Quotes about Playing Music

I love to play music. Votes: 2

My pure love is playing music. Votes: 2

I was addicted to playing music. Votes: 2

I have never stopped playing music. Votes: 2

I play the piano and write music. Votes: 2

I hate music, especially when it's played. Votes: 2

And I like music, too, I like playing music. Votes: 2

I care about writing music and playing my music. Votes: 2

Musicians should not play music. Music should play musicians. Votes: 2

I play music the way it was played in yesteryear. Votes: 2

I have no desire to play music unless I need music. Votes: 2

We love playing music but we're too weird to play music. Votes: 2

I've been surfing almost as long as I've been playing music. Votes: 2

If I am playing any music at all it is jazz music. Votes: 2

Playing music is a beautiful thing. But listening to music is just as great. Votes: 2

I didn't think we would ever make enough money to pay rent by playing music. Votes: 2

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people don't talk. Votes: 2

I really love music, and I definitely love playing music and getting to be a part of music. Votes: 2

Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they go into battle. Votes: 2

I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music. Votes: 2

I just thank God I can make a living doing something I enjoy as much as I do playing music. Votes: 2

I like to play music. I like projects. I like excuses to hang out with my friends and play music. Votes: 2

I still love playing music. It was all I ever wanted to do, and I got the chance to do it. Votes: 2

I like playing music because it's a good living and I get satisfaction from it. But I can't feed my family with satisfaction. Votes: 2

I became a professional musician and played all kinds of music. I played bluegrass, I played classical music, and for many years, I played jazz. Votes: 2

When I started DJ'ing, it was no big thing. There was no money in DJ'ing, and you did it purely for the love of playing music. Votes: 2

As a young person, I was on the road playing music, so I was getting new environments shoved in my face whether I wanted them or not. Votes: 2

I really love playing music with other people. It's more fun to be on the road with others. It's kind of lonely out there when you play on your own! Votes: 2

I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-roll with jazz, and I thought I could make some money playing music. Votes: 2

Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues -- communicating with an audience. Votes: 2

There is a lot of work just in terms of traveling and logistics and people and gear and all that kind of stuff. But I never really have problems playing music. That never seems like work. Votes: 2

I enjoy playing the band as the band. I be the whole band and Im playing the drums, Im playing the guitar, Im playing the saxophone. To me, the most wonderful thing about playing music is that. Votes: 2

I can understand how some people might resent me for having the audacity to continue playing music, but it'd take a lot more than that to stop me from doing it. I started Foo Fighters because I didn't want to retreat. Votes: 2

I have realised how exciting and easy it is to be a time traveller by looking at paintings and films and architecture and playing music or listening to it. I don't think you necessarily have to live in the present all the time. Votes: 2

I'm probably never happier than when I'm by myself in the water. What I've worked and sacrificed for is not to be on stage playing music but to surf in some secluded place. It's a grounding element. Waves don't care who you are. Votes: 2

I'm actually not an exhibitionist at all. When you get onstage and you get under the lights playing music, I feel more hidden and more alone than anywhere else. You hide behind your music and let your emotions come out through the music. Votes: 2

You don't have to set aside a time for meditation. You can do it while you're driving your car,while you're at work, while you're playing music. Just be aware of yourself, of who you really are,and realize the rest is a projection of your mind. Votes: 2

Mom did not want me to have anything to do with playing music. Being from a middle-class Black family in that particular era, everybody wanted you to have a profession -- a doctor, a lawyer, and so forth. So she sent me to school to study medicine. Votes: 2

We started playing music from an early age and so we wasn't really aware of that side of it, the weird thing is the more successful you get the more free booze and drugs you get, they should be given to the bands who don't have the money. Votes: 2

I call it 'new forms'. When you're starting out, they ask you to do four or five minute sets, but once you're a headliner, you do like 90 minutes. I try to think of different things to divvy up the show, like doing drawings, playing music... I gotta carry the show, that's the problem. Votes: 2

When I get a script and do my work, and then show up on set and work, it's the same zone that I'm in when I'm in front of a canvas, or when I'm writing a story about one of my paintings, or when I'm playing music. Whatever I'm doing at any given time, it's the same exact zone. Votes: 2

I wasn't playing the music, the music was playing me... and once that went away, and I had the feeling I was playing music, I had to stop. The need to go onstage and get my brain flattened every night left me, and what I didn't wanna do is go onstage and perpetrate a fraud... You cannot fool an audience. Votes: 2

