On 'Kaputt,' singer-songwriter Dan Bejar reevaluates his band's sound and drifts away from the David Bowie comparisons that have plagued even his… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Playing out in a band all the time at least you made money. Even if you have a hit song, it takes… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
Music is how I unwind. I love going to see bands or DJs at a festival or a dive bar. My taste… — Daniel Ricciardo Copy Share Image
I think central to what we do is thinking about what's our role, how does this idea of being a band and… — Andy Gill Copy Share Image
I was always in bands before, but on 'American Idol,' it was about getting my voice out there. It was always my… — Chris Daughtry Copy Share Image
I was raised in the church and liked singing in the background. I never really wanted to be the main attraction, and… — Tevin Campbell Copy Share Image
I like real instruments, and try to stay from anything that sounds too synthetic. — Alex Winston Copy Share Image
When a band means a lot to you, you build the fantasy more than the reality. Always. — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
Joining another big time rock band was the last thing I was looking for, but as the tour went on, I really… — Matt Cameron Copy Share Image
A band in our position, we have a first impression to make. We don't want to come out of the gate and… — Matthew Ramsey Copy Share Image
The first six years of my career, I got more comments on my weight than on my singing. So I think I… — Kenny Rogers Copy Share Image
If I think about music in the future, I imagine it often as not involving electricity, in some dystopian, post-apocalyptic future. And… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
I used to hang out a lot in jazz clubs, and the groups took to a kid like me who wasn't afraid… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
During college, I didn't really have an interest in what I was studying. It was during college that I first stumbled into… — Fawad Khan Copy Share Image
Yes, I started piano and classical singing, I wanted to study jazz, but I tried to go to the Polish University of… — Joanna Kulig Copy Share Image
Occasionally I play the music for my mother when she demands to hear it and she always just says, 'Who is that… — Colin Greenwood Copy Share Image
“To play in an orchestra, we need not master every instrument. We must simply learn to play our own. But first, we… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
Music is not everything in life. If a young musician looks at it that way, then he can just play his instrument… — Joe Zawinul Copy Share Image
Some critics have written that I wanted to teach through singing. Not at all. I was learning I went to school every… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Copy Share Image
Singing is a way of releasing an emotion that you sometimes can't portray when you're acting. — Amanda Seyfried Copy Share Image
The nice thing about being a band that nobody knows about is that you can do whatever you want. — Jonathan Meiburg Copy Share Image
I'm into a lot of music. I used to dabble in electric guitar, but not in a band or anything. — Chace Crawford Copy Share Image
I've made solo records and that's all been a learning experience. I've just got better at singing and more comfortable with who… — Roddy Woomble Copy Share Image
To me, singing is basically a form of prayer. I get this great joy when I'm singing - whatever I'm singing. I… — Maureen McGovern Copy Share Image
There's definitely a push and a pull to 'legitimize' electronic music live by playing the same way that a band would play. — Kelela Copy Share Image
Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music. — Rachel Stevens Copy Share Image
I don't live for the accolades. I'm more so about the music. Making it, and putting it out. Those are the two… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
I'm not really comfortable singing without accompanying myself on stage - I'm not used to it. — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I get a lot of joy from playing instruments, and I have a different personality on each instrument. I like to let… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
I'm a songwriter. I've got ideas in the closet that just didn't work out with my band, that I think, "This is… — Sammy Hagar Copy Share Image
I never thought of us as a punk band, a metal band, or a new wave band. Just as a band band. — Angus Young Copy Share Image
Singing instrumental music is most important because, while you play an instrument, you are singing through the instrument... actually, you are singing… — Ali Akbar Khan Copy Share Image
Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I started taking vocal lessons, I always loved the challenge of playing my instrument and trying to sing. — Tim Commerford Copy Share Image
I will concentrate on playing guitar, on lyrics and on singing. I am a part of things; I am not the encompassing… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
We wrote some songs. We had a band name. We asked ourselves, 'What else do cool bands have? A theme.' — Jesse Rutherford Copy Share Image
Even when I was coming through school I was a loner and I used to study music and listen to it and… — Billy West Copy Share Image
I started in a band called Timbiriche, we toured the world when I was 8; I have 23 albums. — Paulina Rubio Copy Share Image
I love working with my band-mates in Alkaline Trio, but to make a rock record that was just mine was something that… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
I was in a party band in the early '80s, and we played Sabbath and Ozzy songs as well as Rush and… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
