Band Quote by John Waite

I was mainly a songwriter; I really wasn't much of a performer.

— J. J. Cale

We went from being a band that was recording songs in my bandmate's bedroom to a band that's doing extensive touring and had a…

— Bethany Cosentino

Well, I was in a band. I was the singer with a band called the Soul Satisfiers. I sang then quite a bit of…

— Gloria Gaynor

I was in bands many years ago, so that's where it started. I played in bands, sang backing vocals and all the rest of…

— Adrian Dunbar

The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on…

— Rupert Holmes

What formed me as a musician, a songwriter, the sound and personality of my band, a whole lot of that happened well before 1991.

— Chris Cornell

From a very young age, I was singing and acting and performing for my family.

— Heather Dubrow

When I first started recording music, I was actually singing about microphones, equipment, recording.

— Phil Elverum

Wherever I went, crowds appeared again, and I started making solo albums for the first time in my career.

— Howard Keel

I started writing songs in high school. And eventually, I got some songs recorded by some major artists, mostly because I was out there…

— Gordon Lightfoot

I was in a rock band; I was my own folk singer; I was in a death metal band for a very short time;…

— Kiesza

People started noticing my singing on YouTube, and then I came to L.A., and I lived on a studio couch. I wrote songs every…

— Kim Petras