Playing music Quotes · Page 5

I just thank God I can make a living doing something I enjoy as much as I do playing music.

— Charlie Daniels

I love playing music - and live especially - and I love being on the road. It gets in your blood.

— Ben Howard

There's nothing like sitting down and playing music with somebody. It breaks down all the barriers in life.

— Paul Gilbert

You know, I've always wanted this, to be playing music and making money and all. But, it is really weird.

— Gina Schock

Back home, playing music is never anything you imagine you can do for a living. It's what you do after work.

— Sturgill Simpson

An anagram of Axl Rose is oral sex. Why do I know? Because when I'm not playing music I love solving erotic…

— Slash

If you're looking to make a basic living selling and playing your music, the Internet is all you really need.

— Kina Grannis

There's no drug in the world that can compare with playing music.

— Pete Doherty

I started playing music when I was 18. My heart was just broken so badly that I decided that I really wanted…

— Lola Kirke

I was never super comfortable playing music in front of people anyway. Now I enjoy it, but it wasn't the easiest thing…

— Mark Lanegan

When I was born, my dad was playing music, so I'm pretty sure he was singing to me in the womb. I…

— Adrianne Lenker

We're like old people now playing music. I'm so glad we stuck it out because it's a lot better. I used to…

— Thurston Moore

Being the drummer of Fall Out Boy, and any other project I've ever done, is most importantly about playing for the music.…

— Andy Hurley

At 16, I was going to church and playing music for church, and Dad would only pay for piano lessons so I…

— Lizz Wright

There's such a cynicism about the phrase 'I laughed all the way to the bank.' It's as though money is what you're…

— Artie Shaw

I'd never really travelled before, and when we started going places, like Japan, France, Germany and all over Europe, it's been interesting…

— Ryan Ross

I have a passion for music, and I enjoy the process of expressing myself within the parameters of a pop song, and…

— Russell Crowe

I call it 'new forms'. When you're starting out, they ask you to do four or five minute sets, but once you're…

— Demetri Martin

The music I'm playing now is the music I always imagined myself playing when I was a kid. It's been nice to…

— Marika Hackman

“We keep drifting in time but do not pause to even think and reflect for a while. Life is truly lived in…

— Avijeet Das

What I try to get beyond is playing music at people and, instead, to play music with people because audience members are…

— Al Jarreau

If someone asked what kind of music I play, I wouldn't say I'm a folk singer; however, if folk music means music…

— Langhorne Slim

I'm definitely an athlete who has a hobby playing music. I've been doing baseball since I was 5 or 6. It's the…

— Bronson Arroyo

I'm interested in where I'm going and the people I am there to see. Going to Cuba was a great example of…

— Chris Cornell

I want to be playing music, and I want to be a great mom, and I want to do everything.

— Emily Robison

We wouldn't last a year on the road playing music that we didn't love.

— Ted Dwane

Playing a music bring you into another life; I mean your heartbeat

— Anonymous

I've messed myself up more playing music than when I played football.

— Zakk Wylde

The only reason to do this job is because I love playing my music. And I love my bandmates.

— Frankie Cosmos

My dad was always playing music. Not, like, playing music but listening to music.

— Post Malone

Playing music is a beautiful thing. But listening to music is just as great.

— Flea

I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music.

— Chuck Mangione

I enjoy rains with my husband Yash. I love playing music and take him out and get drenched.

— Amrapali Gupta

I spend a lot of time doing watercolors and playing music in my apartment.

— Lola Kirke

If somebody would come and they're not playing music, they would encounter certain people on another level.

— Billy Higgins

Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much.

— Derek Bailey

I really love music, and I definitely love playing music and getting to be a part of music.

— Tift Merritt

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

— Charlie Parker

We played a lot of live shows, we just kept plugging away and playing music and people kept coming back.

— Ben Howard

As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.

— Van Morrison