I used to sing all the time. But I couldn't imagine getting paid for it. — Anne Murray Copy Share Image
The accordion was the first instrument I played, when I was 7 years old. — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
Post my stint as a sportsman, I found solace in singing and trained for extended hours in Indian classical music. — Harrdy Sandhu Copy Share Image
It's interesting because neither of my parents play instruments. They both love music, but neither of them are musicians. Somehow, I was… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
We were accused of sounding like a couple of bands when we started out. Aerosmith was one. — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
It feels much more natural to move forward and grow with the instruments I've grown accustomed to. Piano, accordion, brass, ukulele. — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
Adding instruments to parts of a song and having them somehow find a pocket. That to me was a huge lesson. Like,… — Babatunde Adebimpe Copy Share Image
Why would you want to stand there waving a stick when you could be playing an instrument? — Nigel Kennedy Copy Share Image
Don't try to follow any trends, just concentrate on writing great songs and knowing your instrument. All the other stuff will fall… — Steven Adler Copy Share Image
Being in an indie band is running a never-ending, rewarding, scary, low-margin small business. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players. Not to say that it is not important to listen… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
It is amazing when you try and write songs without an instrument. It kind of forces the melody to be honed it.… — Graham Colton Copy Share Image
I did a capella for a year at boarding school and then I stopped because at Yale, I think they really focus… — Kevin Olusola Copy Share Image
When your body is your instrument, it needs maintenance and it needs to be held in a certain way. That's a universal… — Josh Peck Copy Share Image
The thing that's good about music-making software like the DAW-kinda systems is that they're all generally the same; the kind of interface… — Washed Out Copy Share Image
I love the balls-to-the-walls rule-breaking approach the Beatles had in the studio (which I emulate), although I don't try to make my… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
The major rock instruments and classical instruments were designed for performance, for sharing the music with an audience, and then later people… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
“To participate, then, in the pomp of the orchestra, in the full scintillation thereof, was in the highest degree thrilling. Is this… — M.T. Anderson Copy Share Image
Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
Around the time the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan, I was already in a band. — Dan Fogelberg Copy Share Image
I like to contribute. Even in my bands, I can't really just be the singer. — Taryn Manning Copy Share Image
