Music making Quotes · Page 80

I write everything. I have that control issue with my music. That's why I'm not in a band.

— Daniel Powter

Bruce's band is so different from the Grateful Dead; there's no lead guitar player, for one thing.

— Phil Lesh

My songs were influenced not so much by poetry on the page but by poetry being recited by the poets who recited…

— Bob Dylan

When you're a musician, you are around your peers a lot, like Slipknot and Alice In Chains... you name the band. We're…

— Duff McKagan

When you're in a band, it's a close-knit thing. There's a lot of emotional stuff.

— Duff McKagan

I don't remember consciously not being able to play an instrument. It's been kind of like a language for me.

— Kristian Bush

“For trumpets sterne to chaunge mine Oaten reeds, And sing of Knights and Ladies gentle deeds;”

— Edmund Spenser

The Go-Go's were a frothy pop band. I wanted to do music that had a harder edge.

— Charlotte Caffey

I use Logic or Reason and a midi keyboard for beats. If it's gonna have all live instruments in it, I'll probably…

— Syd

I found out about college radio and this whole noise genre blew me away. When I saw that guys could just get…

— Girl Talk

Singing with others is an unmediated, shared experience as each person feels the same music reverberating in their individual bodies. Singing is…

— Jay Griffiths

The careers that always impressed me, and the people that I've always looked up to, are the ones who've been around forever:…

— Hayley Williams

I may be taking a different approach, being a guy leading a band with a trombone, but if you take that out…

— Trombone Shorty

When I was playing with the Truckers, a lot of really good things happened. And we had a good trajectory for a…

— Jason Isbell

There were times when I would suddenly realize making music is a crazy pipe dream. I would see bands that did super…

— St. Lucia

I would say when you're dealing with live musicians and musicality, the warmth of a live instrument brings a certain feel to…

— Big K.R.I.T

I was really close to being this guy who used to be in this band who is still playing and trying to…

— Fred Armisen

Speaking and singing were equally common in my house. I started songwriting about the time that I started forming sentences.

— Lucy Dacus

Singing is a limitless form of expression, and I love to experiment with my work.

— Kailash Kher

“Pushing thoughts of spanking and Simon from my mind, I went back to my DVDs. Spanking Simon. What a great name for…

— Alice Clayton

I like the power and versatility of a big band and how an orchestra can vary the dynamics from very loud to…

— Kurt Elling

Writing songs about having a nice time - 'Oh I'm so happy on tour with my band' - I'd find it really…

— Sigrid

A lot of bands have an unfortunate past; we've dodged a lot of bullets when it comes to that.

— Tyler Joseph

Well, my main instrument is violin, but I think of myself as a songwriter who happens to play violin.

— Andrew Bird

It is not enough merely to memorize and spout vocal axioms good singing is infinitely more than much talk and head-knowledge.

— Jerome Hines

I feel far more connected to the whole band if I can somehow physically respond... with my body.

— Kimbra

Singing karaoke is my worst nightmare. But in the car, I rock out to anything Bon Jovi or Beastie Boys.

— Adam F. Goldberg

“You play 30 instruments. What's the toughest? Drums, just because I don't get to play them a whole lot. I”

— Anonymous

I really try to find inspiration in all band's I've toured with because everyone's up there doing their own thing and captivating…

— Maria Brink

Writing songs, making music, and singing is important to me, and I do all three.

— Yo Yo Honey Singh

I now understand more of our calling. The weakest instruments are chosen to do the greatest works so that the glory might…

— Paul Washer

Everyone can lock into the rhythm on a tune. It's organic in nature. It connects the band as a whole and connects…

— John McLaughlin

All my life, I've really enjoyed music: making music, playing it, and recording it. It's such a relief and a joy to…

— John 5

When I'm onstage, I hope it looks like what I want to see - the lights, the pyro, the band.

— Nikki Sixx

It is an unfortunate irony that music-making intended in part to attract new listeners is usually the least well rehearsed and motivated.

— Bernard Holland

A lot of bands break through with their third record: the White Stripes, the Clash, the Replacements.

— Ezra Furman

I just love the thrill of performing on stage. I believe that singing is something I was put here to do.

— Lucy Hale

I don't want anything to get in the way of me and my singing. I want my mind as clear as possible.

— Bobby McFerrin

I was never a sit-in-the-audience-type person. Even as a little kid, when I saw a band performing at a restaurant, I would…

— Scarlett Bordeaux

Life is an art we are required to practice without preparation, a score that we play at sight even before we have…

— Lewis Mumford