Music making Quotes · Page 51

This is the band I always wanted to be in.

— Phil Anselmo

The identity of each band is what's important for me production-wise.

— Devin Townsend

Age 10. I joined the school marching band as a drummer.

— Adrian Belew

“When singing Journey, you have to commit.”

— Matthew Bomer

I liked singing and just took a chance with it.

— Melanie Martinez

All Religions. All This Singing. One Song. Peace Be With You.

— Rumi

Marc Bolan had inspired so many people to pick up a guitar and join a band.

— Tony Visconti

Being in several, disparate bands is what I thrive on.

— Trevor Dunn

I can conduct and play musical instruments, but dancers' counting is different - they only go to eight beats, which doesn't relate…

— Robert Rinder

“We're a symphony--our limbs and lips and skin making up the instruments, working together to create a beautiful piece of music.”

— Julie Cross

I spent a lot of time teaching myself theory and harmony so I could be free to express myself on the instrument.

— George Benson

I'm competitive with anyone who writes a good song - I don't care if it's a band or solo artist or whoever.

— Chris Martin

I'm in a weird band. We've done very well. The American Dream is alive and well.

— Gene Simmons

When you're up against an electric band like that, it's like you're on two separate planets.

— Keith Jarrett

When I was a kid, I had a xylophone, and I thought that was the instrument I wanted to play. I didn't…

— Julia Holter

“Sing, boy! sing! The ages are waiting for you. Sing! sing! All the world will hear you. God knows what will come…

— Charles Carleton Coffin

“I was never one to pull a band aid off slowly. Besides, we could be struck by lightning right now and I…

— Natasha Boyd

“golden tunnel. Light poured out of it and washed over me, and something close to singing reached my ears. Heartbreakingly beautiful singing.…

— J.R. Rain

I love to sing. I also had a band during my college days in Saudi Arabia called Thousand Decibels. If not an…

— Karan Singh Grover

I love music with real instruments. I'm not one of those guys that's a purist about analog vs. digital, but I love…

— Frank Dukes

My house was full of music. My main memories are of the record player at home: it was all Beatles and Rolling…

— Steven Price

I write these songs and I like the idea of letting the band interpret it as they will. This band is like…

— Taylor Goldsmith

The best music happens when you have a personal connection to it. That same philosophy can extend to the instrument you hold…

— Frank Iero

I have a hard time with musicians who act like pricks because it just makes me mad. I just sit there and…

— Isaac Hanson

Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn't it

— Ben Hogan

We never thought we were musicians. We just thought we were in a band.

— Ad-Rock

I enjoy the more floaty, exposed, elegant singing.

— Renee Fleming

“Work is the major instrument for conversion”

— Sunday Adelaja

Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things.

— Lionel Hampton

My band persona is 25% tougher than I am.

— Lauren Mayberry

I love people. I love being in a band. I love making music.

— Rob Halford

I'm singing, you know, because I'm happy and I'm free.

— Sharon Jones

Bands are like people. They're born and then they die.

— Mary Timony

All the words will bleed from me and I will sing no more

— The White Stripes

Nobody wants to hear me sing! I can sing, but nobody wants to be there for it.

— Matt Letscher

If you think you can sing, you can sing; that's all that matters.

— Jimmy Butler

I can't sing, so... I don't know if I will be doing any musicals.

— Chris Massoglia

We've always been a band that questions things.

— Ed Kowalczyk

“You came to us a lump of clay, and we molded you into an instrument of Death.”

— Robin LaFevers

I don't know if I've ever screamed or cried for a band.

— Kiernan Shipka