Music making Quotes · Page 92

If I'm performing with a DJ, it's all on me to draw the energy. I like the camaraderie of a band.

— Talib Kweli

Ever since I was 18 or 19, I've wanted to question the sound, tones, and scale associated with the piano as an…

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

After the miners' rally, when I saw how emotional everyone got when I sang, I thought I might get somewhere with singing

— Aselin Debison

In my early days of flying, if you flew on instruments, you were inevitably going to fly in thunderstorms. That was just…

— Arnold Palmer

I've been listening to a new band called Wolf Alice, courtesy of my son. The vocalist, Ellie Rowsell, has a gorgeous voice.

— Lindsay Duncan

Getting old, getting grey, getting ripped off, under paid. Getting sold, second hand, that's how it goes, playing in a band.

— ACDC

We want to be an important band to people for the right reasons. It's always been a goal.

— Luke Hemmings

I've written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played

— Mick Taylor

I had a band when I was in middle school, but I was the drummer. I kind of thought if I was…

— Borns

When I was studying at Berklee, I got the feeling I couldn't play the [guitar] at all, because I could not use…

— Gabor Szabo

“You don't have to be a professional to play music. Close your eyes, take a deep breath.. And let it out. Let…

— TheBakaViolinist

The light went on when I heard Phil [woods] play, and I went like, "That is why I'm playing the instrument." So…

— Jon Gordon

“By the way, Reb, about the singing. What gives? Walt Whitman sang the body electric. Billie Holiday sang the blues. You sang…everything.…

— Mitch Albom

I think there is just this inherent understanding between us at a subconscious level when we play. It's like we anticipate each…

— Edward Kowalczyk

The funny thing is that when you have any form of presentation to your band, meaning you have the foresight to see…

— Nikki Sixx

I like vocal word stuff. But I don't always write with an instrument, I usually write a capella. It's more like drawing…

— Tom Waits

We can be whatever we want to be. We can be a country band if we need to be. We can be…

— Coy Bowles

I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.

— Grimes

On the song 'Dangerous,' it feels like a teenager picking up a new instrument and writing something with all of that naive…

— James Blunt

I'm an entertainer, period. But I'd probably have to say my passion is in singing. I'm willing to go broke singing.

— Christina Milian

Slipknot's the kind of band you need to step away from and kind of take a break from and let it heal,…

— Jim Root

Bands are about these little relationships that make everything tick, and when you create new music you're testing those relationships.

— Jonathan Cain

Seven years as a band may seem like a long time, but we were teenagers when we started.

— Luke Hemmings

I like being on a team and that's what a band is like. It's us against them, strength in numbers, and sharing…

— Dennis DeYoung

I've definitely gotten to the point where we get to the venue, and people know that I'm in charge of the band.

— Frankie Cosmos

When I was small - I grew up in a village outside of Krakow - my brothers and sisters and I would…

— Joanna Kulig

I love being in a band. I love playing with other human beings. I've never practiced drums unless there was another human…

— Ringo Starr

I was a lumberjack for years, a pub bouncer, I've sung in a band; in fact, I still sing, and I even…

— Rory McCann

Music, for me, is completely self-indulgent. I write it, I play the instruments, I arrange it, I produce it. It's all about…

— Lenny Kravitz

“pussy was like a musical instrument, pluck and play it the right way and a woman made such beautiful sounds, like the…

— Grace Goodwin

Some songwriters have never been in a band, but the One Direction guys can relate to me, as I've been through the…

— Tom Fletcher

Any time somebody is into your band that's a good thing. And if they're in a really cool, really popular band, that's…

— James Hetfield

Ideas are really what interest me in producing a band, if I can bring something productive to the project.

— Mark Hoppus

I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an' my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking…

— B. B. King

From now on instead of saying that band killed it, I will say that band kilt it. I'm getting older and want…

— Carson Daly

So I had a couple of years of playing trumpet. I really enjoyed it, but it was not the kind of instrument…

— Jackson Browne

Just because you see me singing up on a stage doesn't mean I don't have real life behind it.

— Bea Miller

In the past my career emphasized variety, singing, dancing and only some acting.

— Joey Heatherton

We've worked very hard as a band and would like to think we've got this far on the strength of our music.

— Caroline Corr

I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and…

— Yann Tiersen