Playing Music Quotes
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.
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.
.. you've got to be original, or there will be nothing distinctive or interesting about your playing
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.
I still love playing music. It was all I ever wanted to do, and I got the chance to do it.
The thing is, my education was music. I knew I'd be playing music no matter what. That's all I thought about, I was obsessed with it. I'm still obsessed with it. It gets the best of me sometimes.
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.
For me, I think the only danger is being too much in love with guitar playing. The MUSIC is the most important thing, and the guitar is only the instrument.
I want less and less control with music. Just playing music without any idea of composition or writing.
I just thank God I can make a living doing something I enjoy as much as I do playing music.
Playing music in the wake of the Blink thing was like finding love in the middle of a war zone.
Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much.
Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music.
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
Playing music for as long as I had been playing music and then getting a shot at making a record and at having an audience and stuff, it's just like an untamed force... a different kind of energy.
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.
It's my language, the language I speak. I've spent a lot more time playing music than talking or writing.
I wouldn't even think of playing music if I was born in these times. I wouldn't even listen to the radio.
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.
The No. 1 thing the people I have spent time with in my life have done for fun is playing music.
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
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.
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.
Playing music is the best thing in the world. It makes show business almost bearable.
Who knows why I had to go through what I had to go through to produce the kind of music I produce today, to be one of the greatest Africans playing music, who knows?
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.
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.
If somebody would come and they're not playing music, they would encounter certain people on another level.
I definitely don't want to play by myself. I don't relate to playing music that way. I like interacting with people.
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.
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.
I love playing music - and live especially - and I love being on the road. It gets in your blood.
My mom said, "What I want is a happy kid, not a rich kid. That's what I root for." She saw how much joy I got from playing music, and those years were leaner than lean!
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.
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.
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.
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.
When you commit to being a musician, I don't think you're really sure or care about when you're going to pay the bills. I don't think you care about that as much as you care about playing music.