I have never stopped playing music Votes: 0

It's real primal; I just like playing music. Votes: 0

I love making music, though. I love playing. Votes: 0

If your playing basic music, its just rock. Votes: 0

Ive been playing music since I was born. Votes: 0

I've been playing music most of my life. Votes: 0

If you stopped playing notes, Music would still exist. Votes: 0

I started playing music at a pretty young age Votes: 0

I started playing music when I was really young. Votes: 0

Normally when I read, I don't like music playing. Votes: 0

I was into playing American music, especially the blues. Votes: 0

I love playing music no matter where it is. Votes: 0

I liked to drive around, just playing music for everyone. Votes: 0

I'm actually a pretty upbeat person outside of playing music. Votes: 0

I love playing music. And that's what it's all about. Votes: 0

I'm always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun. Votes: 0

I love going on tour and playing music for people. Votes: 0

I just happened to start playing music for the conceptual ideas Votes: 0

When you're playing country music, you have to tell the truth. Votes: 0

What does sharing music mean? It means playing it for people. Votes: 0

Playing music is such a great way to bring people together. Votes: 0

I've been playing music since I was 12. I love performing live. Votes: 0

I find a therapy in playing music, in many different ways. Votes: 0

We love playing music but were too weird to play music. Votes: 0

I love the music. I'm never, ever tired of playing it. Votes: 0

I do read music, but I prefer playing from the heart. Votes: 0

It's just music. It's playing clean and looking for the pretty notes. Votes: 0

I think playing music is one of my great joys in life. Votes: 0

There's no drug in the world that can compare with playing music. Votes: 0

I've messed myself up more playing music than when I played football. Votes: 0

When playing music, it is possible to achieve a unique sense of peace. Votes: 0

I'm much calmer when there's no TV or music playing in the background. Votes: 0

I love playing music, I love my dog, and I love my family. Votes: 0

I was playing hip-hop when everybody else was playing the giant rave music. Votes: 0

I play piano all the time. I'm always at my piano, playing music. Votes: 0

I love classical music. It has left a major mark on my playing. Votes: 0

Writing music and playing guitar was really what I wanted to do forever. Votes: 0

Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much. Votes: 0

Playing with my grandfather, grandmother and my parents, I came to music pretty naturally. Votes: 0

As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music. Votes: 0

It's unfashionable to admit, but playing music makes us happy and makes us smile. Votes: 0

I'm playing great music with great people and so there's no reason to stop. Votes: 0

I guess to just keep playing music; to just keep outdoing the last record. Votes: 0

I guess to just keep playing music; to just keep outdoing the last record. Votes: 0

Lady Madonna lying on the bed Listen to the music playing in your head. Votes: 0

I like listening to good music - and I can't stop playing my album. Votes: 0

Going out and playing music - that's what I do. I don't do much else. Votes: 0

Playing music is the best thing in the world. It makes show business almost bearable. Votes: 0

A big part of my love and passion for making music is playing it live. Votes: 0

I stayed involved with music my whole life. I was always playing with other people. Votes: 0

I hate that sense of entitlement or the sense of business crawling into playing music. Votes: 0

Playing music to me is as close to having super powers as you can have. Votes: 0

We grew up without a television, so we constantly had music playing in our house. Votes: 0

I see a lot of parents now who are really supporting their kids playing music. Votes: 0

With music, I'm comfortable singing to people but I'm not that comfortable playing the guitar. Votes: 0

I was doing stuff that for me was sort of more about playing real music. Votes: 0

I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano. Votes: 0

Jesus never heard of Beethoven and Bach. Why aren't we playing more country music in church ? Votes: 0

I can't live one day without hearing music, playing it , studying it , or thinking about it . Votes: 0

The music we're playing now is based on my heritage, which is Russian, Romanian and Hungarian. Votes: 0

Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios. Votes: 0

I'm sure we'll be Tweetin' up the Twitosphere as we travel around the world playing music. Votes: 0

Too bad people can't always be playing music, maybe then there wouldn't be any more wars. Votes: 0

I like playing heavy metal music and pretending I'm a vampire in front of the mirror. Votes: 0

I've always loved writing. Doing that at the same time as playing music can be tiring. Votes: 0

I really enjoy playing music. I feel like it's something to try to give to people. Votes: 0

Music became my focus. At 13, I was jamming with my mates. At 15, I was playing clubs. Votes: 0

