I got addicted to Tetris, playing it in my basement, I was missing all these airplane flights over it. After the fourth one that I missed, I realized... →
Bam Margera
No one starts playing my kind of music to make a fortune. But I do want to keep doing what I do and I do want to continue selling records. And I... →
Laura Marling
I don't like to waste notes, not even one. I like to put the right note in the right place, and my influences have always been those kinds of... →
Johnny Marr
Andy Rourke and I had been playing together from 14 or 15, and we had a very great musical chemistry. Andy's just a very respected and unusual... →
When I drank, I had a very different attitude towards my playing. It was sloppier but I kind of liked it that way. It was like the alcohol was... →
Mick Mars
If it's not going to sound like Terrapin Station, what's the point of playing Terrapin Station?
Branford Marsalis
I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play.
Wynton Marsalis
Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition.
I got my first trumpet when I was six years old, from Al Hirt. My father was playing in Al Hirt's band at that time.
There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do not want to get your head cut when you're playing.