Musician Quotes · Page 27

I knew nothing of the real life of a musician, but I seemed to see myself standing in front of great crowds…

— Lawrence Welk

I was busy enough when I was just a musician. I wasn't making all that much money but I was busy.

— Scatman Crothers

I don't do album covers or CD covers for groups or musicians I don't like or have no interest in.

— Robert Crumb

I guess I'm used to seeing actors, but rock musicians still hold a special magic for me.

— Hank Azaria

I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" -…

— Esperanza Spalding

A young musician needs a powerful laptop and a good analogue synthesiser.

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

Lamentation is the only musician that always, like a screech-owl, alights and sits on the roof of any angry man.

— Plutarch

A.R. Rahman is not a musician, he is a musical scientist, and when he gives advice, you need to take it seriously.

— Jubin Nautiyal

I knew from an early age exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a musician and that was it.…

— Dan Hawkins

I find it hard to work with other musicians because I know from experience that when they play, they play with their…

— Enya

I think having a vision can make someone an influential man. I'm not talking about acting or anything like that, I'm talking…

— Benicio Del Toro

We have been working with Habitat for Humanity and we have built eighty homes, 80% of which are being lived in by…

— Harry Connick, Jr

God makes something special and unique about each person that sets them apart from every other person, and to me that's is…

— Bubba Sparxxx

I started working in music very young, I was raised by a family of musicians and performers, so I guess it was…

— Vanessa Amorosi

I am still very proud of that concert. In America, the (musicians') connection with the conductor is as with management - it…

— Neeme Jarvi

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev can no longer attend concerts by his favorite group Deep Purple without having to fear that the musicians…

— Alexei Navalny

The Western music tradition is mostly addressed to a public that has a critical mind, and judges the quality of the writing,…

— Gaspar Claus

Being a part of a band is easier to brainstorm, and it's fun - you're encouraged and inspired by the others. In…

— Brendan Benson

If you're listening to a symphony, you're getting all the information, including the audience around you, the delay from the sides of…

— Gordon Hempton

Everybody has their own approach to songwriting. When you're an electronic musician, the whole writing process just depends. Some people have a…

— Travis Stewart

Sculpture and painting are very justly called liberal arts; a lively and strong imagination, together with a just observation, being absolutely necessary…

— Lord Chesterfield

Meditation practice is like piano scales, basketball drills, ballroom dance class. Practice requires discipline; it can be tedious; it is necessary. After…

— Elizabeth Lesser

We always have a basic structure for a piece of music, but we encourage the musicians to elaborate on whatever they feel…

— Lisa Gerrard

I don't find a lot of people actually saying things through music any longer. They are not trying to say anything with…

— Robben Ford

Music is like having a conversation. All musicians inspire each other, and they're all geared to play something that matters.

— Vince Gill

When someone really respects and admires us as musicians to the extent that they want to work with us, it's really flattering.

— Laura Smith

I'm so proud that my offspring became a musician. I'm full of awe that we are able to have a whole family…

— Maxine Hong Kingston

You can't just be a musician; you have to be an entertainer and perform and act just to hit the bar.

— Brendon Urie

I didn't plan to go to Eurovision and I didn't plan on winning. I was a struggling musician, hoping for a couple…

— Netta Barzilai

The best musicians answer something in you when you don't even know the question.

— Allison Pearson

Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.

— Tony Wilson

I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.

— Yo-Yo Ma

I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out.

— Geddy Lee

We're deaf men working as musicians; we play the music but we can't hear it.

— Sebastian Faulks

The intensity of being in front of all these incredible musicians and tremendous conductors in these elaborate halls can be overwhelming.

— Idina Menzel

Of course the headspace for the young musician is whatever the guy who is paying you says, is right, but that's all.

— Terry Bozzio

We are all part of creation, all kings, all poets, all musicians; we have only to open up, only to discover what…

— Henry Miller

“It's not my job to tell people how to consume music. I just want them to consume music.”

— Eric Alper

Sometimes I joke around that if I weren't a musician, I would be a power lifter. I don't think people expect it…

— Mirah

I was trying to actively get away from music, I guess. But I recorded a whole bunch of instrumental piano songs.

— Jens Lekman