Music making Quotes · Page 27

The conductor wielded the orchestra like a blunt instrument.

— John Lydon

I love to sing. Mostly about love and sex.

— Elizabeth Berkley

I struggled more than anything else to find a voice for this band.

— Roger Daltrey

I grew up thinking that singing was my security.

— Nana Mouskouri

I'm Jewish and I can sing and I'm alive.

— Mandy Patinkin

I like to work my camera as if it were a musical instrument.

— Mike Figgis

I've got the big name, but I've always wanted to be in a band, one of a band.

— Robert Plant

Stucked in the melody,call me instrumental.

— Ewshy

I grew up in a classical music household. My dad is a phenomenal musician who can play any and all instruments, can…

— Bill Walton

“The human voice was the first instrument and remains the most powerful and effective method of musical creation and emotional transference.”

— Deke Sharon

People ask me all the time, 'Why don't don't you ever do drum clinics?' And my reply is always that I like…

— Vinnie Paul

The band likes to be different which each album, so that the listener is taken on a fascinating, but different journey each…

— Maria Brink

I always wanted to sing. I didn't know how to do it. I didn't know how to make the singing thing happen.

— Rita Wilson

I am not playing on stage. I am living the situation. I cannot cut emotions and sing. I never save myself.

— Kristine Opolais

My dad was a bass player in a Latino band when I was growing up. So we always had musical instruments in…

— Lindi Ortega

One of the best things about being in a band for so long and having any level of success is the opportunity…

— Tony Kanal

I'm not an expert in instruments, beat programming, or electronics. For some people it's all about doing it themselves. But for me,…

— Matisyahu

I will never again play anything that does not have social significance. We American jazz musicians of African descent have proved beyond…

— Max Roach

When I was 15 years old, my cousin and I formed a singing group called The Altaires. And, because we became the…

— George Benson

I always say that music is a small drop in the ocean of life. I was told a long time ago that…

— Wayne Shorter

Within the body there is played Music unending, though without stringed instruments That music of the Word pervades the entire creation Who…

— Kabir

The Ramones couldn't play in my key. They couldn't switch keys, so Ed Stasium literally had to play all the instruments for…

— P. J. Soles

I didn't write any music at all, and then, I remember Jon Anderson being very insistent saying that there were two kinds…

— Bill Bruford

The real self of an artiste lies in art, so when an artiste performs, all the pain, trauma and tension get released…

— Mrinalini Sarabhai

Don't give me songs, give me something to sing about!

— Anonymous

If you still wanna change everything still sing .

— Abdulrahman ElTohami

Singing is easy. The proof is always in the living.

— Matt Redman

Being in a band is all-consuming, and I like to have a life.

— Paul Rodgers

Some people even went off to form another band, Power Station.

— Anonymous

Find myself a rock and roll band, that needs a helping hand.

— Rod Stewart

Yes, but I have to say this: the band is going to decide where the band plays.

— Sebastian Bach

I feel what I sing, and I sing what I feel. Really, that's all I can do.

— Concha Buika

The greatest musical instrument given to a human being is the voice.

— Dayananda Saraswati

Singing seems as easy for her as talking is for us.

— Scott Yanow

I just wanted to be a part of the band. Actually, that's what inspired me.

— Jam Master Jay

I know I'm in the best band in the world.

— Keith Flint

The piano is the instrument I can play the most.

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

I started my band when I was 13 years old. We were a real band.

— Matty Healy

“I'd rather be dead than singing 'Satisfaction' when I'm 45.”

— Mick Jagger

I see man more as an instrument or an agent more than anything else.

— Ben Nicholson