I've been thinking about songwriting more in terms of playing it live, and how it will sound as a band. — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
When I first picked up an instrument, nothing really happened. I played piano when I was a little kid. I hated it… — Phoebe Bridgers Copy Share Image
With classical singing you have to put out so much air - you project, you emit force. — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
All your travelling is together, you eat together, you're on stage as a band together, when you get to the sound-check the… — Joan Armatrading Copy Share Image
Pan Sonic sound like they are playing music of the future made with the electric instruments of yesterday. — Johann Johannsson Copy Share Image
I grew up in a school that had a big music program, and it was incredible. It's what I looked forward to… — Alison Krauss Copy Share Image
I'm a huge karaoke person even though I have the worst singing voice. When you love doing something, who cares? — Hoda Kotb Copy Share Image
When I was five I was touring, singing and dancing. Always gone, always out of school. — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
It's rare that I'll write lyrics first. If I come up with some good lyrics, I'll write them down and try to… — Rob Crow Copy Share Image
I had 12 years of classical music as a child, playing piano competitions as a teenager, playing in blues bands and rock… — Ronnie Milsap Copy Share Image
Since I've grown up I really wanted to be able to create something different. In Persian music, opposite, again, to classical music,… — Hafez Nazeri Copy Share Image
People resist change; if they like something, then they want you to keep doing it over and over - but I think… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
My advice to women who habitually gravitate toward musicians is that they learn how to play an instrument and start making music… — Julie Klausner Copy Share Image
God gave music the power to carry his light into the darkness. That’s a mighty privilege. It means intentionally telling stories and… — Andrew Peterson Copy Share Image
To fans in a festival setting it's like a picnic. You want to have a good time with your friends in that… — Tom Araya Copy Share Image
One of the great things about the Internet is that people are excited about music and wanna hear a random album from… — Ed Droste Copy Share Image
Being in a band is being punk, no matter what. You have to dedicate your life to it. — Charlotte Caffey Copy Share Image
It is impossible to feign mastery of an instrument, however skillful the impostor may be. — Andres Segovia Copy Share Image
God, who prepares His work through ages, accomplishes it when the hour is come, with the feeblest instruments. — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
I always felt that I would become somebody outstanding, whether it was in singing, instrumental playing, orchestra conducting, or anything involving feeling. — Rudy Vallee Copy Share Image
We really broke down some doors for women and for musicians in general. It was just go out and form a band… — Charlotte Caffey Copy Share Image
I much prefer making music to talking about it. There's something visceral about instruments and voices that transcends words. — Mark Heard Copy Share Image
I don’t think the drums are a solo instrument. Drums are there to set the beat for the music. — Keith Moon Copy Share Image
The audience is like my instrument. It's not just me up there, it's collaborative. — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
I really enjoy singing, it's entirely different to acting because I'm just being myself. — Michelle Dockery Copy Share Image
“Solitary the thrush, The hermit withdrawn to himself, avoiding the settlements, Sings by himself a song. Song of the bleeding throat!” — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I often think about starting a band again, doing my solo stuff and a band. I grew up in bands. — James Arthur Copy Share Image
Smooth mellow vibes that touch the soul I love listening to instrumentals I love real hiphop. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A fantasy of mine is being pulled up onstage by one of my favorite bands and singing or playing an instrument with… — Tyler Posey Copy Share Image
“But his singing was unconscious and irrepressible - an expression of his native exuberance, the dreamy, buoyant soundtrack running through his head.” — Jennifer Haigh Copy Share Image
When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice. — Mstislav Rostropovich Copy Share Image
O believing brethren! What an instrument is this which God hath put into your hands! Prayer moves Him that moves the universe. — Robert Murray M'Cheyne Copy Share Image
You never can overwhelm an instrument. You will never get out all that's in an instrument. An instrument will bring you to… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
A well trained body is a beautiful instrument on which to play the melody of the present moment. — Rodney Yee Copy Share Image
I love to sing and play the piano. As a child, I've always loved to sing my heart out, and even my… — Terence Lewis Copy Share Image
We Are Not Canceling Our October Tour, The Band Is Not Breaking Up, We Are All Alive. — Joey Jordison Copy Share Image
I know I'm in the band and everything but sometimes I just have to rock out to the John Frusciante Experience. — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
The cello is not one of my favourite instruments. It has such a lugubrious sound, like someone reading a will. — Irene Thomas Copy Share Image
There's so much fun you can have with your instruments that no one ever taught you. — Michael Giacchino Copy Share Image
I started a big band when grunge was popular. I mean, that didn't make much sense. — Brian Setzer Copy Share Image
