Music making Quotes · Page 39

Children should be given the chance to play instruments, to sing.

— Luciano Pavarotti

We're just a joyous band, and our music is just fun, happy, and nostalgic.

— Kirstin Maldonado

There is no good singing, there is only present and absent.

— Jeff Buckley

A lot of songs I'm kind of singing and rapping.

— Lil Baby

I used to sing as a living while I was at university.

— Charlotte Ritchie

To me, a song is new every time I sing it.

— Meat Loaf

I've been singing since I could talk correctly.

— Khalid

Each bird must sing with his own throat.

— Henrik Ibsen

I'm a social person, and I'm used to working as a band member. I like that. I like being a part of…

— Sara Bareilles

I'm doing the best I can with what I got and that's all anybody in my band is doing.

— Jerry Cantrell

People kept asking me, 'When are you singing again?' so I kept doing it. It was that simple.

— Harry Dean Stanton

In a way records are like paintings. Instead of using paints and brushes we use sounds and instruments.

— John McLaughlin

My dad conducted the Disneyland band since I was born, and I was around big band music a lot.

— Josh Freese

Road to Ruin' had different instruments, different sounds. The production was different.

— Marky Ramone

We're definitely a metal band. We push a lot of boundaries. But at the core we're a metal band.

— Wayne Static

That's what you join a band for, is to make music. Not to sit around and have five years off. We're not…

— Liam Gallagher

Wherever inspiration comes from, it's like I'll hear a melody and chords, almost a rough structure of the whole thing [song]. I'll…

— Chris Wyse

The more I got into playing guitar, the more I enjoyed music, and the broader my listening became. The instrument itself became…

— Alex Lifeson

“a good producer. His job is not only to help a band make a great record, but also to bring out the…

— Ace Frehley

It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He's aware…

— Arnold Palmer

Someone should have a record that doesn't have any singing. It's my favorite Miles Davis record. I love hanging out in the…

— Craig Finn

There's always something in most world folk musics that always seems connected; whether it's a bagpipe or a tambura, there's always some…

— Paul Weller

I'm wary about this thing about being in the generation of social networking where people are like, 'I am my musical taste.'…

— Zooey Deschanel

I've been doing this sort of thing my entire life. It's my love, it's my passion, it's what I do day in…

— Diana DeGarmo

I insist on group singing of the names of the Lord.

— Sathya Sai Baba

The music game is more than just my love for singing, its a sport for me.

— Keshia Chante

The beauty of the band was you never knew what was going to come out next.

— Jimmy Page

I want to be able to sing well, but I have the worst voice in the world.

— Kate Upton

I could relate to a band from a small town, talking about wanting to get out.

— Luke Hemmings

Let's be clear: I love singing at the Met.

— Susanna Phillips

The crooning turns to a sunrise singing.

— Vachel Lindsay

We really put together a great band, and have a great time.

— Steve Brown

The lyrics - everything I sing, I've written.

— Romy Madley Croft

The only time I'm miserable is when I can't keep an instrument in tune.

— Steve Vai

We didn't want to be a po-faced, dull band - we wanted to have fun.

— James Righton

I was just very reserved. The band's helped me have a voice.

— Calum Hood

There's a beauty in being part of a band, when there's equality and trust.

— Scott Weiland

You know the drum was the first instrument besides the human voice.

— Billy Higgins

Being from a big band is great because you can do other bands.

— Duff McKagan

Dancing and singing were always like games to me. I sang constantly.

— Tarkan