Many of our greatest musicians abandoned all of their aesthetic objectives to try to become pertinent. And, at the end of the… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
To date, [Wynton] Marsalis has received a total of nine Grammy Awards; a Pulitzer Prize (the first ever awarded to a jazz… — Randy Sandke Copy Share Image
Well, it'll always be disco/electro-pop. That's what I first wanted to do when I started out as a musician in 1977. It's… — Pete Burns Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a singer. I wanted to be a musician. I wanted to travel and write songs and be a… — Brett Dennen Copy Share Image
I was a nerd academically. But I was also an athlete and a musician. I never wanted to be shut out of… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
God is the Supreme Musician. It is He who is playing with us, on us and in us. We cannot separate God… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
I consider that success for anything, whether it's being a musician or a writer. As long as you can support yourself, you're… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
As a jazz musician, you have individual power to create the sound. You also have a responsibility to function in the context… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I moved away from painting was because I eventually discovered that I wanted to deal more with motion,… — Jared Leto Copy Share Image
This is going to sound really corny, but it's the way I feel: Musicians have been around for a really long time.… — Will Sheff Copy Share Image
It’s hard to pin down what makes Weiss’ music so distinctive. Perhaps it’s that even in the ballads, the tone is upbeat,… — Carlo Wolff Copy Share Image
As an artist, I never wanted to be fettered by gender nor recognized or defined as a female poet, musician or singer.… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Listening closely to songs these days, there's a lot of lazy songwriting where people get away with it. I don't want to… — Steve Gunn Copy Share Image
For instance, members of the elite will never allow their children to become musicians normally, because it's - not embarrassing - but… — Ayshay Copy Share Image
There is a beauty in discovery. There is mathematics in music, a kinship of science and poetry in the description of nature,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He's aware… — Arnold Palmer Copy Share Image
There won't ever be a mass-market record industry again, and that's fine with me because that industry didn't operate for the benefit… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
Musicians are affected by the audience just as much as audiences are affected by the musicians. The only problem is that often… — Hamid Drake Copy Share Image
I've grown to love California: It's the dream of every English musician to come here and work in the sunshine. To walk… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
A friend of mine took me to Memphis advised me that I should get in the musicians' union. He gave me a… — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
Bird's mind and fingers work with incredible speed. He can imply four chord changes in a melodic pattern where another musician would… — Leonard Feather Copy Share Image
A lot of young musicians get the money at the wrong time. They get it for something they don’t feel great about,… — Iggy Pop Copy Share Image
Life is one big road with lots of signs, So when you riding through the ruts, Don't you complicate your mind Flee… — Bob Marley Copy Share Image
I just hope that I'll stay around musically for as long as I can. I love to think that I will still… — George Michael Copy Share Image
What separates great jazz musicians from average ones is Taste. Those who have taste consistently choose notes, tempos, timbres and voicings that… — Marc Myers Copy Share Image
“His music gave no lesser joy than a vacation. Creativity in his music and its success stood out as an example to… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Well, in Japan, I have got a group of musicians that I have worked with a lot, that concentrate just on the… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
I don't think that there's much that sets me apart from other musicians, but I think there are definitely things that set… — Ed Sheeran Copy Share Image
I think the main thing a musician would like to do is give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
I describe things in terms of body movements. I dance a bit to describe what sort of movement it ought to make,… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I have always been a singer, a writer, and a musician, not as a prodigy or as in a trade handed to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have to perfect my beard every morning and it takes a long time. I think a lot of musicians are into… — Craig David Copy Share Image
Liberace was certainly master and commander of the ivories ~ he is the only pianist I can watch or listen to without… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no roles. No one is keeping any roles. The drummer is also answering everybody and everything. So it is a… — Miroslav Vitous Copy Share Image
I tried singing. I tried playing a musical instrument. I really wanted to be a musician, but I never could quite pull… — Bill Cobbs Copy Share Image
This is our culture, and I don't care who the musician is, if he avoids black people, then he is scared of… — Betty Carter Copy Share Image
If an ensemble - I don't care if it's a duet or a forty-piece orchestra - the musicians, the two of them… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
I'm not a philosopher so why should I provide anyone with the answers? I'm just a musician, I don't have any solutions.… — Ayshay Copy Share Image
I had joined Yes in 1971. I was a classically trained musician who had worked with numerous artists as a session musician.… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
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