Music making Quotes · Page 78

Singing is like going to a party at someone else's house. Acting is like having the party at your own house.

— Cher

You could say singing is in our genes. Both our parents sang and made up songs constantly.

— Isaac Hanson

I didn't have any singing background. Against the wishes of my parents, I got into making music.

— Yo Yo Honey Singh

As a kid, you put musicians on a pedestal - well, I did. The more you meet bands, and the more you…

— Sharon Van Etten

Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely.

— Catherine Deneuve

The Who is now a brand, not a band; but it is a brand that is upheld by its audience, not an…

— Pete Townshend

Singing connected with movements and action is a much more ancient, and, at the same time, more complex phenomenon than is a…

— Zoltan Kodaly

We had so many hit singles, and usually right in a row, that we tended to be dismissed again by our detractors…

— Richard Carpenter

I was growing up at a time when music was growing and changing so fast. I had learned all the big band…

— Jose Feliciano

I don't play a lot of instruments so when it comes to the song writing process I don't have a lot to…

— Barry Kerch

Sometimes I'll go out into the crowd and keep singing, but I'll get maybe seven rows out and I'm out of synch,…

— Rob Zombie

I think the most note-worthy part is that Stella [Mozgawa] had joined the band two weeks before we started recording, so that…

— Theresa Wayman

I listen to other guitar players, yeah. It gives me new concepts and shows me where the instrument is going for the…

— George Benson

If you come on a band tense, you're going to play tense. If you come a little bit foolish, act just a…

— Charlie Parker

I sang in a reggae band. And then there was a soul band where I sang back-up vocals and some lead. And…

— Abigail Washburn

I'm trying to be expressive on my instrument and conduct as I'm improvising. So I'm conducting with the melodies and the rhythms…

— Joe Lovano

One of my best friends in the world is Lars Frederiksen. He plays guitar for a band called Rancid.

— CM Punk

To actually get together and make a band record feels like a bit of a big deal, and that can be quite…

— Tracey Thorn

I love most melodic music - classical, reggae, big band, jazz, blues, country, pop, swing, folk.

— John Lescroart

When you're on stage and you got a great audience, that makes the show that much better for the band.

— Charlotte Caffey

Clay Cook is a first class musician. Tender tormented genius here in 'North Star'. I will kill him if he leaves my…

— Zac Brown

My mom and sisters liked to sing and we would jam at home very often. I would also jam a lot in…

— Amit Trivedi

When you're pregnant, things - at least for me - get very sincere and very wholesome, and it's about family, and singing…

— Kelli O'Hara

I think we're just a garage band that got lucky. It's the enthusiasm from the audience that keeps it going.

— Joe Perry

You definitely get more of a band feel to a song if you've been playing a song live a bunch.

— John Britt Daniel

The synth helped us in that it meant you didn't have to be a traditional four-piece band and basically, you didn't have…

— Curt Smith

Growing up I used to love bands like Free and ELO and the Rolling Stones. When Robert Plant got in touch it…

— Alison Krauss

Make sure that your song is fun and catchy. Make sure that you enjoy singing, and drink tea.

— Raven-Symone

“How can you understand the language of music, if you will not be an instrument?”—Zarost”

— Greg Hamerton

This LGBT singing choir has demonstrated how women are investing in tradition to create change, like alchemists turning discord into harmony.

— Kavita Ramdas

Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter…

— Pliny the Elder

I think that what I'm interested with is the creative side of music-making, rather than all the travelling.

— Michael Giles

The only instrument I know how to really play, and the instrument that I absolutely love, is the piano. I have been…

— Laura Marano

I started off with the flute and French horn, and then I was playing trumpet in the jazz band.

— KiKi Layne

I've always just given myself to the band, if you know what I mean, and been busy with that.

— Stevie Jackson

Around middle school I studied jazz guitar and ended up playing in a jazz band for a bit. But, after high school,…

— Mike Tucker

As a rock band, you're slightly one foot in the past, playing instruments like guitar, bass and drums.

— Matt Bellamy

When I was a kid, I could make music out of anything, whether it be a rubber band, a tin can. Whatever…

— Jose Feliciano

If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice.

— Stan Getz

I learned drumming as a second instrument because I didn't want to sing. Sometimes I would quite like to be left in…

— Lauren Mayberry