It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little… — Zola Jesus Copy Share Image
It might be David Adjaye talking about how the structure of jazz music informs his architecture, it might be the musician Terry… — Doug Aitken Copy Share Image
I like to be in the zone. I like being in the studio with the artists, with the producers, with the musicians,… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
I feel like when you're an artist and you first come out - people don't want you to be as creative as… — Kid Ink Copy Share Image
The black hole in democracy is integrity. The great unspoken is integrity. When integrity is not first and foremost, it's quite palpable… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
A great hang is mandatory. But in all of my years as a traveling musician, on a whole it's been pretty damn… — Shelby Lynne Copy Share Image
It's a scary question for a musician or songwriter today - what does the future hold? It is a strange time in… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
I just like so many different kinds of music that I like experimenting. I don't want to keep making the same record… — Alan Cooper Copy Share Image
If it wasn't for the British musicians, a lot of us black musicians in America would still be catchin' the hell that… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I think the music reflects the state that the society is in. It doesn't suggest the state. I think the poets and… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Once a musician has enough ability to get into a top music school, the thing that distinguishes one performer from another is… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Well you can see that I'm still in motion. It happens that you share the music with the audience. That is the… — Manu Dibango Copy Share Image
Involve yourself every day. Work hard and figure out how to love acting all day, every day. It's getting into a made-up… — Jeff Goldblum Copy Share Image
There's people that say “It's not fair You have all that stuff.” I wasn't born with it. It was a horrible process… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
I'm aware of what I am, but I focus so much on myself as a musician and as an artist that I… — Jennifer Lee Copy Share Image
Doin' music, musicians and artists, we have the advantage of doin' something that is our passion. At the same time it's fun,… — Tyga Copy Share Image
There came a point where I did give up on music, but I'm the kind of person that when I face obstacles,… — Fantastic Negrito Copy Share Image
One of the things that's influenced me musically was my experience at Brown University. I was surrounded by musicians that I really… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
I play classical music almost exclusively. I never mastered jazz or gospel in the way that my mother did. She was a… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
A very few musicians passed across all decades. In terms of trumpet playing, Louis Armstrong does it of course but Sweets [Edison]… — Freddie Hubbard Copy Share Image
Jazz is smooth and cool. Jazz is rage. Jazz flows like water. Jazz never seems to begin or end. Jazz isn't methodical,… — Nat Wolff Copy Share Image
I think musicians oftentimes have the right skill set to be good actors. And with Rihanna, I noticed her and knew of… — Peter Berg Copy Share Image
Sometimes I need to reject the music proposed for my songs because the musicians misunderstand that the Fanny Crosby who once wrote… — Fanny Crosby Copy Share Image
Every orchestra is different. Sometimes, you're blown away by a particular musician. If I'm playing the Brahms concerto, it's crucial to have… — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete: excellence for the talented, lifelong enjoyment for the… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
I enjoyed living in New York City, I liked the premise of the show [Saturday Night Live], I liked working with a… — Kevin Nealon Copy Share Image
Ornette Coleman is a real musician. He takes all of the things he's thinking about in the world - which is a… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
We talked a lot with the musician. And for now there are few options, and I give him few weeks to come… — Luc Besson Copy Share Image
If a musician is making a mediocre, self-indulgent body of work, they have to know that, for the most part, people aren't… — Moby Copy Share Image
It keeps me in touch with younger musicians who are constantly saying, 'Have you heard this new artist, or this new guitar… — Gary Burton Copy Share Image
And what classical music does best and must always do more, is to show this kind of transformation of moods, to show… — Michael Tilson Thomas Copy Share Image
The Musicians Union declared you couldn't mime on Top Of The Pops, which is obviously impossible, if you've got a studio-based record… — David Toop Copy Share Image
I actually think that many of the musicians who have something meaningful to say don't win competitions. An incredible pianist like Horowitz… — Charlie Albright Copy Share Image
My father was a studio musician, played for a lot of people like Frank Zappa and a lot of R&B bands, and… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
I didn't have any intention of playing music for a living or anything like that. I was just not doing well in… — Frank Fairfield Copy Share Image
It just seems like musicians want to sell a few records and put out a perfume line, and I think it's so… — Moby Copy Share Image
The dignity of art probably appears most eminently with music since it does not have any material that needs to be discounted.… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I know a lot of great musicians that don't know they're even great, because mangers try and make them feel belittled like… — Jim "Dandy" Mangrum Copy Share Image
We not only grew up on Be-Bop; Be-Bop raised us. For my generation, Be-Bop came on like a light bulb going flash… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
Not only was he not mad, but he was a musician, and my favorite men had always been musicians or writers or… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
![“I think the music reflects the state that the society is in. It doesn't suggest the state. I think the poets and musicians and artists are of the age - not only do they lead the age on, but they also reflect that age. [...] Like The Beatles. We came out of Liverpool and we reflected our background…” quote by John Lennon](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ccb/john-lennon-322_age_i-think-the-music-reflects-the-state-tha_1323373.jpg)
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