I don't know what's going to happen. I take it day by day, playing my music. Votes: 0

I grew up playing music and enjoying good food, friends and family in my own backyard. Votes: 0

I feel that through my father's music I've found my own voice in my own playing. Votes: 0

I just love music generally. If you come to my house I always have music playing. Votes: 0

I've only ever had one doubt about music. It came when I was 11. I hated playing scales. Votes: 0

I listen mostly to live music, and mostly my musical experience was playing music with other people. Votes: 0

Arranging is the way I put my stamp on my music as much as my guitar playing. Votes: 0

I actually grew up playing the piano in the church and was deeply involved in music ministry. Votes: 0

Jazz is very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians playing Jazz music. Votes: 0

Bailey, do you ever hear music in your head ? You know, like even when there's none playing. Votes: 0

If somebody would come and they're not playing music, they would encounter certain people on another level. Votes: 0

I love music, singing, and playing piano (though I'm not very good). And I adore musical theater. Votes: 0

Today, conducting is a question of ego: a lot of people believe they are actually playing the music. Votes: 0

I want less and less control with music. Just playing music without any idea of composition or writing. Votes: 0

She was a beefy young woman and, whatever piece of music she was playing, it was definitely losing. Votes: 0

We are excited about the music, past and present and future, and are really looking forward to playing. Votes: 0

When I'm playing best, I'm just thinking about the music, just interacting with what my bandmates are playing. Votes: 0

I'd been performing in bands since I was 12 which represented, at that point, about 16 years of playing music. Votes: 0

I love to write music. I love melodies, I love playing guitar. I just do it for fun. Votes: 0

I just want to keep playing music and keep recording. I feel like my best days are ahead. Votes: 0

It's probably listening to country music that got me to start playing a lot cleaner, not as distorted. Votes: 0

The most important thing is to find people that you enjoy - friends that you enjoy playing music with. Votes: 0

I'll never quit playing country music, or at least acknowledging it, always, as the cornerstone of what I am. Votes: 0

After a rest in Edinburgh, where, passing a music-shop, I heard some blind man playing a mazurka of mine... Votes: 0

Because in classical music cello is not regarded as a popular choice, it's always playing the long, boring notes. Votes: 0

It's my language, the language I speak. I've spent a lot more time playing music than talking or writing. Votes: 0

I'm learning more about life when I'm playing too, and writing music. I'm learning more about life, the connection. Votes: 0

The whole background of 'Avian' is rain. I was just playing with textures and realizing you can touch music. Votes: 0

I know that I can sing. That's the reason I started playing music when I was twelve years old. Votes: 0

Growing up playing jazz and improvising has had a big impact on me, and it translates into my music. Votes: 0

I still have all the faith and love for my music and yet I'm still playing places for kids. Votes: 0

My early life was full of music because my sisters played the piano and I started playing at three. Votes: 0

My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff. Votes: 0

That's what it is that you rehearse - the making of music, not the playing of notes as abstractions. Votes: 0

I don't want to sound arrogant or anything, but I just always knew that my career would be playing music. Votes: 0

If you're looking to make a basic living selling and playing your music, the Internet is all you really need. Votes: 0

If all the harps in the world were burned down, still inside the heart there will be hidden music playing. Votes: 0

My family making music was like a folk background, really: banging on tabletops, playing banjo and all kinds of things. Votes: 0

I've learnt new scales through playing different types of music, like Indian raga scales, gipsy scales and harmonically-based jazz scales. Votes: 0

For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. Votes: 0

I'm a musician - I'm always making music. Kobe Bryant is always playing ball. Well, Snoop Dogg is always recording. Votes: 0

When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point. Votes: 0

I want to be playing music, and I want to be a great mom, and I want to do everything. Votes: 0

I'm very happy in my 18th century worker's cottage in Kent and playing my music for the dog-walkers paused outside. Votes: 0

You get into an elevator and there's music playing. You hear it, but you're not into it. That is passive. Votes: 0

Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music. Votes: 0

Playing music in the wake of the Blink thing was like finding love in the middle of a war zone. Votes: 0

From an early age, I was infatuated with music. I always loved it and was always dancing or playing something. Votes: 0

The No. 1 thing the people I have spent time with in my life have done for fun is playing music. Votes: 0

When I was growing up, we always had music playing in our household. I enjoy spending time with my father singing. Votes: 0

If anything, I don't have any intention of recording music that's just me playing acoustic guitar singing a song anytime soon. Votes: 0

