The language of tones belongs equally to all mankind, and melody is the absolute language in which the musician speaks to every… — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
Making music, if youre a real musician, you carry on, regardless in this world. — Joe Cocker Copy Share Image
I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The best musicians or sound-artists are people who never considered themselves to be artists or musicians. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don't be ashamed of your own ideas. Most musicians get applauded for sounding like someone else. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I think some musicians can almost forget that the stage is something to do something on, even if that thing is standing… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
I'm lucky to have had the opportunity to perform with bands that have influenced me as a musician over the years. — Joey Jordison Copy Share Image
I really wanted to just be a musician. I didn't want to be anything else, but I was funny and all that. — Jamie Foxx Copy Share Image
I think a lot of actors, especially actors with a theater background, have a musical ear. A lot of actors just want… — Cedric Yarbrough Copy Share Image
I grew up around music. My father was a professional musician. We used to have a trailer house that we travelled in.… — Timothy B. Schmit Copy Share Image
Music is a spiritual thing, you don't play with music. If you play with music you will die young. You see, because… — Fela Kuti Copy Share Image
Being able to travel the world is pretty cool. There are places that I've always wanted to go to but being able… — Tinie Tempah Copy Share Image
When people ask me how is it I was a musician, I facetiously say that I'm a firm believer in reincarnation and… — George Shearing Copy Share Image
As a musician, you want the music in as many hands as you can get it into. More importantly, I want people… — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
I knew I could never be accepted as a straight-ahead jazz musician, nor would Iaccept myself as that. I would never be… — Anthony Davis Copy Share Image
In the end, worship can never be a performance, something you're pretending or putting on. It's got to be an overflow of… — Matt Redman Copy Share Image
I want to be just a musician and songwriter, and hopefully known as a very good one. I love a lot of… — Langhorne Slim Copy Share Image
A lot of people ask me where music is going today. I think it's going in short phrases. If you listen, anybody… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
My identity shifted when I got into # recovery . That's who I am now, and it actually gives me greater pleasure… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
The cliché of that sort of wasted, renegade, drugged-out musician of the '70s is kind of dead and gone now. And I… — Chrissie Hynde Copy Share Image
Occasionally I hear a band that blows me away. For instance, there's a musician in Oakland named Weasel Walter who has a… — Glenn Branca Copy Share Image
When you say what is the difference between me and my stage name the idea is that as a musician you always… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
Being a musician, especially at the major label where you work for so long, it becomes a cycle. Write a record, make… — Art Alexakis Copy Share Image
When I lived in New York, there wasn't as much TV or film around. I got asked to do a couple of… — James Iha Copy Share Image
I'm not saying I'm the bee's knees. But I am a legitimate musician. — Kristian Nairn Copy Share Image
