Musician Quotes · Page 26

It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives it most distinctive characteristics.

— James Weldon Johnson

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by…

— Ralph Ellison

Chris Martin is more of a musician and hasn't really put himself out there as a television host or anything like that.

— Ian Astbury

Now as a musician, if you have it within you, you can create your own reality. Believe me, it's a novelty.

— Chris Robinson

I don't think you can be a good musician if you just listen to rap, or just the [type of music] you…

— Freddie Gibbs

My name's Darren. I'm a musician, part time idiot. That's a full time job actually.

— Darren Criss

When I was seven years old, I was leading a quartet and trio, and that really laid the groundwork for me as…

— Anne Akiko Meyers

In some ways Lester Young is the most complex rhythmically of any musician. He does some things which are just phenomenal.

— Lee Konitz

I recognize that as a musician there is a certain chauvinism attached to it, which is the thing of, "I spent my…

— Jerry Garcia

Initially, when I was first starting as a musician, I was a very nationalistic figure and I used to believe in doing…

— Junaid Jamshed

I suppose ultimately I'm interested in music. I'm a musician. I'm not a gunslinger. That's the difference between what I do and…

— Edge

A lot of people think that the music was responsible for a lot of changes in the Sixties, but I think the…

— Steve Winwood

I promised to finish school, so I'll figure it out I guess. Besides, I'm on a special school for musicians and artists,…

— Martin Garrix

Doubt always hovers nearby, but I take photographs the way a musician hums. Looking is like breathing. So when luck turns my…

— Marc Riboud

I like musicians who look at the public. You have to bring the music to the largest number. Otherwise, we'll [the Jazz…

— Dee Dee Bridgewater

A lot of electronic-based musicians give very low-risk performances, and it's fun to hear your favorite band play live on a big…

— How to Dress Well

The characteristics of a good musician can be summarized as follows: 1. A well-trained ear. 2. A well-trained intelligence. 3. A well-trained…

— Zoltan Kodaly

Punk, and rock in general, is often very myopic. When people sing about "the world," they're generally focused almost entirely on the…

— G.W. Sok

Boulez's only concern is with power. He lost the leadership of the avant-guard more than ten years ago to Stockhausen. Now others…

— Lukas Foss

Individual and team discipline ultimately come down to practicing a small set of principles over a long period of time. Success is…

— Mike Hebert

Don't decide that you're going to be a writer or musician and just expect it to happen because it's a big gamble…

— Max Bemis

My son is actually named after Beck, the musician. We heard Beck on the radio and thought that was a good nickname…

— Lauren Groff

There is another more subtle way in which the innocence of childhood is lost: when the child is infected with the desire…

— Anthony de Mello

We are capable of creating miracles ourselves and the greatest miracle is to create a masterpiece of joy out of your life…

— Carlos Santana

Music sets up ladders, it makes us invisible, it sets us apart, it lets us escape; but from the visible there is…

— Hilda Doolittle

So I don't think of myself as just a musician at all, I think of myself as an artist.

— Santigold

As a musician, you are all the music that you absorb into your mind; that just subconsciously connects.

— Kali Uchis

Why do you judge me as a musician, John? All I'm interested in is making money.

— Glenn Miller

If you look at the way people behave at shows, icons are now musicians; they are the people that we worship.

— Grimes

I try not to become friends with musicians, but life happens and dinner happens and going out happens - it becomes interwoven…

— Ariel Rechtshaid

I think The Sunset Tree is really the album on which I really learned to trust other musicians, which is so important.

— John Darnielle

I became a musician because that's really what I wanted to do when I was fifteen, but I had other abilities.

— Robyn Hitchcock

What costs the world to you as a working kid fresh out of college costs nothing to you as a successful musician.

— G-Eazy

I've been able to make a good living as a musician, but now it's time to do all the other stuff.

— Robyn Hitchcock

My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish.

— Paul McCartney

I hope to star in a biopic of some musician, so I could do their impression and get into their minds and…

— Melissa Villasenor

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity.

— Billy Joel

Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.

— Herbie Hancock

I have a hard time even calling myself a musician, but I still have to be involved in music in some capacity…

— James Paxton

Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.

— Lana Del Rey