One of the things that's clear to me from interviews that I've read is that the more popular successful jazz musicians had… — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
I do the work with friends who are musicians as well. I'm working on a piece of music and I have an… — Paul van Dyk Copy Share Image
My gift's primarily literary. That being said, I ended up a musician. By the time I made the bluegrass record...I'm more impressed… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I became a musician because I love music, and that is what has sustained me; it's not because I thought it was… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
Time and persistence has shown me that I can succeed at sharing my art with others as a musician while running my… — Bradley Joseph Copy Share Image
I'm not really interested in a ton of female musicians but there is something about Britney that compelled me - the way… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
When you're on stage, the audience becomes your other half. It's the ultimate high you can reach as a musician - an… — Laura Branigan Copy Share Image
If you were to ask me, 'What the hell does a musician have in common with a restaurant?' I would say a… — Mick Fleetwood Copy Share Image
There has to be some mystery in life, because the joy of being a writer and the joy of being a musician… — James McBride Copy Share Image
Back then and later on when I was in NEU! and Harmonia I was too much preoccupied with my own music to… — Michael Rother Copy Share Image
Recording sessions were stimulating to photograph, because everything was in motion: the subject, the musicians, the technicians and the photographer. You needed… — Eve Arnold Copy Share Image
Making music videos, I try to bring musicians into the logistics of filmmaking, and I try to preserve whatever's of value and… — Adria Petty Copy Share Image
But you listen to Coltrane and that's something human, something that's about elevation. It's like making love to a woman. It's about… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I don't understand why we have to experiment with film. I think everything should be done on paper. A musician has to… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
I think most people who decide to become a musician have to be prepared for some degree of struggle. It makes the… — Reeve Carney Copy Share Image
I assure you that I work with these people. I sometimes award them with state prizes or decorations for their achievements in… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a… — Eberhard Weber Copy Share Image
I try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but it's a lot more fun hanging out with… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
We were brash young fellows. I was always hanging with the older crowd anyway. The musicians were the Hip Cats, and I… — Bootsy Collins Copy Share Image
I am a black man dedicated to expression; expression of the joy and pride of blackness. I consider myself neither poet, composer,… — Gil Scott-Heron Copy Share Image
I think my playing has been orchestral throughout the years, and this is another way of expressing that. But I primarily see… — Tony Williams Copy Share Image
For better or for worse, I think my approach to jazz is very traditional, in one sense, but is [also] very out… — Jose James Copy Share Image
I was never worried that synthesizers would replace musicians. First of all, you have to be a musician in order to make… — Robert Moog Copy Share Image
A lot of the people that I photograph are master musicians themselves, whether they're singers or great jazz players and it's kind… — Carol Friedman Copy Share Image
You saw a lot of guys, especially in the early '90s, whose acts were a pitch for a sitcom. A lot of… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
I wanted to be part of a high-class scene of musicians. It was half-inspired because I didn't have many friends, and I… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
Technical Expertise is composed of all the little and large bits of technique known to the skilled painter, musician, actor, any artist.… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
Jazz musicians can be great teachers of business. Their creativity is not dependent on their mood, it does not have to be… — John Kao Copy Share Image
Regardless of who originally made it popular, any hit song becomes a challenge to the ingenuity and imagination of other musicians and… — Les Baxter Copy Share Image
I have learned that collaboration are everything to me. Music is a social thing. If there are no ears to hear it,… — Oh Land Copy Share Image
“And I understood why he didn’t need friends or to be accepted at our shitty racist high school, because he had his… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
After the war, once the bop revolution had taken hold, there were all kinds of young musicians, talented young musicians, who were… — Gunther Schuller Copy Share Image
First, I think of myself as a brand, a businesswoman. Musician is something I just do because it's my passion - I… — Paris Hilton Copy Share Image
It's just a joy to be able to work with a lot of different musicians. When you play with great musicians, whether… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
The good man is the only excellent musician, because he gives forth a perfect harmony not with a lyre or other instrument… — Plato Copy Share Image
Never assume that simply having a gun makes you a marksman. You are no more armed because you are wearing a pistol… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
There were musicians that influenced me, but they weren't all women. Teena Marie was a big influence because she wrote and produced… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
Charlie Parker was the greatest individual musician that ever lived. Every instrument in the band tried to copy Charlie Parker, and in… — Gary Giddins Copy Share Image
Deftones is always my main focus. I’ve been doing it the longest and it’s definitely a priority. I think of these as… — Chino Moreno Copy Share Image
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