Musician Quotes · Page 46

For too long, musicians have been the greatest enemy of music. Their lack of desire to proselytize is a kind of betrayal.

— Charles Hazlewood

I don't have to compete in the charts. I can just be myself as a musician, a songwriter and play with the…

— Elton John

I'm a weird, bald musician who makes records in his bedroom and lives in the Lower East Side.

— Moby

Music can shoot through the musician like lightening through the sky if that music is unobstructed by thoughts.

— Kenny Werner

Composers are in some ways the last frontier of musician that gets a paycheck for their musical services.

— Cliff Martinez

I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.

— Barry Manilow

Chopin--Two embalmers at work upon a minor poetthe scent of tuberosesAutumn rain.

— H. L. Mencken

I grew up in a farm town in Indiana. In the early years I played by myself, because there were no other…

— Gary Burton

Being a classical musician, you're doing many things anyway. One day you're doing Bach concerto and the next you're doing some avant-garde…

— Joshua Bell

A lot of what inspired many musicians is celebrating differences, and people relate to that - more people feel like the unpopular,…

— Anonymous

I once painted a concert singer and on the chestnut frame I carved the opening bars of Mendelssohn's Rest in the Lord.…

— Thomas Eakins

“Asking to hold a musician's instrument is roughly similar to asking to kiss a man's wife. Nonmusicians don't understand. An instrument is…

— Patrick Rothfuss

When people ask me how they should approach performance, I always tell them the professional musician should aspire to the state of…

— Yo-Yo Ma

Every recording session and tour is a very valuable time to me in terms of getting to spend time with the musicians…

— Will Oldham

My husband, Gabriele, is a musician, and I love music, so you can bet it's a really important part of our home…

— Debi Mazar

Too many musicians rush through everything with too many notes. I need time to take the picture. A ballad should be a…

— Shirley Horn

I want to live in a world where Miley (or any female musician) can twerk wildly at 20, wear a full-cover floral…

— Amanda Palmer

Who should have children? Those who are responsible and completely dedicated to the responsibility which is actually a very small percentage of…

— Paul Watson

There is a view that jazz is 'evil' because it comes from evil people, but actually the greatest priests on 52nd Street…

— Garth Hudson

Bourbon Street is like playing, a tourist, you know? It's just a tourist attraction ... those musicians on Bourbon Street, they play…

— Troy Andrews

I want to change and try new ideas - allowing your sonic identity to evolve in your music and not being afraid…

— Alex Kapranos

And you realise you're doing a public service in making people happy - as a musician you can give people something a…

— Billy Ocean

When I went, I hadn't had very much time to have hopes or expectations. I knew very little about Nashville, and I…

— Anna Ternheim

Music needs the juxtaposition of opposites to achieve its drama, so harshness and dissonance are simply part of the material a musician…

— Chuck Israels

I'm supposed to be a musical genius, but I can't work the car seat that well.

— Kanye West

“I like the smell of my Grandma's soap - I used to sit in the bath and eat it.”

— Carl Barât

I regard myself as a true American musician, and I play every style that is my heritage.

— Michelle Shocked

Every record, you've got more experiences to draw on as a writer and a musician.

— Jerry Cantrell

There is one thing that freezes a musician more than the deadliest physical cold, and that is the spiritual chill of an…

— John Philip Sousa

[Jazz musicians] couldn't cut rock. I had to be more limited and specific about what I was doing.

— Van Morrison

I'm not a human interest story, man. I'm just a musician trying to make some small records and be happy, be peaceful.

— Mark Lanegan

Musicians always have music in their heads about their perceptions of the world.

— Pattie Boyd

Surround yourself with people who allow you the time to really discover what kind of a musician you truly are.

— Jack Savoretti

When people ask me what 'American Pie' means, I tell them it means I don't ever have to work again if I…

— Don McLean

Justin represents HOPE, that is his brand. Small town musician makes good. Fans want him to succeed. Many see themselves in him.

— Scooter Braun

I love being a drummer but I love being a musician in general and I love the Foo fighters.

— Dave Grohl

I didn't entertain the idea that my music would ever become available in any of the ways that I had previously known…

— Nico Muhly

I think every touring musician sacrifices aspects of their life to do it.

— Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi

That said, everything's important, and every musician who plays on the record is an integral part of it.

— Jerry Harrison

I'm not more than a musician that enjoys what he does and a Colombian that dreams and fights for peace in his…

— Juanes