Music making Quotes · Page 42

I have too much work as a composer to concentrate on singing.

— Himesh Reshammiya

I forgot that being in a band was this much fun.

— Ryan Ross

I know I could never be in a pop band. I honestly have an appalling voice.

— Gary Lineker

If You can play Your stuff in a pub, then You´re a good band.

— Paul McCartney

I play the real instruments. I don't waste my time with anything else.

— Jason Newsted

Singing is my main goal, and I think philosophy will help me write songs.

— Jackie Evancho

I'd like to tour, but again, to tour my music now would take a bigger band.

— Kip Winger

My main professional experience is touring in a rock band.

— Bryce Dessner

Most people get into bands for three very simple rock and roll reasons: to get laid, to get fame, and to get…

— Bob Geldof

I love the physicality of instruments, and instruments as objects, like dancers are bodies.

— Bryce Dessner

I create a guise or a band that I can operate within, and within each one of those bands, I've got an…

— Mike Patton

That's probably half the reason I wanted to be in a band - I wanted to see the world.

— Jeff Ament

Somehow, trumpet is the reference point for me - it was actually my first instrument.

— Pat Metheny

I think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of people.

— John Coltrane

This is our bandstand. If you don't want to play, get up off the instrument and leave.

— Wynton Marsalis

The sound of the drum drives out thought; for that very reason it is the most military of instruments.

— Joseph Joubert

I started out in this business in rock and roll bands and stumbled into drag. Drag just happened to be my vehicle…

— RuPaul

With The Fugees initially, and even with 'Miseducation', it was very hip-hop - always a singing over beats. I don't think people…

— Lauryn Hill

To me living and music are all the same thing. And I keep finding out more about music as I learn more…

— McCoy Tyner

Keeping fans loyal is a delicate balance. Therein lies the challenge for any band that's more than a couple albums deep. It's…

— Ben Gibbard

Playing the violin and singing and whistling are just three different ways of making sound. It's not trying to replace a band,…

— Andrew Bird

To be a great band it's like you have that telepathy. You know when the bass player's in back of you without…

— Scott Weiland

We're doing all the shows as an eight-piece band. There's so many different kinds of palettes for each film that we've had…

— Stuart A. Staples

“I should let you know that I had no idea how to play the guitar or any other musical instrument, and that…

— David Wong

I chose producing because I didn't know how to play any instruments.

— Smokepurpp

The last thing you want to do is write songs about being in a band.

— Matt Berninger

Brian Eno taught us how to use the Recording Studio as an instrument.

— Jerry Harrison

Bands in the Nineties seem to forget the entertainment aspect of rock music.

— Matt Bellamy

There are probably limits on what the choir can sing well.

— Mack Wilberg

I was in the marching band and I liked nerdy things.

— Taylor Hill

Im in the kitchen, yams everywhere. Just made a jugg I got bands everywhere.

— 2 Chainz

I have been singing all my life, so it is pretty much second nature to me.

— Gene Watson

I was in a band called Hooker for a while.

— Travis Barker

I like to sing with people, whether they're good or not.

— John Stamos

Playing music and singing are my forms of meditation.

— Shruti Haasan

If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it.

— Pierre Beaumarchais

He's writing what I'm singing, and I'm writing what he's playing.

— Patrick Stump

I've got about three or four rooms of records, and two rooms of instruments.

— Madlib

^-^ check out what I made. Papa Roach (favorite rock band)

— James

The Music Machine is my favorite rock band ever.

— Lou Barlow