Music making Quotes · Page 83

When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.

— Lady Gaga

I still sing. I still lead worship. I mean, it's - who I am, it's what God has given me to do.

— Darlene Zschech

A band which plays songs such as 'Death Knell' or 'Prime Mover' can't just stand on the stage with a shirt and…

— Tobias Forge

He didn't want me to become a musician, he wanted me to be a doctor, because he said singing was too hard.

— Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Sometimes on my show, I just play something out of the blue, and the band picks up on it.

— Trombone Shorty

We're a unique band, so why have a generic producer lumping you in a box with other bands that sound the same?

— Jim Root

I have a fascination for well-produced '70s and '80s rock with a lot of harmonies. AOR bands like Journey, Jefferson Starship, Toto,…

— Tobias Forge

I really idolize everything my sisters do,so I went into singing contests and won also. That's how I really got into singing.

— Coco Lee

Bands like Culture Club and artists like me, you tend to concentrate on the live arena because that's where you can be…

— Boy George

The only reason you even start a band is so you can hang out with your friends all the time, but somewhere…

— Pete Wentz

When Prince and James Brown were doing live sessions... recording a band is not easy. It's all delicate, important stuff you want…

— Amine

I've demanded respect for myself and my band and my peers, I've demanded full artistic control for my music, I advocate for…

— Steve Miller

Even as a kid, if I would come across something cool in the record store, that would be how I found out…

— Scott Ian

When you're a front man for a band, there's nowhere to hide. It took me a long time to get used to…

— Gloria Estefan

I think a double bass for me would be too much effort. But the cello, you're really engaged and the sound is…

— Tod Machover

It is inspiring to see bands still trying to do significant and new things in the realm of sound. Most people in…

— David First

I dance, scream like screamo, I have a band named Shattered Memories. What can I say I'm not perfect. :)

— Anonymous

I would like to be remembered as a man who brought an innovation to popular singing.

— Frank Sinatra

All I can say, being young people being in a band, writing songs that we felt were great... we never felt that…

— Charlotte Caffey

But I can tell you that my favourite singer is Shania Twain and my favourite band is Lonestar.

— Matt Le Tissier

I'm probably more into a more spacious, even meditative, quiet delivery of singing.

— Dan Bejar

For an individual, playback singing is not enough to sustain a career, and it is not really a main source of income.

— Armaan Malik

We're a rock n' roll band. We play heavy metal music. And we want to give you a great time. That's basically…

— Rob Halford

I always wanted to do a song with a violin; I always loved the sound of the instrument, especially for melodic stuff.

— Max Cavalera

Kenny G, I have to be grateful to him for proving that the instrument can be played all different kinds of ways.

— Steve Lacy

Singing background has always been such a precious thing. I'm always going to be excited to sing behind an artist and learn…

— Judith Hill

I like guitar. It just turned out that it's the instrument I learned to play. I have a lot of respect for…

— Mac DeMarco

It's really hard for me to capture this certain way of singing that sounds good to me. I don't really understand it,…

— Doug Martsch

Folks call me Ellis. I run an auto shop with a couple of my buddies. We're also in a band. I play…

— Ellis

When I was at school, I used to stay on a balcony singing and people would stand around listening.

— Bad Bunny

As you know, I was a solo singer, something I just got very much used to. Turns out I'm quite enjoying being…

— Gareth Gates

We want to sound like a band you can't clone or even categorize. We like to throw everyone off.

— Shavo Odadjian

My first instrument was actually the trombone, but that didn't last long. Soon I was playing guitar in bands from the time…

— Dave Grohl

I played with local bands and ended up touring with Scissor Sisters, Mylo, Alphabeat, and Calvin Harris. That somehow changed into DJ'ing.

— Kristian Nairn

I cannot imagine a more satisfying calling than my own: beauty, humanity, and history every day, combined with the cathartic joy of…

— Renee Fleming

THE GODS was my first professional band and I learned a lot during that time. It was very cool playing with so…

— Ken Hensley

Before I was in the band, I was a bricklayer, a cement mixer and a messenger. I did a lot of odds…

— Marky Ramone

The human body is an instrument for the production of art in the life of the human soul.

— Alfred North Whitehead

“A great band name would be Tickling Whiskers. Especially if the lead singer is a cat. I’d love to audition for backup…

— Jarod Kintz

...after using your stuff on a jug band full of instruments, all I can say is Thank You Dr. Duck !...

— John Sebastian