“Too many people think speed is the hallmark of a good musician.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
At one point, I was thinking about going to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, but then I realized it's actually not what… — Alycia Debnam-Carey Copy Share Image
It is only the most elite of elite musicians whose unconventional approach becomes convention. — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
I want to paint. That is probably going to sound so pretentious coming from someone who's been a musician. — Juliana Hatfield Copy Share Image
Do not categorize about music. You take each musician at the time and open yourself to that musician. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments. — Benny Goodman Copy Share Image
“You can be known as the most beautiful woman who ever crawled across cut glass to make a deal” — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
The wage for most musicians is a modest amount, and that includes me some of the time. — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Growing up with my dad being a musician, it seemed like a male centric world to me. I just didn't know many… — Lola Kirke Copy Share Image
I made a conscious decision that I was not going to have children. I didn't want others raising them, and looking after… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
The lion's share of what I hear right now are people who, intentional or accidental, have avoided all jazz prior to 1960.… — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
If a musician cares about what he or she is doing, and you show up and care, you can go some place.… — Anthony DeCurtis Copy Share Image
Classical music gradually lost popularity because it is too complicated: you need twenty-five or thirty skilled musicians just to hum it properly.… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I'm into old-time music, I'm not very interested in modern, popular music at all. And if I'm really into some particular old-time… — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
Adam Berenson knows how to compose, organize an ensemble, do musical research, play solo and trio piano, write for musical journals, and… — Paul Bley Copy Share Image
One of the things I love within music and within sports is how often musicians and athletes thank their audience. In the… — Eric Fischl Copy Share Image
I'm African American, I'm a lot of other things, a musician and an artist. But that woman part holds the most pain… — India.Arie Copy Share Image
It is only by demanding the impossible of the piano that you can obtain from it all that is possible. For the… — Heinrich Neuhaus Copy Share Image
Indeed we have souls. And if a person is religious, I think it's good, it helps you a bit. But if you're… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
People always say that music is a universal language. It was very, very true. We could show up anywhere with any people… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
I believe in the spiritual warfare. There are people who pick sides. The lord of this world is Satan. You can do… — Stephen Baldwin Copy Share Image
When I was 6 I thought that I wanted to be a musician - like a singer-songwriter. That's what I romantically envisioned… — Andrew Garfield Copy Share Image
I basically taught myself how to sing and play by copying records, and that's just how it was for me. I know… — Susanna Hoffs Copy Share Image
I don't think that those things [so called common practice] ever truly existed in the way that we like to believe that… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
I think right now is when we need to hear different voices coming out of all parts of the world. You can't… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Being an actor is a much more structured life than being a musician. — Grant-Lee Phillips Copy Share Image
Astronomers, like burglars and jazz musicians, operate best at night. — Miles Kington Copy Share Image
![“I don't think that those things [so called common practice] ever truly existed in the way that we like to believe that they do, the way we learn about them in music history class. Those things are defined at least decades after they happen. And even then, it's a fallacy because when you're in the…” quote by Missy Mazzoli](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f92/missy-mazzoli-30163_believe_i-don-t-think-that-those-things-so-calle_2568944.jpg)
