Musician Quotes · Page 48

To me, as a musician, there aren't any boundaries genre-wise as far as what can you listen to to inspire you.

— John Legend

I've always wanted to be a musician. I love music; like, I probably sang when I was born.

— Kate Pierson

I'm fascinated by musicians who don't completely understand their territory; that's when you do your best work.

— Brian Eno

Music criticism should be to musicians what ornithology is to the birds.

— Yuja Wang

To be a musician, you have to be honest... to be honest... to be honest.

— Bobby McFerrin

My novels and poems are meant to be read aloud. That's why jazz musicians have been able to adapt my stuff.

— Ishmael Reed

I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline.

— Ritchie Blackmore

As both a musician and a former teacher, I feel that music is as important to kids as reading and writing.

— Sheryl Crow

I still look to music to heal and bind; I still think the musician can be a trusted object offering his fellow-man…

— Yehudi Menuhin

I was a lusty kid who loved Tennessee Williams. Sexy plays. [For musicians] there are so many that it's hard just to…

— Annie E. Clark

I've been in front of the camera a million times as a musician, and even directed a few music videos. So, I…

— Trey Songz

I think you could go back to any filmmaker or musician or artist, and look at what their input was in their…

— Andrew Stanton

If you want to know what's really going on in a society or ideology, follow the money. If money is flowing to…

— Jaron Lanier

As a composer and as a musician I'm a true believer - and this is not to be overly diplomatic - I'm…

— Darren Criss

“He gathered me into his arms and kissed me, one hand tangled in my hair and the other one caressing down my…

— Tammara Webber

“The greatest artists express their inner self; an artist paints her rage; a writer pens his fear; a dancer expresses her sadness…

— Gerard de Marigny

“My kids are starting to notice I'm a little different from the other dads. "Why don't you have a straight job like…

— Tom Waits

In 1992 I was doing one of my first ever tours and I was in Heathrow airport and I saw these middle-aged…

— Moby

I didn't want my records to sound like anybody else, and when I've got my guys in the studio, I have a…

— Jason Aldean

I never really liked the lyrics or the sameness of the music. It always seemed to have the same rhythm or whatever.…

— P. J. Soles

I was deeply influenced by the sartorial practices of both preachers and jazz musicians and actually Masha in Act One of Anton…

— Cornel West

So, I mean, there's still vast swaths of the city that are suffering from a lack of jobs and poor housing and…

— David Maraniss

My daughter Meredith Moon from my second wife has a band that does Appalachian music, with five-strong banjo, clawhammer style. I may…

— Gordon Lightfoot

I got a chance to work with Miles Davis, and that changed everything for me, 'cause Miles really encouraged all his musicians…

— Herbie Hancock

Never miss an opportunity to teach; when you teach others, you teach yourself.

— Itzhak Perlman

Possibly the whole creative whirlwind of any musician's life is based on garnering and developing and absorbing more and more experience.

— Robert Plant

My dad wasn't the biggest role model, but he was a great musician and I loved him very much. He was a…

— Randy Houser

YouTube is an amazing platform for young musicians - although its harder to get noticed now that everyone is on it.

— Conor Maynard

There's no musician who just wakes up one day and decides, 'This is what I want to do.' It takes some development.

— Julien Baker

I always knew music was gonna be my outlet, I just didn't know when, or how it was gonna happen.

— Tay Keith

David Bowie's my favorite musician. I love him above all, but I'm really into rap a lot right now.

— Ethan Suplee

Improvising musicians are musical travelers, voyagers. There is a freedom to wander the musical landscape.

— Gary Burton

The ability for a woman to orally satisfy somebody in a rock band, that's important to a rock 'n' roll musician.

— Chad Kroeger

A musician should only sound like what they do, and no two musicians sound the same. It's an individual-feel thing, you know?

— Dave Grohl

I'm a real musician's musician: I get really geeky on chords and arrangements.

— Natalie Prass

[Loco De Amor is] a euphoric, melodic romp across the hemisphere... A joyful, fun musician's record from a really good guitarist

— Jon Pareles

There's a responsibility as a musician to do the music that you want to hear.

— El-P

What we should be doing as musicians is trying to bring people together.

— Elton John

Ive always written poetry and lyrics. My first husband, who was a musician, we wrote a bunch of songs together.

— P. J. Soles

An animal can learn to fight, but to sing beautiful things and make people believe them.

— Dalton Trumbo