If you get satisfaction out of playing music and entertaining people and it makes you feel right, then go for it. Votes: 0

I only listen to my own music when I'm playing an hour-and-half set each night. I don't put it on recreationally. Votes: 0

Even though I have often recorded alone, I still feel the best music is made by musicians playing off each other. Votes: 0

I definitely don't want to play by myself. I don't relate to playing music that way. I like interacting with people. Votes: 0

It's weird - the cab driver is playing very loud dance music and yet it doesn't really feel like a party. Votes: 0

I wouldn't even think of playing music if I was born in these times. I wouldn't even listen to the radio. Votes: 0

So imagine that the lovely moon is playing just for you - everything makes music if you really want it to. Votes: 0

Playing to bigger audiences at festivals got me in the mindset of writing music that I would sing to a crowd. Votes: 0

I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life playing clubs, if that means I'm playing music that I believe in. Votes: 0

Playing the sax and then enjoying jazz music man. It's like I learned how to find words inside of the beat. Votes: 0

I really enjoy playing America. I like the audiences there. It's the home of a lot of music I grew up with. Votes: 0

When I warm up now though—especially on center court—there is usually music playing, so I don't really mess with music. Votes: 0

My whole family was very supportive of my choice in a career. I started playing music when I was about 6 years old. Votes: 0

I'm not stupid enough to want to be famous. But I would like to be able to earn a living playing music. Votes: 0

I'm hopeless at playing scales. Try and be instinctive first and analytic afterwords, although it's good to study the theory of music. Votes: 0

I love playing my music and I love sharing the music with people. But at the same time, it is pretty taxing. Votes: 0

But that's the problem with playing new music sometimes before the record comes out: You have a bunch of yayhoots with opinions." Votes: 0

To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind. Votes: 0

But that's the problem with playing new music sometimes before the record comes out: You have a bunch of yayhoots with opinions. Votes: 0

I'm spending nights just dreaming / And playing the music loud / They're banging on the ceiling / They're praying that I'll soon be out. Votes: 0

You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music. Votes: 0

I don't go about playing music differently. It changes my sleeping schedule and my drinking habits, that's what I like to say. Votes: 0

I didn't start playing music really until I was 18/19, so it was a relatively new thing. I didn't play much music in school. Votes: 0

I think Earl Scruggs playing propelled bluegrass and Bill Monroe's music to the level that - where we're all still talking about it. Votes: 0

I hated teaching composition. I was playing music I didn't particularly want to play, being on committees I didn't want to be on. Votes: 0

Anything you are shows up in your music - jazz is whatever you are, playing yourself, being yourself, letting your thoughts come through. Votes: 0

I love playing out. I love dance music, I love minimal electro. Especially hearing that in clubs, it's a nod to that really. Votes: 0

You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it. Votes: 0

I love playing video games. I love listening to music. Just surfing the web. Facebook, Twitter, keeping in touch with people from home. Votes: 0

Life is a symphony, and the action of every person in this life is the playing of his particular part in the music. Votes: 0

I always have music playing in my studio when I design. It really gets me in the mood and allows me to focus. Votes: 0

I love playing music, so I think the whole John Varvatos look is kind of cool. I think he has a great style. Votes: 0

I'm just happy and proud to be playing music every day. Recognition is really cool, but it can also be kind of scary. Votes: 0

I like a no-drama set. I welcome visitors by and large; I like music playing on sets between set-ups - all that stuff. Votes: 0

I don't think it's important who I am. I really like playing music, but I don't really want to be anything in particular. Votes: 0

In the soul of a lover, it is always spring where flowers of ecstasy are always blooming. Music of love is always playing. Votes: 0

An anagram of Axl Rose is oral sex. Why do I know? Because when I'm not playing music I love solving erotic jumbles. Votes: 0

For me, playing music is like meditating - I just play and don't really think about what I'm doing, I just let it happen. Votes: 0

I learned so much about music by playing this little, miniature songwriting machine [ukulele], especially about melody. The motto is less strings more melody. Votes: 0

I started off with classical music, and I got into jazz when I was about 14 years old. And I've been playing jazz ever since. Votes: 0

There used to be a certain condescension to Mozart. His music was regarded as pleasant. He was a porcelain figure playing a porcelain harpsichord. Votes: 0

I was 35 years old and not in the best of shape. I spent many late nights playing music, drinking beer, and eating Taco Bell. Votes: 0

