Music making Quote by Sarah Tregay

I'm in band and I love band to death, so if me being in love with band makes me a geek I'm the biggest…

— Shar-rae

Orchestras are like people. They're the sonic embodiment of their community.

— Simon Rattle

“People always asked me how the band played like it did night after night, almost murderously consistent, NEVER stagnant and always full balls to…

— Bruce Springsteen

“The truth of an orchestra is heard when they try to find their common notes before the show. All those strings and tubes and…

— Kelly Gardiner

“Anything with drums, bass, and guitars is under the pop umbrella. We'll continue to try new sounds as long as we're a band.”

— Patrick Stump

“Unlike rockers and replicants, one thing geeks are not is reckless.”

— Stephen H. Segal

“One Day you might desperately need to hear power chords and indulgent drum solos. Another might be a day for orchestral sounds. Picking one…

— Kara Lee Corthron

When you're working with the same band you kind of know their style inside out, and even when you've been working for seven years…

— Elvis Costello

“Yet I’ve noticed the same thing when your band plays — the most amazing social coherence, as if you all shared the same brain."…

— Thomas Pynchon

You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.

— Kurt Masur

I've never been one of those people who say, 'Oh, well, if you play this kind of music, you can only like these kinds…

— Steven Wilson

“Musicians are PHENOMENAL.”

— Stephanie Lahart