Music making Quotes · Page 45

I'm literally tone-deaf with singing. It's unreal.

— Tom Holland

I was a drummer, and I did a little singing too.

— Lou Gramm

The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body.

— Anais Nin

I can sing and dance. I can smile - a lot.

— Chris Colfer

I need the money. People don't understand how little money you make in a band.

— Evan Dando

“The instrument through which time is converted is called work.”

— Sunday Adelaja

I've been singing in church and wherever else I got the chance since I was 3.

— Morgan Wallen

We were always a party band and we used to play outside a lot.

— Trey Anastasio

Also, painting and animation are really solitary pursuits, so the collaborative aspects of music making and acting are pretty welcome sometimes.

— Tunde Adebimpe

Paul persuaded me to join the band. I would never have had the courage otherwise. It was fun at the beginning. We…

— Linda McCartney

My favorite sound is definitely mules. If it was an instrument, it's really pingthe touch of the black keys of the piano.

— Christian Louboutin

In the past, I played in bands, worked at coffee shops, babysat, and worked as a production assistant.

— Tig Notaro

This ain't no fucking sing-along. So girl what you singing for? It's cause we blowing like a C4, got my whole crew…

— The Weeknd

This band is metal in that we have a lot of metal in our instruments, and there's quite a lot of metal…

— Mikey Way

Singing is not indulged in by Rotary clubs of some countries and all clubs are given full privilege to do as they…

— Paul Harris

I've always been a songwriter, whether it's singing or playing with a band or doing DJ sets, they're all different ways to…

— Matthew Koma

You can sing if you have a great voice, but to connect that instrument to the text and connect it to the…

— Marc E. Platt

I do have shout-outs to bands and musicians I like in my books, but the musical references can be misunderstood. Often, I…

— George Pelecanos

What singing means to me, I never did consider myself a singer, I just let people watch me feel music and how…

— Erykah Badu

I believe I love my guitar more than the others love theirs. For John and Paul, songwriting is pretty important and guitar…

— George Harrison

The biggest question I have is if you're a rock singer or a rock 'n' roll band, or if you're a pop…

— Joe Nichols

Learning to play old instruments was a challenge. How do you learn an instrument no one has played in hundreds of years?…

— Einar Selvik

The ensemble playing is as clean as a whistle. The band plays in tune and with dynamics. Also, there is some fine…

— Horace Silver

Lots of the bands [in New Orleans] couldn't read too much music. So they used a fiddle to play the lead -…

— Danny Barker

I think getting the rest of the guys in the band to write is important.

— Donnie Iris

I can still sing. If you are dead, you can't sing.

— Slim Whitman

I've said this over and over again, but I love being in a band.

— Ringo Starr

I was actually in a Take That tribute band.

— Rylan Clark-Neal

A band ought to have a sound all of its own. It ought to have a personality.

— Glenn Miller

I sing in the car if I'm in LA, because you're like soundproofed.

— Jimmy Fallon

Singing was the big focus and outlet for me.

— Debra Wilson

I've never stopped working on songs and practising singing and guitar.

— Richard Dawson

We want to do songs that people don't normally hear in cover bands.

— Tom Sandoval

Your body is your instrument, you play it expertly.

— Roseanne Barr

I cannot imagine stopping singing. It is so nice that I even do it as a hobby.

— Jose Carreras

The guitar was not treated very seriously as a concert recital instrument.

— Julian Bream

I love trying new things and experimenting with instruments and sounds.

— John Corabi

I don't believe in having bands for solo records.

— Mick Jagger

Singing and entertainment are now my first priority.

— William Hung

Gamelan instruments are exotic and mysterious.

— James Newton Howard