In Africa I discovered what the true purpose of a musician is. We are historians, and it is our purpose to tell… — Randy Weston Copy Share Image
I've always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music, I would have loved to had that… — George Jones Copy Share Image
Part of me believes that the completed record is the final measure of a pop musician's accomplishment, just as the completed film… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a musician and not a celebrity. Celebrity status is something you have to deliberately pursue - I… — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
The artist knows he must be alone to create; the writer, to work out his thoughts; the musician, to compose; the saint,… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a musician, 100 percent, my whole life. I went to school, I did music theory, I did… — Adria Petty Copy Share Image
The feelings that Beethoven put into his music were the feelings of a god. There was something olympian in his snarls and… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Im just lucky to have great parents. My sisters an actress. My brothers a musician. I found it hard growing up in… — Grace Gummer Copy Share Image
All my life I just wanted to be a beatnik. Meet all the heavies, get stoned, get laid, have a good time.… — Janis Joplin Copy Share Image
You know, I always say musicians, they can do it on their own. They can practice their violin on their own. A… — Anne Archer Copy Share Image
I have no ear for music. When I attend a concert, I endeavor gamely to follow the sequence and relationship of sounds… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Being a musician, being a person who's playing tours and making records is a part-time thing for me at age. I did… — David Gilmour Copy Share Image
If a musician wants to blossom into a full-fledged person, it's not enough if he knows only classical music; nor it is… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
Why do we idolise Christian singers and speakers? We go from glorifying musicians in the world to glorifying Christian musicians. It's all… — Keith Green Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing about playing is to walk out with confidence, look the people right in the eye and… — Les Paul Copy Share Image
“Remember this, son, if you forget everything else. A poet is a musician who can’t sing. Words have to find a man’s… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
But, I would be naive not to recognize the number of musicians who tell me they have been influenced by me and… — Geddy Lee Copy Share Image
I loved the atmosphere of the dance studios - the wooden floors, the big mirrors, everyone dressed in pink or black tights,… — Suzanne Vega Copy Share Image
Surrounding myself with people I enjoy being with made the sessions effortless. Everyone came prepared and ready to play. All were great… — Stanley Clarke Copy Share Image
My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor.… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
Don't cheat yourself out of music. Music is one thing. The music business is another thing. Save enough of yourself to keep… — Bill Withers Copy Share Image
I held four clean aces. I had youth, almost a decade of hard-core bar band experience, a good group of homegrown musicians… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I don't really like to call myself a brand, and I don't like to think of myself as a brand. I'm a… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
As the musician straineth his strings, and yet he breaketh none of them, but maketh thereby a sweeter melody and better concord;… — Daniel Cawdry Copy Share Image
When I perform, I don’t think about the haters, the Internet trolls, or anyone else. I care about giving the person in… — Steve Aoki Copy Share Image
Let a short Act of Parliament be passed, placing all street musicians outside the protection of the law, so that any citizen… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
When you're making your living as a writer or an artist or a musician, you kind of live in a trance. You're… — Stephen R. Bissette Copy Share Image
And I think that's why I was going to be a musician. I was very rebellious. And I didn't want to be… — Katey Sagal Copy Share Image
I'm a terrible musician. While the band members are great, I'm tolerated and affectionately regarded because I do movies, but if I… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to first meet Elvis at his house in Bel Air and he used to invite different artists, singers… — Jackie DeShannon Copy Share Image
In old age our bodies are worn-out instruments, on which the soul tries in vain to play the melodies of youth. But… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
People expect you to be this weird cartoon sometimes when you're a musician. I hate that. I hate standing out. I hate… — Katy B Copy Share Image
I guess I've never been introduced properly to Pink Floyd. I know they're great, don't get me wrong. Excellent, excellent musicians; great… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
I'm an example of someone who never made it to university. I did have this dream to be a musician. I felt… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
I don't have to forsake my career as a musician. I know how to write songs - that's not going to leave… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
It's been important to me to be a good activist, a good thinker, a good musician, a good singer, and a good… — Holly Near Copy Share Image
One of my really good friends in New York is a musician and looks just like Lindsay Buckingham. We always fancied ourselves… — Lauren Cohan Copy Share Image
If I wasn't acting, I'd try and be a footballer. I wouldn't be a musician because I can't write my own music.… — Jamie Blackley Copy Share Image
I think that there are a lot of things that come along with being a musician, but I don't want to whine… — Tift Merritt Copy Share Image
It's tough to be in a relationship with a musician, because it reads sometimes as this ego and self-involvement when it's really… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
