Musicians Quotes · Page 13

Passionate musicians only come from passionate five-year-olds.

— Simon Rattle

It's Nights Like These Where I Wish I Said 'Don't Go'.

— Mayday Parade

I loved Art Tatum! And, through him, and other different jazz musicians, I actually found my technique.

— Tony Bennett

Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.

— Louis Armstrong

I have to continue to make the older musicians proud and brush up on my skills.

— Trombone Shorty

A lot of musicians have a tough time hearing what we're doing in a trio format.

— Branford Marsalis

If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.

— Zubin Mehta

There's no difference in a lot of people's minds between good musicians and popular musicians.

— Dweezil Zappa

Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can't do what we do is because they're so comfortable doin' what they do.

— Miles Davis

I think musicians are always supportive of each other because they want the groove to keep going on. They just basically want…

— Linda Ronstadt

Music's always been at the heart of Apple. It's deep in our DNA. We've sold Macs to musicians since the beginning of…

— Tim Cook

Some musicians like to decorate their walls with discs saying: '1 million records sold in America.' I prefer to put up discs…

— Jamie Cullum

That's the thing with Dru Hill. We've always tried to be good musicians and not be pigeonholed into one type of music.

— Sisqo

Pop artists work really hard, and they might not work for the same things that indie artists do, but they're still musicians,…

— Mitski

There are so many different musicians I look up to for different reasons - from hip-hop to rock to pop. Some are…

— Manika

Various different people have inspired me throughout my career. From Francis Bacon to Vassareli, Coco Chanel to Christian Dior, Cecil Beaton, musicians,…

— Dries van Noten

Growing up in Chicago, I was a theater nerd. That might be very cool on the East Coast, but in Chicago, it's…

— Johnny Galecki

Mum left school at 15, and after a few years of modelling and dating jazz musicians, was married by 21 to my…

— Natascha McElhone

Orchestras are not used to playing the kind of stuff jazz musicians like to play. It requires a lot of rehearsal and…

— Eberhard Weber

Yes, I was on the cover of 'Vogue,' but girls on the cover of 'Vogue' are the most scared of rejection. Models…

— Jasmine Guinness

I don't know what's more embarrassing, these musicians and actors talking about politics in interviews or the media actually giving them credibility…

— Paul Stanley

Any musician - I would say 99% of musicians - needs some help along the way. Most people, even if they're self-produced,…

— Washed Out

When I was a kid, I used to listen to my Emerson radio late at night under the covers. I started by…

— Frankie Valli

Jazz music and, more specifically, jazz musicians, are my artistic heroes. I want to be the Thelonious Monk of acting. He had…

— Trevor St. John

“You are lyricist, me a composer - you and I make a complete song.”

— Alexandra Monir

I'm not a complete moron like most musicians whom I've met.

— Chrissie Hynde

It's always been my time. I'm a musician, and musicians are time-less.

— Scarface

Musicians are, by and large, not the most politically savvy crew.

— Ben Shapiro

Comedians talk to other comedians the way jazz musicians can talk to each other.

— David Steinberg

“Musicians are artists, as silence is their canvas.”

— Mark Hewer

Texas is a hotbed of insanely good bands and musicians.

— Henry Rollins

When a lot of musicians change styles, their songwriting suffers because they want to be different.

— Noel Gallagher

Musicians should not play music. Music should play musicians.

— Henry Rollins

I'm always pulling and really feeding off of my inspirations. I think most musicians do.

— Robert Trujillo

When I was a kid, I played the piano for six years, and all my family are musicians.

— Tina Maze

You have gigantic companies feeding off musicians and artists because the artists need the exposure.

— Jimmy Iovine

We all know the record biz don't pay. All musicians have day jobs - no matter how big they are.

— Shawn Amos

I would practice while listening to records or learn from musicians who were better than I was.

— Rick Springfield

So many policy decisions that effect musicians are being made without any input from musicians at all.

— Erin McKeown

I have a large collection of biographies about jazz musicians.

— Michael Connelly