Music making Quotes · Page 46

When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another.

— David Byrne

“How could you be sad, when you can sing?”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

If I can sing along to it, it's pop music.

— Charli XCX

I play in a band, I write songs, I sing, you know, perform on stage.

— Adam Levine

I had been building electronic musical instruments since I was a kid.

— Robert Moog

I want to be in cahoots with bands who want to make the record of their dreams.

— Steve Albini

I just want to get on stage and sing and be happy.

— Ronnie Spector

Singing you raise me up while riding on the escaltor;) xx

— Author Name

Towards the end with Pantera - although I was never unhappy with the music we were making - it became one-dimensional, and…

— Dimebag Darrell

My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education.

— Renee Fleming

How do we make a record that's true to the vibe of the band but still maintain the pace of moving forward…

— Andy Biersack

I grew up with Al Jarreau. We had a band together and worked these places for three years when neither one of…

— George Duke

We have such an energetic live show. We have so much fun onstage. We swap instruments. We might possibly be the sweatiest…

— St. Lucia

I was attracted to music when I was very young. I got in my first band when I was 15, so that's…

— B. J. Thomas

Singing has been a cherished gift, and my inability to sing has been a devastating blow.

— Julie Andrews

The thing that fuels me the most is the desire to be on stage. And singing is the ultimate way of expressing…

— Danielle de Niese

In L.A., we played rock venues because we had a band, which hip-hop venues couldn't accommodate. And within that, we created a…

— Taboo

What is the impulse that drove to direct? To me, it seems so immense. Just having a rock 'n' roll band, or…

— Patti Smith

After watching a couple of live performances of bands like Nirvana, I was really excited and inspired by how raw and powerful…

— Panda Bear

I was in orchestra in high school, but I really started when a friend of mine who's a drummer showed me some…

— Carla Azar

You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could be yawning your head off when you…

— John McLaughlin

I worked in corrections because they had told me I wasn't going to make it in the music business. You know, when…

— Sharon Jones

For music, I always just played music myself - and, I had rock bands and wrote songs and put bands together that…

— Michael Cerveris

I think…to give. In the best way I can, through song and through dance and through music. I mean, I am committed…

— Michael Jackson

The best thing about this band is I'm the leader!

— Keith Emerson

MAKE SURE BARBER IS SHARP, NOT THE INSTRUMENTS.

— Yssubramanyam

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

— Patti LaBelle

When you get to sing with someone you care about, it's magical.

— Vanessa Hudgens

Good taste - that's all you really need when you're playing an instrument.

— Kristin Hersh

“Use love as the only instrument to question the world around you.”

— robert m drake

I'll always do the guitar parts since it's my main instrument.

— Trevor Rabin

I went from somebody who didn't sing to somebody who didn't speak.

— Gerard Butler

When you see a band, you want to see characters.

— Zacky Vengeance

I love horns, and the bigger the band, the better it sounds to my ear.

— Levon Helm

When I'm acting I don't sing, and when I'm recording I'm not acting.

— Jennifer Hudson

There is danger in singing someone else's song.

— Don G. Campbell

I just try to sing every song with sincerity.

— Mohit Chauhan

I just started singing 'cause I had dropped out of school.

— Doja Cat

I can't play any instrument for the life of me, but I know what I want to hear.

— Lupe Fiasco

“I am only an idea, a requirement breathed to life-an instrument. A tool.”

— Dawn Metcalf