I can change the arrangements on stage while I am playing or singing, doing signs to the musicians to change things because… — Rokia Traore Copy Share Image
I sat in at every club in New York City, jamming with musicians, because it felt right - and because it felt… — Ray Conniff Copy Share Image
If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra have played this particular chestnut so many… — Robert Fripp Copy Share Image
My father, my uncles, my aunts, from my father's side and my mother's side... they were all professional musicians. My father was… — Lalo Schifrin Copy Share Image
I'm a folk preacher. A folk therapist. A folk musician. I come from authentically that which is of my experience. Therefore, the… — Cecil Williams Copy Share Image
I started out as a folk singer, and kinda got sidetracked playin' honky tonks and such, but I was always a working… — Ray Wylie Hubbard Copy Share Image
By the time I was a senior in high school, I was constantly with my headphones, just making music all the time.… — Nicolas Jaar Copy Share Image
Black musicians rhythmicized the contredanse, creating musical styles which evolved into the habanera (also known as the tango) and, later, ragtime, as… — Ned Sublette Copy Share Image
For starters, I should just tell you that The Band was always my favorite band from the first moment that I heard… — Colin Linden Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Individual and team discipline ultimately come down to practicing a small set of principles over a long period of time. Success is… — Mike Hebert Copy Share Image
A lot of times I use live musicians, but I don't want it to have that live funky sound so I'll just… — Solange Knowles Copy Share Image
In this land of unlimited opportunity, a place where, to paraphrase Woody Allen, any man or woman can realize greatness as a… — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
Tim Price continues to explore and develop his deeply personal approach to music. Through the years his persistence, determination and passion has… — Bennie Maupin Copy Share Image
Kansas City Lightning succeeds as few biographies of jazz musicians have. . . This book is a magnificent achievement; I could hardly… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Yeah, we try to get the best musicians possible, and Justin [Robinson] is a great musician, man, a great player. You must… — Common Copy Share Image
I don't think successful musicians were really put on this planet in order to have a great time, pat themselves on the… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
The world must be filled with unsuccessful musical careers like mine, and it's probably a good thing. We don't need a lot… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
I have a music career as well, so I was going to either be an actress or a musician. Then, I did… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
Playing drums or music, being a musician, is inside of you. So you would always see me tapping on something, playing on… — Eric Hernandez Copy Share Image
It's always surprised me that mainstream America had the good taste to like R.E.M. It doesn't have the digestible quality the general… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
I always thought that pop groups were going to be made up in the 21st century. It wouldn't be four musicians, as… — Paul Morley Copy Share Image
I still don't understand the music industry that much. Everything I learned was from hanging out with rock musicians in studios. I… — Brendan Fraser Copy Share Image
The Blues scene now is international. In the '50s it was purely something that you would hear in black clubs, played by… — Mick Taylor Copy Share Image
To say that the Afro American created jazz doesn't mean anything bad about Anglo Americans, and I always teach my younger jazz… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
And we would play together, like fine musicians should, And it would sound like music, and the music would sound good. But… — Harry Chapin Copy Share Image
Much of my writing has taken the form of a pilgrimage: to sacred places that represent the best of America, to musicians… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
These musicians, such as these Cubans in Havana, are a part of a scene that did produce great music and great musicians.… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
Musicians know all about unemployment. You're unemployed a lot, and I think there's a great deal of empathy between musicians and people… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I think my biggest musical hero growing up was probably Ian MacKaye. He set a great example for all of us local… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
Sometimes a musical phrase would perfectly sum up The mood of a moment. One of those lovelorn sonatas For wind instruments was… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
I'm not a big fan of lead vocalists, people who sing but don't play. I never wanted to be in a band… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
How good are the best musical imaginations? Can a trained musician, swiftly reading a score, tell just how that voicing of dissonant… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
Acting is a growing tick muscle. I really believe that it's similar to being a musician in that the more you practice… — Katie Lowes Copy Share Image
Laughing and crying are really similar - what happens to your body. It's a very similar process in your diaphragm. Like a… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Any musician with a slight level of self-awareness can be taught to write a 'good' song. A great song is completely original.… — Greta Salpeter Copy Share Image
Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be… — Kurt Masur Copy Share Image
I've always chosen all my own material; no one ever told me what to sing or how to sing it, but I've… — Jane Monheit Copy Share Image
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