Melody Quote by Michael W. Smith

I have a recording that I did of instrumental songs.

— Joanna Newsom

The instrumental record is a bit subtler. It's the kind of stuff on sound check, when I first pick up my violin and start…

— Andrew Bird

Even if I have a quite strong melody, there are so many possibilities and so many directions that you can take the music.

— Trentemøller

An instrumental album is something I've been wanting to do for a long time.

— Dr. Dre

To make a genuine record, it takes more than a cool beat and some auto tune.

— Borns

I'm not that musical. I don't really know how a record is produced, and, funnily enough, I don't want to.

— Simon Cowell

I was trying to actively get away from music, I guess. But I recorded a whole bunch of instrumental piano songs.

— Jens Lekman

For instance, if you're playing a record with drums - horns would sound nice to enhance it so you get a record with horns…

— Grandmaster Flash

Anyone can make a record with instruments that work.

— Josh Freese

You can do a lot to shape the feeling of a song by the way you record it.

— Conor Oberst

You must have the music to justify an instrument's extensive use.

— Steve Lacy

I'll have the music, and then I'll just turn the microphone on, press Play and Record and sing. And whatever comes out ends up…

— Phil Collins