I love classical music. I love a lot of musicians playing together and the whole culture of that, whether it's Indian or it's Western. Votes: 0

Unfortunately for humanity, I've gotten into the habit of providing my own closing music for shows by singing a song and playing the ukulele. Votes: 0

There is something comforting about going into a practice room, putting your sheet music on a stand and playing Bach over and over again. Votes: 0

We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit down and figure out the originals. Votes: 0

My parents met in music school, and my father was a music professor and conductor. Growing up, we always had classical and contemporary music playing. Votes: 0

Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing something and you're receiving it. It is sending and receiving. Votes: 0

Everybody started calling my music rock and roll, but it wasn't anything but the same rhythm and blues I'd been playing down in New Orleans. Votes: 0

We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit down and figure out the originals Votes: 0

Texas people are really strong in their roots. I started writing and playing guitar at 17. I've always loved music, and my dad is a singer-songwriter. Votes: 0

I gave up trying to please others and started playing for myself, and because I love music, things naturally happened then. Funny how that works. Votes: 0

You're in the car, you're talking to somebody, the radio's on, music's playing, you're not really listening to it; you're aware of it; that's passive. Votes: 0

Playing rock 'n' roll music, it's going to be integrated, but being black you didn't want to go into some neighborhood where you weren't wanted. Votes: 0

From a self-conscious standpoint, it's hard to see myself on a screen in a way that isn't just me playing music or doing something silly. Votes: 0

I didn't imagine getting to 50, let alone still be playing music. When I was 18, I thought it'd all be over by the time I was 21. Votes: 0

I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I played punk rock. Votes: 0

I'm a big fan of cultural music, and that's how I try to expand my playing, by listening to music that is not conventionally American. Votes: 0

When I'm not writing music, I'm playing guitar, or reading philosophy. So all I have left is just an hour or two for Claudia Schiffer. Votes: 0

I love classical music and have been playing violin since I was seven. Music helps me to express feelings in a way words often cannot. Votes: 0

I dropped out of college, started playing music. I was going to do what I was going to do and it is what it is. Votes: 0

I was so happy and content with in life playing music. Music was always my first job and my day gig was my second job. Votes: 0

My faith plays a big part in who I am: a Christian guy playing pop-rock music. I'm in a pop-rock band, not a Christian band. Votes: 0

Any band that is out there chasing it is doing more destruction to music then someone who is out there playing what they truly feel. Votes: 0

The passion for doing music, the passion that I have for going out and playing it live - my love for country music is back. Votes: 0

For as long as I can remember, I've been passionate about music. I can't recall a time when I didn't have music playing in my head. Votes: 0

My first kiss. A new kind of kiss, like the new kind of music still playing, softly, in the distance - wild and arrhythmic, desperate. Passionate. Votes: 0

The moment you start to talk about playing music, you destroy music. It cannot be talked about. It can only be played, enjoyed and listened to. Votes: 0

Music wasn't forced on me [in my childhood]. It was something I wanted to do. And ever since, I've never stopped, I've never stopped playing music. Votes: 0

A lot of people from my generation of music are so focused on playing things correctly or to perfection that they're stuck in that safe place. Votes: 0

Whether you're with a group of people, whether you're playing music or whether you're by yourself, even if it's written material, you have to be listening. Votes: 0

There was not too much to do as a kid when we arrived in Germany. Playing basketball and listening to music gave me something to do. Votes: 0

As a music listener, I'm becoming more and more ADD - like, "Eh, I'm bored with this". So who knows how long I'll be playing music. Votes: 0

The songs are always drawn from personal experience; I'm putting myself into my music. I usually am playing myself. It's art, art that represents my life. Votes: 0

It's all about the music. For me, that's truly what I live for. Just music constantly. Always listening to, writing, or playing music. That's definitely me. Votes: 0

When I first started playing music in 1955, there was just a small body of people that knew it. It was a very esoteric type of thing. Votes: 0

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music. Votes: 0

You're playing serious music, and you want to be taken seriously. When they get my age wrong on the program, I wish they'd make me older. Votes: 0

I think by the time I finished college I was calling myself a professional because I was, you know. I was making a living playing music. Votes: 0

Diversity is its most consistent characteristic....The characteristics of freely improvised music are established only by the sonic-musical identity of the person or persons playing it. Votes: 0

Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading. Votes: 0

I like playing music. I don't always like the feeling of people looking at me. I don't think I'm, like, a natural performer, but I'm getting better. Votes: 0

Maybe someday you can accuse somebody of being a poseur by selling out and playing blues music, but that's just not going to happen in my lifetime. Votes: 0

I've been into music for a long time. I started playing drums when I was 8 and piano when I was 10, then bass and guitar when I was 18. Votes: 0

I've found that writing and playing music has so little to do with will, and so much to do with just finding what's there waiting for you. Votes: 0

Rock n roll is what I would die for, but I love music and I love exploring, taking the challenge of playing, writing or singing... or producing. Votes: 0

My biggest kick in music -playing or writing- is when I have a problem. Without a problem to solve, how much interest do you take in anything? Votes: 0

The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every single night in front of people that are genuinely fans of your music. Votes: 0

I loved music - listening and playing - but of course I could not imagine I would be a professional musician. It really happened step by step. Votes: 0

Man I mean, the great thing about playing clubs in Harlem is people have an appreciation not just for the music but for the history of the music. Votes: 0

The style of music that we're playing, this progressive metal style, has always been an upstream battle for us. We don't usually get a lot of commercial exposure. Votes: 0

I've discovered all kinds of music and done all kinds of music over the past 40 years, from playing tango with Piazzolla to all the different bands I've had. Votes: 0

I really want younger audience members to see kids in their early 20's playing Frank's music and to be inspired to take things to a higher level themselves. Votes: 0

Any idiot, any stockbroker can get out there and live out a fantasy and pretend like he's playing music. And I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Votes: 0

The more years you put behind you, hopefully making music that surpasses what you did before, you're playing bigger places and it kind of weirdly becomes a business. Votes: 0

I'm really happy doing what I'm doing. I'm not looking to do anything else. I love what I do. I love music. I love playing. I love touring. Votes: 0

Both of my mom's parents were music teachers, so I was hearing the fundamentals of playing the piano, what notes are, and all those things very early on. Votes: 0

You're just playing, playing, playing, and then an image or something will come into your mind, and basically you're just narrating it with music, letting it move along. Votes: 0

Same thing with harmonies. If you hear something that harmonically is interesting, express it. So that's what I'm saying about talking the music rather than just playing through. Votes: 0

During college I realized I had a music predisposition and really got involved in it. I started playing bass guitar. That was how I began to fit in. Votes: 0

Whether it's soundtracking a moment in my life or just motivating me to hit the gym, I constantly have music playing. Even if it's just in my head. Votes: 0

I love playing and working on music. It is something that I feel really lucky to be able to spend my life doing. And I don't sleep much! Votes: 0

The Flutie Bowl is a great event that brings together people who really care about the autism community. We always have a great time bowling and playing music. Votes: 0

There's something in me that loves to inspire people: when I'm playing music, I imagine all this sparkly stardust going through everyone. I want to make people come alive. Votes: 0

As a young composer I had a particular fondness for Liszt's Beethoven Symphony arrangements for the piano, and to this day I enjoy playing non-piano music at the piano. Votes: 0

The one thing you'll notice when you're walking through Harlem is every single passing car is playing different music and there's also music that's being played out of windows. Votes: 0

If you can imagine a man having a vasectomy without anesthetic to the sound of frantic sitar-playing, you will have some idea of what popular Turkish music is like. Votes: 0

Certain music is terrifically inspirational and it is possible, months or even years afterwards, to look at a painting and remember the music that was playing during its execution. Votes: 0

My parents say that I was singing before I could talk. I personally remember specific moments at three or four when music was playing literally all over the house. Votes: 0

My passion is for playing music and although everyone needs a break sometimes just to keep things interesting and fresh, there's no way I would ever give that up. Votes: 0

You're playing the creepy vibe a little hard," I said. "Might as well go for broke, put on a black top hat and pipe in some organ music. Votes: 0

I first started writing music when I was 15 and at 16, I was playing in different cities in Australia. When I was 18, I was voted number one DJ in Australia. Votes: 0

I was raised playing music in coffeehouses and I feel that was the foundation for my career. I think it is important that we remember where we came from. Votes: 0

I've no grand designs to conquer the music industry, but I'd love to be able to tell my mates that I'm playing in a pub in Camden one night. Votes: 0

Finding great songs is the hard part of my gig - it's not as hard as songwriting, that's much more daunting - but I love playing other people's music. Votes: 0

