“Music is a language and different people who come along are each using that language to do something different, but all coming at it in a similar vein inasmuch as it's always community based and for the most part nonprofit. Most bands don't ever come within a mile of profit - clearly these people are not playing music to make money.” PeopleDifferentLanguageCommunityBandMusic IsProfitMilesMaking MoneyVeinsDifferent PeoplesPlaying MusicNonprofits Author:Ian MacKaye
“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.” NeedsLittlesStillsKidsTvsInternetBandRadioLittle KidYoutubePlaying Music Author:Chris Cornell
“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.” WholeEnjoyWonderfulBandMusic IsGuitarWonderful ThingsPlaying MusicSaxophone Author:Chick Corea
“I tend to listen to the artists that originally inspired me to start playing music in the first place, because there is a multitude of wisdom that can be gained by bands like Black Sabbath, Depeche Mode, Pink Floyd and the Cure. I think if we were to pay close attention to what's on the radio right now then we'd lose our identity entirely.” IfsThinkingFirstsArtistBlackLosesPayAttentionIdentityRight NowBandInspiredRadioCuresMultitudesPlaying MusicSabbathBlack SabbathDepeche Mode Author:Jason C. Miller
“I feel vulnerable when my ego is threatened - if I get jealous of another band's good time slot at a big festival, if I'm about to get clobbered in a political debate, if I'm trying to impress someone I have a crush on. It's the opposite of openness, letting go, allowing deep feelings to express themselves. For me, that comes from playing music and from kissing.” IfsFeelsTryingFeelingsBigsPoliticalBandLetting GoKissingEgoOppositesDebateVulnerableCrushGood TimesAllowingOpennessJealousImpressThreatenedFestivalsPlaying MusicPolitical DebatesDeep FeelingGet JealousI Have A CrushI Get Jealous Author:Greg Saunier
“I'd been performing in bands since I was 12 which represented, at that point, about 16 years of playing music.” YearsBandPerformingPlaying Music Author:Van Morrison
“There's very notable dynamics in all of the collaborations I've done. It's hard to say if one is more important than the other, but if I had to think of all situations and point to one band that I enjoyed most it would be when I was eight years old. I had a band with my little sister and the kid across the street. We sat around all day playing music and it was bliss. I didn't have any expectations or do it for anyone or worry about selling an album. That was really my favorite band. We were called Hot Chocolate.” IfsThinkingYearsLittlesImportantHardDoneWould BeKidsSituationWorryStreetsBandExpectationsHotMy FavoriteAlbumsEightSellingEnjoyedBlissSatChocolateCollaborationNotablePlaying MusicDynamicsLittle SisterFavorite BandsHot Chocolate Author:Steve Vai
“We had a great educator [in the school band], a man named Larry Laurenzano. He was tough, but we knew that he loved us. And that was the beginning of playing music with people and really being inspired and having fun and being in a community.” PeopleMenSchoolFunCommunityBandToughInspiredHaving FunEducatorPlaying MusicLarrySchool Band Author:Jon Gordon