Musicians Quotes · Page 18

Most musicians, regardless of what culture they come from, can get together and agree on some stuff about music. As there is…

— Jerry Garcia

You always feel like rock critics are frustrated musicians. I envy musicians their ability to live their art and share it with…

— Todd Haynes

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— Snow White's Posion Bite

Everyone in my family is an artist in some capacity whether they're musicians, painters, or sculptors, so it's in their blood.

— Jessica Alba

I've always said that musicians are the comics of my generations and comedians are the politicians of my generation.

— Devendra Banhart

“Life is as sad as a glass of grenadine. ... It’s almost that. It is sad. But, at the same time, how…

— Mylène Farmer

Through conducting, you express through your arms, through your face and even the body, what you want to tell, so the musicians…

— Andris Nelsons

It's good to be in a position to know that I've inspired musicians, from what I've learned to lay down personally, and…

— Jimmy Page

Hamp would ask me about tempos in the band: 'Jacquet,' he'd say, 'knock off that tempo.' A lot of jazz musicians didn't…

— Illinois Jacquet

And I always actually say, 'The Voice' isn't just about trying to find a superstar. We also give a platform to gigging…

— Guy Sebastian

It's one thing to be recognized by your peers over the course of your career, but the Grammy is something else altogether.…

— John Petrucci

My big brother Ryan was funny and unfailingly kind. He was one of the most talented musicians you might encounte, and had…

— Rachel Hollis

For most artists, you take what you have and who you are, and then you expand on it to make it more…

— Tinashe

I had a lot of older musicians looking out for me, teaching me, and showing me things when they saw how interested…

— Trombone Shorty

I don't have a family that grew up singing and playing all the time. I didn't really have anything to judge my…

— Van Hunt

I've never been able to sit round on my own and play drums, practice in the back room, never been able to.…

— Ringo Starr

People had this idea about becoming rock stars packing stadiums instead of having the goal of becoming what musicians used to be…

— Amanda Palmer

The fact that I'm not a good musician - I throw it around, tell people that - it doesn't matter that much.…

— Johnny Mathis

It's a wonderful thing to play with symphony orchestras - I've played with many - but it's really special in Israel because…

— Jose Feliciano

Most people are at a concert because they want to be inspired, entertained, moved; we musicians have the mission to be bringers…

— Stephen Hough

I was raised in Topanga Canyon. It's an eclectic community up in the Santa Monica mountains. A lot of musicians lived there…

— Inara George

The fact that a total of 18 musicians humbly came together to share the glory and create something this original, epic, and…

— James Moore

Lady Gaga is one of the most amazingly talented musicians to bring her gifts to humanity in a long time.

— Jared Polis

I feel quite sad for the young musicians coming up because they may never get to pay their rent properly. It doesn't…

— Bryan Adams

I visit studios. Just to get the feel, the smell, and see what other people are doing. Not only listening to the…

— Jimmy Cliff

One of the great things about being in a band is that you meet so many other musicians who will turn you…

— Alasdair MacLean

I'm always trying to think of something clever and fun to do with the music. There's so many cool things musicians and…

— Robert Coppola Schwartzman

What the world is saying to us human beings is, 'Don't stick to the old ways, learn to think anew.' And that's…

— Daniel Barenboim

My parents were both very musically inclined, they were both songwriters and musicians, so we grew up in the house singing music…

— Jesse McCartney

It's interesting because neither of my parents play instruments. They both love music, but neither of them are musicians. Somehow, I was…

— Rostam Batmanglij

Getting this caliber of musicians together [for "90 Millas" CD in September of 2007] is almost impossible to do again.

— Gloria Estefan

I'm envious of writers and musicians. I think it must be so difficult. Not just the frustration, but the discipline.

— Michael Keaton

None of my family are musicians, but there was a lot of classic rock and country going on. I always wanted to…

— Phoebe Bridgers

In fact, many musicians are the happiest when the artist and audience re-interpret or re-imagine the content of the songs.

— John Dyer Baizley

The best part of touring is playing the shows. I mean, that is the point of touring, at least for me. I…

— Buzz Osborne

It's all about the balance. For musicians, me personally, you just can't keep doing covers or mash-ups. It would get old pretty…

— Vidya Vox

As an artist, I feel so fortunate to be able to learn from all these great musicians that came before me, when…

— Kiesza

If you give me a bass guitar and you ask me to improvise something, or even be with some musicians and follow…

— Marion Cotillard

I found that jazz musicians, possibly more than their classical counterparts, wear long-standing friendships easily and gracefully.

— Andre Previn

I'm meeting a lot of musicians and people in the music business, and am constantly trying to figure out what I want…

— Tyler Posey