My life as a professional musician is a joyless exercise in futility. — Robert Fripp Copy Share Image
There's too many good musicians around for the music around for the business to be sagging. — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
Musicians more than most people are in the moment. That's the dual nature of that job. — Gail Zappa Copy Share Image
Becoming a musician was all about escape. It was about getting away from the foulness that was me. — John Grant Copy Share Image
Music might tame and civilize wild beasts, but 'tis evident it never yet could tame and civilize musicians. — John Gay Copy Share Image
You should play with real musicians; the best music comes from real people interacting with each other. — John Fogerty Copy Share Image
Yes, I'm a musician. I also like to play with others, sometimes more, sometimes less. — Klaus Schulze Copy Share Image
I want to express my ideas through my music and on stage because I'm a musician. — CL Copy Share Image
“That is sacrilegious. You just totally dissed man code. If we don’t have man code, the world will fall apart." Kip Paxton” — Sasha Marshall Copy Share Image
Even though I don't sing any more, singing was my first education in the arts, and it's clear to me that my… — Garth Greenwell Copy Share Image
Being an artist and a musician, I have witnessed the previous generation taking the art form, not as a way of making… — David Finckel Copy Share Image
There was a time when a musician was forced to act in a video. Seeing a singer step too far outside of… — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
I'm more encouraged by the saplings: new music groups, tiny new venues, entrepreneurial musician-composers who aren't waiting to be discovered but are… — David Edelstein Copy Share Image
I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
There was the best teachers from the Czech Philharmonic, highly dedicated people, some of the best musicians in the world passing on… — Miroslav Vitous Copy Share Image
You have to be ready, and also you have to discard notions that are fondly held by a lot of musicians, about… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
Rock records. It's the main source of inspiration for people - fans, or musicians, or both - to act out in ways… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I first came to London as a musician, and when my group broke up, I did 'Guys and Dolls' at the Watford… — Clarke Peters Copy Share Image
People don't get that being a musician is a job, they don't get what the work takes. And that's just because you're… — Kevin Drew Copy Share Image
The creative musician ... is ... the radio receiver, not the broadcasting station. His personal discipline is to improve the quality of… — Robert Fripp Copy Share Image
Am I in love? Absolutely. I'm in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I grew up in a home filled with music and had an early appreciation of jazz since my dad was a jazz… — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
If they think they are doing something new, they ought to do what I do every day - spend at least two… — Coleman Hawkins Copy Share Image
I have a theory that musicians recognize each other and if they are destined to collaborate together they will. Mainly, they recognize… — Vlatko Stefanovski Copy Share Image
You were probably steered benignly away from things at school when you were a kid — things you liked — on the… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
I never set out to be a rock star, I set out to be a working musician. — Steve Miller Copy Share Image