Yes, I love to play drums and bass and guitar and piano. Those are the main instruments I play. That is it. — Jeff Lynne Copy Share Image
My grandfather was in a barbershop quartet and my grandmother was in a gospel quartet with her sisters. — Kevin Richardson Copy Share Image
...music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists. — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
If you really love guitar, you're going to spend every waking hour stroking the thing. — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
I would say that I'm very proud that Metallica plays heavy music - but equally proud that we don't think like a… — Lars Ulrich Copy Share Image
I've got CDs in my car, listening all the time for that next song, because everybody's looking. — Reba McEntire Copy Share Image
Robert Gass and 'On Wings of Song' bring about magical transformation and inspire people with extraordinary, uplifting, and spiritual music. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
How I set myself apart is by creating the sort of real and honest music, which is who I'm also trying to… — James Bay Copy Share Image
Whether it be current or past, every single song that I recorded is about me. It's a peek into my life, past… — Lea Michele Copy Share Image
Ab-Souls Outro' serves as a jazzy, spoken summation of 'Section.80's themes. Guest cohort Ab-Soul opens the song with one urgent verse after… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
“I’ve brought this city’s dust and smoke home and washed them with my face and clothes, I’ve picked up its raucous sounds… — Suman Pokhrel Copy Share Image
We want people to know that classical music is for everyone. A parent or kid might be terrified of this music, but… — Richard Hyung-ki Joo Copy Share Image
Back then, the business depended on bohemians. ... They needed Kristofferson and Roger Miller ..It was the tail end of something...the last… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
It's a really big struggle for me to write a song. Songs take either 30 seconds for me to write or a… — Adam Levine Copy Share Image
I was going to say is that I come from a rock background, but also I was super interested in jazz for… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
I only took about five guitar lessons in my life from an actual teacher. I learned fast that that wasn't for me.… — Jason Aldean Copy Share Image
The guitar l learned on was probably worth $4 or something, but it was priceless to me. It meant so much. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Music's always been really cathartic. It's the best drug for me to get away from the everyday pressures just for a second… — Ville Valo Copy Share Image
My nickname is Dickie Jukebox. I own thousands and thousands and thousands of songs. — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
When I play my own music, or when I play new music, there's much more stress and intensity of thinking about how… — Bela Fleck Copy Share Image
Songwriting, I have to take myself away from everybody to do. It's an unsightly act. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
If my music doesn't fit, I understand, ... If I'm to play my music, that's the way it's gonna be. — Kasey Chambers Copy Share Image
I've sung in Russian, I've done an anecdote in Russian and a poem in Russian. My mother can no longer say I'm… — Tim Key Copy Share Image
I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have… — Adele Copy Share Image
I can't choose a favorite musician, because I love music so much that whatever/whomever I'm listening to at that moment is my… — Michelle Carter Copy Share Image
Its a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. Its a confluence of these different elements that makes something… — Michael Bolton Copy Share Image
My parents are artists, so I grew up with my mom having bonfires, seven guitars, and talented musicians and artists around like… — Amber Tamblyn Copy Share Image
'Seven Turns' was a tough album because we knew that the critics would use it to determine whether or not we should… — Dickey Betts Copy Share Image
I think I can sing, and if you ask Bob Mortimer he will tell you, 'Will you shut up,' and my children… — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
On my mom's side, the Jewish side of the family, I come from a family of musicians who are pianists, so I've… — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
We had this budding baby band going and we hadn't reached that development we wanted to reach before we got signed to… — Debbi Peterson Copy Share Image
I think it's always a mistake when you start connecting a band to a personality. You begin to limit what you're able… — Andrew Wyatt Copy Share Image
Well, I started out as a musician, so when I was about 10 years old, I was already in a band. — Tommy Chong Copy Share Image
Some people play the piano, some do Sudoku, some watch television, some people go out to dinner parties. I write books. — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
Chopin is a great composer who influenced many, many important composers. He was a great innovator, especially in harmony. — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
When I was 12, I happened to see a schoolmate playing percussion, and it looked interesting. I asked for lessons, and it… — Evelyn Glennie Copy Share Image
Paul and I were friends, the Moody Blues toured with the Beatles on the second British tour. That developed into me working… — Denny Laine Copy Share Image
I've been playing music since I was four, so it's part of my life. It's all I know. It's just a part… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
Jazz to me is the spirit of freedom. I mean real freedom. Freedom to explore. Freedom to express. Freedom to pour out… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
“This had seemed a safe choice, since to be against the Beatles (late-middle period) is to be against life.” — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
