Music making Quotes · Page 99

I'm not a huge practicer, which is probably not a good thing because my band definitely needs to practice.

— King Tuff

The only band that we have never played with but have always wanted to is the Rolling Stones.

— Lars Ulrich

And I've played piano since I was little, so I was originally the piano player in the band.

— Caroline Corr

The ability for a woman to orally satisfy somebody in a rock band, that's important to a rock 'n' roll musician.

— Chad Kroeger

To me, there is nothing better than me going into the studio with a live band and hearing those violins and that…

— Bobby Vinton

Things are such that someone lifting a cup, or watching the rain, petting a dog, or singing, just singing - could be…

— Rumi

Queen and Bon Jovi, Aerosmith and Guns N' Roses - I had a huge rock-band mania. I play a little bit of…

— PSY

I've always made music on my own, but I didn't think there was a platform for that, so I thought I had…

— Kevin Parker

“The singing triggers a soft detonation at his core, molten parts of him are flying everywhere and his ears ring to the…

— Ben Fountain

“The drum, at any rate, from its martial voice and notable physiological effect, nay, even from its cumbrous and comical shape, stands…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

I remember when I got into movies, the only way singers could be heard was to through playback singing in movies. Then…

— Dalip Tahil

One of our biggest pet peeves is listening to bands that use harmony guitars for the sake of it. If you can't…

— Zacky Vengeance

To the Technocrats: Have mercy on us. Relax a bit, take time out for simple pleasures. For example, the luxuries of electricity,…

— Edward Abbey

Being a professional musician doesn't mean you spend 12 hours a day playing music. It means you spend up to 12 hours…

— Robert Fripp

There was always a guitar hanging around the house when I was a kid. It was a much lower impact instrument than…

— John Rzeznik

What an unfortunate instrument the guitar is! An instrument of such great nobility, a genuine monarch of music-- reduced to a pitiful…

— Sergei Lukyanenko

What I think is the most important thing to learn about any instrument is the basics of music. Learn your ABCs before…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

So basically you want me to eat one of my band mates, and you just expect me to answer that question?

— Davey Havok

In my profession, I'm around a lot of people whose bodies are their instruments in one way or another.

— Anna Deavere Smith

That's why it's called Sebastian Bach. I mean, it's a permanent band, pretty much, but if I jam with other people, it…

— Sebastian Bach

I'm in a band, and we play music. And that's sort of my way of still being a rock star.

— Sunny Mabrey

I sing, and I really should've stuck with it, because it's really what I love to do. It's probably what I'm best…

— Stephanie Zimbalist

When chaos is the god of an era, clamorous music is the deity's chief instrument.

— Ben Okri

If I can't connect emotionally with the music I'm making, there's no point making it in the first place.

— Sunny Ozell

I'm not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I'm too rough on instruments.

— Tommy Shaw

We've always been a band of the people, and we will always remain a band of the people.

— David Bryan

Every time I get up and sing for people, I get such a high. I just want to do it again and…

— Pixie Lott

By the time I got to building synthesizers, I had perhaps 20 years' experience building electronic musical instruments.

— Robert Moog

With my classical training and coming from a metal band, producers didn't know what to expect. I like to shock people, though.

— Tarja Turunen

There is no singing anymore, everything is yelling and shouting and rapping and that is real boring to a guy like me.

— Sebastian Bach

I'm a rock and roll kid, but to me, rock and roll isn't just four idiots banging their instruments really loud.

— Yungblud

I've built my whole life around loving music. I'm a writer for 'Rolling Stone,' so I am constantly searching for new bands…

— Rob Sheffield

We are not a boy band in the traditional sense. We don't dance or have synchronized moves. We are a pop-rock band.

— Kevin Jonas

I want to sing something that I have written from scratch. How cool would that be.

— Jonita Gandhi

Singing is kind of like stress relief and everything just kind of makes sense when I'm doing this.

— Rose

I was someone who grew up obsessed with bands, how they were and how they treated one another, and how they treated…

— James Murphy

I can't wait to front my band with these new songs and play for fans, but I've decided to keep my day…

— Richard Marx

Lyrics is the face of any song. The combination of composition, lyrics and singing is what makes a song a song.

— Amit Trivedi

“I make music like I make love—in a group. OK, so I’m not in a band, and I sing alone in the…

— Jarod Kintz

I really feel there's no limitation on what this band can do in the studio or on the stage. That's an empowering…

— Ben Harper