Music making Quotes · Page 93

I was in a band when I was in high school, and I was bitten by the performance bug, if anything else.

— Luke Macfarlane

What I do is a bit broader in scope than a heavy metal band like Iron Maiden, Motorhead, ACDC and so on.

— Billy Squier

It is difficult to be that band that doesn't do things the way other bands do it. It's a blessing and a…

— Tobias Forge

I consider myself a method singer, not a method actor. I applied method acting to singing.

— Tony Bennett

I write the music, produce it and the band plays within the parameters that I set.

— Sting

My whole family could sing. My family harmonized without any instruments to accompany them.

— Ethel Waters

I think we all appreciate it now just how lucky we are to be in a band like Judas Priest.

— Glenn Tipton

An athlete learns how to hold her breath, but that doesn't work in singing. You have to learn to relax.

— Cathy Rigby

I joined Elton John's band in '75. He not only allowed me to play the electronic keyboard on his albums, he also…

— James Newton Howard

The wind comes creeping, it calls to me to come go exploring. It sings of the things that are to be found…

— Opal Whiteley

I was in 'Jacques Brel' Off-Broadway for many years, so I've always been a singing actress, but the songwriting was a complete…

— Amanda McBroom

My dad had a large record collection and had been a big fan of bands since he was young. I always liked…

— Ellie Rowsell

Usually I write the songs at home and then I bring them in to the band; when we play them as a…

— Britt Daniel

There's sort of an open offer to work with a guy in Los Angeles who does big band and orchestra arrangements who…

— Jello Biafra

We, Autolux band, write in very different ways; sometimes we play with the band and write music first and then form vocal…

— Carla Azar

When I make music, it takes me two hours to get into the flow. To me it's like tapping into some kind…

— DJ Shadow

Interscope is run more like a rock band than a record company. It's run in a very spontaneous, heartfelt way.

— Jimmy Iovine

“Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of…

— Plato

It feels much more natural to move forward and grow with the instruments I've grown accustomed to. Piano, accordion, brass, ukulele.

— Zach Condon

Adding instruments to parts of a song and having them somehow find a pocket. That to me was a huge lesson. Like,…

— Babatunde Adebimpe

We were accused of sounding like a couple of bands when we started out. Aerosmith was one.

— Mike McCready

It's interesting because neither of my parents play instruments. They both love music, but neither of them are musicians. Somehow, I was…

— Rostam Batmanglij

The music dictates to me which instrument I use. I'm basically waiting for orders as it were.

— John McLaughlin

I wanted my own rock band and stuff like that, but things didn't work out. I didn't have the patience to write…

— Prateik Babbar

Pretty much my whole life, I've been a performer and have loved singing and writing songs in my room for my own…

— Billie Eilish

We're a band that's never been okay with the status quo. In a way, it's allowed us to be more open and…

— Lauren Mayberry

Why would you want to stand there waving a stick when you could be playing an instrument?

— Nigel Kennedy

Don't try to follow any trends, just concentrate on writing great songs and knowing your instrument. All the other stuff will fall…

— Steven Adler

Being in an indie band is running a never-ending, rewarding, scary, low-margin small business.

— Jack Conte

A lot of the metal bands that were around when Metallica put out 'The Black Album,' now they're playing clubs, and Metallica…

— M. Shadows

“The human voice was the first instrument and remains the most powerful and effective method of musical creation and emotional transference.”

— Deke Sharon

“Authors are but the instrument to be played. The art is inside them, but many people help create it.”

— Love The Stacks Bookstore

Joining a band without ever having really met the people before, you just want to be musically powerful.

— Dave Grohl

I grew up in a classical music household. My dad is a phenomenal musician who can play any and all instruments, can…

— Bill Walton

So I just try to be me and feel the songs and feel the energy of the band with me.

— Jeff Gutt

There are bands like Imagine Dragon, Grouplove, and fun. who have come along and shifted the way that rock can sound.

— Brendon Urie

I combine aspects of many styles of music and create my own musical forms by way of electronic instruments.

— John Frusciante

.. the guitar is just a wonderful instrument. It's everything: a bartender, a psychiatrist, a housewife. It's everything, but it's elusive

— Les Paul

Post my stint as a sportsman, I found solace in singing and trained for extended hours in Indian classical music.

— Harrdy Sandhu

My dad was a bass player in a Latino band when I was growing up. So we always had musical instruments in…

— Lindi Ortega