The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things. — Ben Vereen Copy Share Image
I hadn't done any professional singing. I had sung in the shower and in my car and sometimes at a family bonfire… — Jessica Pare Copy Share Image
“We are the instruments of genius, yet more the rhythm and less the drum as each expanding beat arises.” — Heather K. O'Hara Copy Share Image
I play the ukulele. I have a great group of friends, and we do things like have battles of the bands -… — Mike Myers Copy Share Image
Questlove redefined what a band can be, and Paul Shaffer and Max Weinberg really put their own spin on it. I bow… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
I was so anxious to succeed that I made a practice of appearing on all the disc jockey shows I could, in… — Lawrence Welk Copy Share Image
“The most sensitive,the most delicate of instruments is the mind of a little child ” — Henry Handel Richardson Copy Share Image
A band is like a marriage, and if you're in a marriage with someone, and you lose yourself in that marriage, the… — Richie Sambora Copy Share Image
“But when she got going, on numbers like “Pulse Fiction” and “Delancey Street Blues,” she had that same air of having been… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
The visual side of being a performer or in a band is, to me, as important as the music. I know not… — Tamaryn Copy Share Image
I took four years of violin, but got bored of it - over the years, I've been ADD with instruments. The only… — Mister Lies Copy Share Image
I think our particular sound has come by just not adhering to any specific sound. For us, it's about the song, and… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
I love hip-hop, so what I do is done with respect, but there was a very closed-minded attitude toward live instruments and… — Everlast Copy Share Image
Radio and TV can still push a band, but things need to be shaken up. There is the Internet, but mostly what… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
There is a basic language of music that I think is important for communicating with other musicians - just the kind of… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
It's how I learned to play guitar - sitting with Led Zeppelin and Cheap Trick records, backing the needle up and learning… — Tad Kubler Copy Share Image
I prefer the band situation. I prefer the relationship. Music is meant to be that way. It's meant to be interdependent. — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
A band is a real band if they can play not just their songs, but they can just play. — Shavo Odadjian Copy Share Image
When you have four guys in a room writing songs, it different. It's great - that's what makes a band a band.… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I got in the audition line called 'Making the Band' because I wanted to be in a band. If I didn't, I… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
The only way I was allowed to play was by convincing bands to let me do a few songs while they set… — Beck Copy Share Image
My overnight success was really 15 years in the making. I'd been writing songs since I was 6 and playing in bands… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
We tried to present an emotional scrapbook of what it felt like to be a band member on this 20-year journey. — Cameron Crowe Copy Share Image
I wouldn't go into the studio if I didn't have a band who's ready, willing, and able. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Generally, I don't bother trying to keep up with prolific bands - but Thee Oh Sees demand it. — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
When you're in a band, it's like everyone's the CEO, and anyone could destroy it at any moment. — Jack Antonoff Copy Share Image
I don't even like to sing in front of my own band members so it's easier for me if they send me… — Hope Sandoval Copy Share Image
All I'm trying to do is simply play guitar and elicit this creativity from the instrument. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
El Paso is where I started. I don't feel like I'd be making the music I'm making now if I hadn't gone… — Khalid Copy Share Image
To me, recording with live instruments and tape takes things back to an older sound that I like but that's still fresh. — Adrian Younge Copy Share Image
I picked all the tunes before I went to Memphis, and the band was all set. Willie Mitchell is an arranger like… — Otis Rush Copy Share Image
I've always known that singing was some sort of calling for me. It comes naturally. — Zara Larsson Copy Share Image
You must never lose the awareness that in yourself you are nothing, you are only an instrument. An instrument is nothing until… — Kathryn Hulme Copy Share Image
Long, flat expanses of professionalism bother me. I'd rather have a band that could explode at any time. — Neil Young Copy Share Image
“Don’t let me ever think, dear God, that I was anything but the instrument for Your story-just like the typewriter was mine.” — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
One of the things that I've noticed since I've been in the band is that, as players, Lars, James, and Kirk truly… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
If you want to sing out, sing out, and if you want to be free, be free, cause there's a million ways… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
Music has always been part of my family's life. My brother, sister, and I all have the same ability to pick up… — Jack Garratt Copy Share Image
I got my first set of drums when I was around 3. I went from band to marching band to Latin jazz… — Jeremih Copy Share Image
You might have a favorite band and really dislike one of the records. That's fine. — Jakob Dylan Copy Share Image
