Musician Quotes · Page 37

Every generation of rock musician will understand that we wouldn't be anywhere without the support of teenagers buying the records.

— Roger Daltrey

Musicians tend to get bored playing the same thing over and over, so I think it's natural to experiment.

— Dimebag Darrell

In theory, I'd like to work in a group. But the group I'd like to work in, all the musicians in them…

— Robert Wyatt

The worst people on earth are not only those who commit evil, but those who stand by and turn a blind eye

— Emmanuel Jal

When I was a kid, my dream was never to just be a musician. It was to be an entertainer - and…

— Jimmie Allen

I love Philip Glass' work, not only as a film composer but also as a musician. The film score work that he…

— Park Chan-wook

The place that I found where European musicians and American musicians come together is that odd middle world which is called uncertainty.

— Hamid Drake

I came to L.A. in 1970, and my desire and my training was to be a studio musician, which I had read…

— Harvey Mason, Jr

I didn't follow the standard rules of bass playing, and many musicians on many different instruments who became noteworthy for their unique…

— Billy Sheehan

I would say that the evocative qualities of music are usually put there in post-production in the reverb. It's really not much…

— Stephin Merritt

I'm a very typical yoga-practicing musician; I do it when I can. I'm not hardcore about it. A lot of my lyrics…

— Brett Dennen

I did recording sessions as a musician as well as a background vocalist and enjoyed every minute of it. I remember singing…

— Ray Stevens

I took some lessons as a kid but trained myself by ear. I did it the way jazz musicians used to learn…

— Donald Fagen

When you really do find a new idea or you're in and it's all working, that's the gift. It's like a musician…

— Robin Williams

“our love like stepping on to a plane sitting down in a car walking on unknown land will either take us to…

— scott mcgoldrick

It has always seemed slightly uncomfortable, the idea of politicised musicians. Very few of them are clever enough to do it; if…

— Robert Smith

I didn't really think I would be a musician. I always thought I'd be a writer. I wanted to be a writer…

— Leah Siegel

The records that I like, they have life and warmth and soul in them. Like the slap back on Scotty Moore's guitar…

— Channing Tatum

Frank [Zappa] always wanted to do a sound library - he sampled so many great musicians. For piano, for example, he sampled…

— Gail Zappa

Ironically, I must admit that I have an easier time (myself) playing games that are really simple and non-realistic - like the…

— Mark Walton

I would be happy if I could meet some musicians interested in different acoustics and traditional music. Maybe I will find some…

— Albert Kuvezin

As musicians and artists, it's important we have an environment - and I guess when I say environment, I really mean the…

— Lauryn Hill

Artists use frauds to make human beings seem more wonderful than they really are. Dancers show us human beings who move much…

— Kurt Vonnegut

I wish I could say differently, but I really don't think so. There are too many musicians already for probably anyone to…

— Varg Vikernes

I want to be 'Jimmy Chamberlin, the drummer, the musician who's done many things,' not just 'that guy from the Smashing Pumpkins.'

— Jimmy Chamberlin

The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do.

— Billy Higgins

I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier.

— Robert Smith

I lived in an area where there were a lot of rock musicians, and we got together regularly in our studios.

— Ken Hensley

The most sophisticated pop musician that I knew of and liked was Paul McCartney.

— Freedy Johnston

Creativity is not simply a property of exceptional people but an exceptional property of all people.

— Ron Carter

I've been around two years shy of 50 years doing what I do. I am a musician.

— Frankie Avalon

You know what rock musicians are? They are hung up, neurotic, over-weight hippies with sex problems.

— David Lee Roth

As I've learned in the past few years, Mali is home to some of the most incredible musicians in the world.

— Nick Zinner

The fate of the African continent does not f-ing depend on a load of f-ing musicians in Hyde Park singing f-ing s-t…

— Noel Gallagher

At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and…

— Herbie Hancock

The best musicians are not the best players, they're the best listeners.

— Pat Metheny

No matter what comes your way, being a musician, you will never, ever learn to play it all.

— Joey Jordison

Pushing yourself and digging into something new, that's what being a musician is all about.

— Orianthi

I don't talk about my personal life. But the relationships I've had have usually been with other musicians. It's just easier that…

— Shelby Lynne

Jazz musicians are the coolest people on the planet. Can I have some cool?

— Jon Stewart