Music making Quotes · Page 89

For me, singing is the most natural thing in the world. I've grown up with it and I know I've got that…

— Stella McCartney

The band is all about 'party'; we're a glam band. To turn it into something else... it hasn't worked.

— Jani Lane

Any band on their first couple records is just trying to keep up with their inspiration.

— Anonymous

I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults which hard work would take care of.

— Kate Smith

When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.

— Miles Davis

Even as a little kid, I just loved to make my own music. So I loved singing, and I loved sharing it…

— Annaleigh Ashford

An electronic instrument is just harboring a natural element the same way that a guitar is harboring an acoustic element. It's all…

— Patrick Wolf

My mother was a dancer, so I like to use the body as part of the instrument of acting.

— Nicolas Cage

In high school, I started training, singing with choirs, and getting voice lessons and doing a lot of creative writing and decided…

— Goapele

I think a lot of electronic musicians are drawn to starting with texture because the whole reason we're working with electronics is…

— Dan Deacon

I was buying old records a lot in my early teenage years and I was mostly drawn toward the artwork even more…

— Arik Roper

It's been said that I formed The Wallflowers to hide my name but, really, I've always wanted to be in a band…

— Jakob Dylan

I spent five years, at least, working with Miles. Together, we recorded ESP, Nefertiti, Sorcerer -- and I can tell you; each…

— Herbie Hancock

If you're lucky enough to have a guitar player like Derek in your band, you have to give him time to shine,…

— Susan Tedeschi

This business switching styles can't be done honestly by one man. As soon as he can play his instrument well, he can…

— Jimmy Rushing

In the early eighties, there were a lot of artists involved with the music scene. All those young artists, before their careers…

— Kim Gordon

Singing is something I've always loved - I'm not sure what I would do without it!

— Kate Nash

The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.

— Richard Strauss

“I’m a one-man show. I need to start a band. You wanna join? Too bad! What about one-man band don’t you understand?”

— Jarod Kintz

Everyone is a virtuoso on his own instrument, but together they add up to an intolerable cacophony.

— Thomas Bernhard

When you start a band, you have to find people that are good, have the same sort of mindset as you musically.

— Duff McKagan

[Jazz singing] is like pornography. You can't say what it is, but you know it when you see it.

— Kurt Elling

My band and I sometimes can't believe where we are in the world and what we're doing. But I'm very privileged to…

— Amy Macdonald

In my mind these two instruments speak to me in different ways, and the solo stuff seems to be easier to do…

— Evan Parker

The band is like a vintage car. You take it out to go for a spin for a couple miles, but you…

— Robyn Hitchcock

Master your instrument. Master the music. And then forget all that bullshit and just play.

— Charlie Parker

Making your band your career just seems like a pipe dream when it's not happening, and when it does, it seems so…

— Matt Skiba

It's nice to have a band that can adapt to whatever show we're in, so we can play on a big stage…

— Anonymous

That Moment When You're Having a Bad Day So You Lock yourself In Your Room And StartSinging And You Realize Your Singing…

— Anonymous

I don't know how to function without music. When I'm not making it, I'm listening to it. It gives me courage and…

— Billie Eilish

Composing is just another exciting thing. It's as exciting as being in a band. It's kind of like joining a new band…

— James Iha

This isnt music and were not a band. Were five middle fingers on a mother f**kin hand.

— Marilyn Manson

When I clicked into this idea of doing a band and examining a band as a dysfunctional family, I wanted to reverse…

— Denis Leary

I was not reluctant to become a singer. Singing has been an activity I've done my whole life, without thought.

— Nina Simone

When you open for a band, you don't play one of their songs. You just don't do that.

— Shavo Odadjian

Rock stars are like prophets. There's something about somebody who can get up on a stage and sing. And then when they…

— Pamela Anderson

The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.

— Martha Graham

Too many bands record an album and feel, 'Well, this is okay,' but after a time, they grow to not like it.

— Brian Fallon

I'm a huge fan of sing-songy lyrics and loud guitars. Whatever punk band does that gets a gold star!

— Kim Shattuck

I play a whole lot of instruments pretty badly, instead of playing one instrument really well.

— Mikal Cronin