Music making Quotes · Page 56

We do not sing because we are happy, we are happy because we sing.

— William James

Church singing is a great training ground.

— Morgan Neville

Free - I miss that band, but when I look back, we were very young.

— Paul Rodgers

The piano is such a timeless instrument.

— Ramin Djawadi

When I was a kid I loved to sing, that's all I did.

— Tevin Campbell

Revolution is an instrument, like a party is an instrument.

— Ernest Mandel

Because nobody wanted to play bass, I was instantly in a band.

— Les Claypool

I sing too much for someone who can't sing.

— Anonymous

I've always been interested in singing, and I've always been singing and dancing since I was little.

— Lindsay Lohan

I don't think I'm even a musician. I don't play a lot of instruments, not really a soloist or anything.

— Cass McCombs

I love being one of the musicians in the back. The light is on the singer and Im in the band. I…

— Marion Cotillard

I feel like it's really kind of a sit-down album, much in the same way I imagine Billie Holiday or someone sitting…

— Lucinda Williams

I love the string band. I love the sound of it, the possibilities of it, I love the physical sensation of creating…

— Chris Thile

Really, to me, a really good evening would be a comedian, followed by a band, followed by a really good DJ.

— Jens Lekman

I want to be singing to everybody, and I want everybody to think that I'm singing to them. Guys, girls and everyone…

— Joan Jett

You have to be able to relate to what you're singing otherwise you're just a mannequin.

— Sarah Harding

“The band responded by handing their instruments over to some fans during the encores, and leaving the stage. ‘That was the ultimate,’…

— Chris Bourke

I try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but it's a lot more fun hanging out with…

— David Byrne

The thing about a band is, it's not so much how good the musicians are - it's the blend of personalities and…

— Ian Gillan

The Lord did not people the earth with a vibrant orchestra of personalities only to value the piccolos of the world. Every…

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

You listen to Charlie Parker or John Coltrane before they found their voice, they sounded different. And when you listen to them…

— Nipsey Hussle

“When you’re in a band, you spend the first four hundred thousand years of your career dragging around your own crap. Your…

— Maggie Stiefvater

We know in order to get where we want to be and do what we want to be doing, sometimes we have…

— Tyler Joseph

In S Club I played a role in a band, but now I can go off and be me - My horizon's…

— Rachel Stevens

I wanted a real band. I wanted the Rolling Stones, the Beatles.

— Christopher Owens

With a voice like Ella ringing out there's no way a band can lose.

— Stevie Wonder

I'd love to do my own music for sure. I'd love to have a band.

— Selena Gomez

“When you find yourself dancing through life, be sure to tip the band.”

— Val Edward Simone

We're like a middle-aged boy band on tour.

— Sal Vulcano

I always wanted to be in a boy band since I was a kid.

— Olly Murs

At every show, I pray with my band. It's a big thing.

— Jessie Reyez

Well I Guess I Won't Ever Be Singing Again..

— Anonymous

“That before living agent, now became the living instrument.”

— Herman Melville

I guess my first instrument was the recorder when I was about five or six.

— Rostam Batmanglij

I believe in singing. I believe in singing together.

— Brian Eno

I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.

— Alanis Morissette

I really love singing. I love singing harmony, mostly.

— Nancy Wilson

Every record is a portrait of the band at that time.

— Jimmy Page

What else have I done nearly all my life than go hungry and go on singing?

— Carl Sandburg

You wouldn't be a complete band without a slightly cocky frontman, would you?

— Adam Levine