey

Every record from New Found Glory is a little different. We're a real band that writes songs about our everyday relationships -…

— Chad Gilbert

I wanted to start doing more music, doing more things than just playing guitar. I started taking singing lessons and piano lessons.…

— Mike McCready

Being in a band with my wife, I'm very aware of the multitude of ways that can go wrong. We're best friends…

— Trent Reznor

My brother, Mario, is in show business and so are all my cousins on my dad's side. We come from a family…

— Irene Cara

You've got to sing like you don't need the money.

— Glenda Jackson

For a band like us tracklisting is a massive, massive task.

— Ed O'Brien

Obviously I still gig on my own, but I've always heard my music with a band.

— George Ezra

I sing about things that have always been and always will be.

— Johnny Paycheck

I've always loved singing and the catharsis of it.

— Autre Ne Veut

We're a band that keeps writing and recording - we don't know when it's over.

— Shavo Odadjian

Dont clap Im not a jazz band for Christs sake.

— Dylan Moran

When I was little, I would sing all around the house.

— Lauren Daigle

But enough joking. I am singing. This is all my life.

— Placido Domingo

I've always had an instrument attached to my body.

— Maggie Rogers

We're 2NE1, and we're from Korea. We're this girl band with great music.

— CL

I can't remember a time when I wasn't singing.

— Dinah Shore

It's tough going out as the opening act of a band especially when you're solo.

— Chris de Burgh

Instead of going out and shooting people, why don't you go start a band.

— Joel Madden

We need to play each others instruments.

— Steven Johnson

I never thought I could sing. I still don't.

— Kevin Abstract