I think musicians should stay off television generally. I get asked all the time. Those shows are just promoting insipid comedies. Who… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
Daniel Handler's a writer, musician and the author of, among other things, the "Series Of Unfortunate Events" books. He also wrote the… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
If you make money back from your record, you're doing it smart. It's an expensive hobby. I'm lucky enough to still make… — Robyn Hitchcock Copy Share Image
She is amazingly creative, bringing so much more to a song than just a singer. She is a first-class musician and the… — Ella Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I want to be one of those people, be they writers, poets, musicians, who leaves clues for the next generation. The really… — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
There're lots of musicians in my family, too. My mother sings incredibly well. I've got to make a record with my mother's… — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
You can't get a guitar player like Dweezil without his commitment to the work that it takes A) to be the musician… — Gail Zappa Copy Share Image
A couturier must be an architect for design, a sculptor for shape, a painter for color, a musician for harmony, and a… — Cristobal Balenciaga Copy Share Image
The main thing you worry about is just coming up with songs at all. I don't sit down and write stuff like… — Steven Tyler Copy Share Image
And with a few moments like that, with doubt from here and there, and within ourselves we were just striving for excellence.… — Jørn Utzon Copy Share Image
The King walks. He nods. His glance is like God's touch - under it all things spring to life. A wave of… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
Often, equipment can as easily function as a security blanket for musicians unwilling or unable to risk anything personal in the studio.… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
What I envy about musicians is, they have this more direct relationship with the audience. They don't have to go through words.… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
... we weren't very professional; she could have gone to almost any town and put together a smoother ensemble, but we were… — Sam Andrew Copy Share Image
Benny [Carter] opened the eyes of a lot of producers and studios, so that they could understand that you could go to… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
Ancient tradition always depicts a true Chinese musician as blind. Esoterically, this implies that his gift of the divine art is so… — Corinne Heline Copy Share Image
The vast majority of women musicians function under singular names like 'Cher' 'Madonna'. They have to get married almost immediately to preserve… — Ayshay Copy Share Image
Playing the Opry, when I get the opportunity - it's one of the coolest honors for any musician in any genre, but… — Charlie Worsham Copy Share Image
I always tell my students when you're going to be a jazz musician the first thing you've got to do is be… — Lester Bowie Copy Share Image
I wouldn't recommend being a musician to anyone. It's not glamorous. It's a lot of being dirty, not eating, playing for five… — Dan Reynolds Copy Share Image
What a good session musician does is listen to the song, to the artist, and to the other players. That way you… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
The feeling you get from playing to a good audience is hard to describe without sounding as though you are talking silly.… — Tony Iommi Copy Share Image
I've been a musician since I was nine. I think a ghost or goblin visited me in the night. Maybe aliens abducted… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
If you're a musician, you can practice your guitar every day and write songs, but when you're an actor, you can't just… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
Only by pairing knowledge with inspiration will art evolve. Without these conditions any musician will remain a flawed artist, if one may… — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
Strangely enough, through all those school years I decided at 13 or 14 I was going to be a musician and so… — Alvin Lee Copy Share Image
If there is any selfish angle, then it would probably be me just knocking myself in the head, thinking "Is there anybody… — Daniel Lopatin Copy Share Image
I'm a person of the arts. I love the arts very, very, very much. And ah, I'm a musician, I'm a director,… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
'Some Kind Of Monster' is such a nightmare for any musician to watch because you're watching a band be honest to each… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
I know people who believe in ghosts but don’t believe in themselves. It’s kind of sad. Okay you don’t think you’ll ever… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
I always loved rock guitar. I just never put it together that that's what I'd end up doing. I had no aspirations… — Slash Copy Share Image
Musicians, actors, writers - we're all neurotic, odd people who've lucked into accidental careers. So I just don't like being around public… — Moby Copy Share Image
People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting… — David Sylvian Copy Share Image
The main thing a musician would like to do is to give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
I used to want to be a singer and a musician for years, from 6 years old to today. I'm not really… — Tommy Davidson Copy Share Image
We use important words too frequently and they lose value; for instance, charm and great. An actor or musician often is proclaimedgreat… — Eleanor Robson Belmont Copy Share Image
...If I continued to harbour any hope for music it lay in the expectation that a musician might come who was sufficiently… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
It might be argued that genuine spontaneity is not really possible or desirable so long as printed scores of great works exist.… — Donal Henahan Copy Share Image
I realized, that the life of a musician, even of a very lucky, very successful musician, wasn't really the life I wanted:… — Garth Greenwell Copy Share Image
The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back… — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
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