Music making Quotes · Page 71

I just want a band and keep them working, people that I like and who I think a lot of. Once my…

— Pharoah Sanders

I'm triggering acoustic instruments. I'm literally beating, smacking, hitting, blowing, doing physical things. It's an incredibly exciting way to make music.

— Pat Metheny

If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me.

— Kristin Hersh

Bands work in a way where everyone, at some point, has to have a similar idea of how you do things.

— Chris Cornell

People find it confusing I'm in a band, even though music was my main thing before acting.

— Megan Mullally

Your mind, emotions and body are instruments and the way you align and tune them determines how well you play life.

— Harbhajan Singh Yogi

When you're in a band and write a song on your own, it isn't fully realized until it goes into somebody else's…

— Ian MacKaye

I learned my profession onstage. I didn't have a musical background. I had no conservatory training. I don't play an instrument.

— Marcello Giordani

We didn't say, 'Hey, we're gonna pick a bunch of cover songs,' or, 'We're gonna write an original song that has to…

— Zacky Vengeance

Right now my mind is on the people who stole our instruments, and, specifically, the person with my guitar, which will no…

— Jonny Greenwood

A famous violinist once said. Music transcends words. By exchanging notes, you get to know one another, to understand one another. As…

— KAORI

The band set up in January and just started rehearsing. If there was a song, we'd just rehearse it as a band,…

— James Iha

It's hard to sing really well when you're playing an instrument, but it'd be great to try and sing really well and…

— Jay Watson

When I first started, I worked with my father, Alex 'Little Bill' Wallace; he was a guitarist like B.B. King. I was…

— Wadada Leo Smith

I've always wanted to be in music, but I'm not talented at all. Now I just go to concerts, and I'm fascinated…

— John Hughes

I did Albert Hall, I got to play the Hall of Fame with Prince. So I've done that kind of stuff for…

— Dhani Harrison

My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight.

— Kate Smith

All the best bands have a language, and what they say within that language makes it is what it is.

— Erol Alkan

The songs resonate with a positive hue. That's a positive thing. People feel good singing 'Sing a Song' or 'Shining Star.'

— Philip Bailey

While you're learning guitar, figure out the drums, too. Not only does it help you have great timing, but it helps you…

— Nuno Bettencourt

I think being in a band is probably the only job when you're actively encouraged to be out of it most of…

— Martin Gore

The songs my band and I like to sing - the songs that the room will erupt for - are '90s hits,…

— Ross Lynch

I can't sing. So if I ever tell you that I'm singing tell me to stop!! You might go deaf..:P

— Anonymous

That's really the thing that got me into playing a lot - getting excited about playing along with my favorite bands like…

— Chad Smith

If you heard my records and no one told you, I don't think you'd know whether it's a band or one guy.

— Lenny Kravitz

I love and respect my instrument. I was born with an instinct for what is right, the correct technique, and I have…

— Mirella Freni

I love being in a band. I love that collaborative spirit, although some would suggest that I don't get involved in the…

— Trevor Rabin

Fans want new music. We're the same way. We have bands that we like, and whether they release it or not, we're…

— John Dolmayan

I love to have a band, but dancers are my priority because I really want a show, you know?

— Zara Larsson

I try to make classics. I don't try to make things that aren't good. It's always a pleasure to see that people…

— Adrian Younge

The congregation that I was raised in was one that sang and a non-instrumental fashion. It was all a cappella singing, and…

— Dwight Yoakam

The piano is really the featured instrument of a 10-piece chamber orchestra. The construction is the harmonic language.

— Howard Shore

Mental health is personal for our whole band. As touring musicians, self-care can quickly become make it or break it on the…

— John Gourley

'Game of Thrones' offers such a wide range of instruments that I use and stylistically for what I'm doing, but 'Westworld' is…

— Ramin Djawadi

I think I've always felt as a band and as a musician and a music business person, I've always felt like an…

— Amanda Palmer

Singing has always been an important part of my life and I have always loved singing.

— Sara Khan

I always imagine later on these songs I could've played with a band, but it never worked out that way.

— Nuno Bettencourt

I did play the guitar and sing; I was in a band called The Estrogens: three females and one very brave guy.

— Carolyn Porco

My dad and I used to play Prince, Lauryn Hill, Stevie Wonder, The Parliaments, and a lot of older funk bands while…

— Gabriella Wilson

When I did my rock band, I pined for a more soulful sound. I wanted music that was very melodic and blues-based.

— Corinne Bailey Rae