The way I work on music is that I go into my studio, and I start playing music, and I see what happens, and... I never think about it. Votes: 0

I never thought I was playing black music. I was just playing music, the stuff I liked. I sang blues at parties and things when I was a kid. Votes: 0

It's hard to say when the life of a band starts and stops... but playing music together is an act of trust. When that's broken, it's impossible to continue. Votes: 0

Other times I say: I would very much like to try to do something with this music, but after playing for a few minutes, I have to break off. Votes: 0

I compose my own stuff. I've been writing songs with words. I've been playing more on the keyboard because I can transpose it to sheet music on the computer. Votes: 0

You can leave your place you are sitting at without leaving that place either by playing music or by listening to music! Music is a migration to the unknown! Votes: 0

I always liked having a good time. I got into this business because I got fired from any job I ever had because I stayed out late playing music. Votes: 0

I went to engineering school, I went to physics class. I said, 'Screw this, I don't want to be here. I'd much rather be at a club playing music. Votes: 0

It's the honesty you apply to your playing that makes music enjoyable. The style of the music has little to do with it. It's only honesty makes it beautiful. Votes: 0

When you're playing music, say for instance, you're playing a part of the band and you're looking at your music, your horn is down into the stand. This way, it's Votes: 0

I went to engineering school, I went to physics class. I said, 'Screw this, I don't want to be here. I'd much rather be at a club playing music.' Votes: 0

When you play competitive tennis you are competing against someone else and you have to win. Playing music I didn't have to win I had to become better within myself. Votes: 0

Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues - communicating with an audience. Votes: 0

Those moments of play that we do get in meta-life, like playing music, or golf, or word-play, or flirting - those are some of the best parts about being alive. Votes: 0

You've got Corey Feldman doing his thing, and the problem is, they're trying to be pop stars. You can't compare Salty to any of the other actors out there playing music. Votes: 0

You've got Corey Feldman doing his thing, and the problem is, they're trying to be pop stars. You can't compare Salty to any of the other actors out there playing music Votes: 0

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 feel kind of anxious. Now our apprenticeship is over. Votes: 0

Playing music is a lifetime's work. And if you want to carry on with it, you have to try to better yourself. You have to see where the music can take you. Votes: 0

The only job I'd ever had that might be considered not playing music was teaching guitar, which I did in college for a while, but that still falls in the same category. Votes: 0

It's too bad music can't be like movies. For me, playing music and listening to music and creating music is very environmental. It creates a certain environment; it sets a specific mood. Votes: 0

Radio and TV can still push a band, but things need to be shaken up. There is the Internet, but mostly what I see there is little kids on YouTube playing music. Votes: 0

I've been playing music for over 20 years now. I started playing when I was 14 years old. To everyone who has said I was an overnight success... where have you been the last 20 years? Votes: 0

You'd think I'd have been happiest in my life playing music in front of 50,000 people at Gillette Stadium. But let me tell you, it's an odd feeling to feel alone in the spotlight. Votes: 0

I never really made much money playing music. It's because I've never really worked with a producer who could make my music sound, I guess, like how the public wants it to sound. Votes: 0

I didn't have any intention of playing music for a living or anything like that. I was just not doing well in my head or whatever you call it and drinking too much. Votes: 0

I've mostly been focusing on writing, and I've really enjoyed not playing music. It will always be part of my life, but I don't feel the immediate need to be playing for people. Votes: 0

I mean, playing music at home and writing and hanging out with my guitar is kind of medicinal for me, but when I bring the songs to people on stage, it's very joyous. Votes: 0

My only real hobby is playing music. I write a lot of music on guitar and keyboards and hope one day to make a record or maybe even write the score for a film. Votes: 0

I just started playing music on the street and walking around with a fiddle, and I think that's kind of when I started being serious - or as serious as it's going to get. Votes: 0

My interest in his new toy, the Theremin, isn't very big. It simply does not fit into my way of playing music. I do not want to fiddle around with my hands in the air. Votes: 0

Now, one can often get away with playing music by ear when it is not being recorded, but writing is another matter; its mistakes are not forgotten because they are still there to confuse us. Votes: 0

Usually, I'll just sit down at a piano or with a guitar, and I'll just be relaxed and playing music. Because that's what relaxes your subconscious. That's why everyone from animals to humans love music. Votes: 0

I think there's a natural chemistry between us as friends; and there's really no separation between the rapport that we feel when we're in conversation and when we're playing music, it's one in the same. Votes: 0