What we do every day onstage, there's lights, there's lots of other musicians, there's an audience, there's a microphone and mic stands… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
I am compared to other classical musicians, but most of them perform songs from other people, and most of those composers belong… — Ludovico Einaudi Copy Share Image
A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians. — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
Westminster politics is very unattractive, and people are channelling political energy into more inward questioning - there are a lot of musicians… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
Ultimately, what we do as musicians, I think of us as a type of emotional engineer. We essential take these sound waves,… — Stefon Harris Copy Share Image
Oh man, I love what the South brings as far as the soul, and I really have noticed from even the early… — Common Copy Share Image
I believe, from reading biographies, that the great musicians have also been great cooks: Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Max Roach.… — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
I don't control it at all. It's all up to the musicians in the group. They control it. They make all the… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
This is a cause that musicians can take to heart because one of our main reasons for being is to share our… — Boz Scaggs Copy Share Image
Musicians are often asked to answer for an entire culture, or for an entire movement. It's a process of commodification. It becomes… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
I hadn't seen that many movies that really go deep enough into the fears of playing music or the language that musicians… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
In some ways, jazz is the most precise of art forms and the loosest in the sense that it's all about improvisation,… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
Music is the great motivator, stimulator and resuscitator. It heals, unites and ignites. It gets into my soul and affects me whole.… — Nicole Bonomi Copy Share Image
Musicians used to be way more instrumental just in providing a soundtrack to what's going on in the world. And it's also… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
I was a guitar player on the streets of Asbury Park and already a member in good standing amongst those who lie… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
It's great to have all this stuff at home. But when you want to make it for real, there's still nothing like… — Ronnie Milsap Copy Share Image
From a small child to right now - I mean, when I was five years old, Red Norville, Tal Farlow, Charles Mingus,… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
“Traditions that cease to evolve render themselves irrelevant or obsolete. And what's the problem with inventing new performance practices? Are customs being… — David Cutler Copy Share Image
We're incredibly excited to be launching Communion in America, where not only are there literally thousands of excellent musicians that we want… — Ben Lovett Copy Share Image
We're doing all the shows as an eight-piece band. There's so many different kinds of palettes for each film that we've had… — Stuart A. Staples Copy Share Image
I would argue that among musicians who work in technology today, the level of technological sophistication probably exceeds that of military programs,… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
For one person, Haydn is most exciting. Or Bach is the most exciting. For another, it's Carter or Strauss. For me -… — Andris Nelsons Copy Share Image
I find myself, the more I grow up the more I hang around creatives, musicians. I find them more inspiring to be… — Tom Odell Copy Share Image
I'm not saying that maybe there isn't a kid out there whose behavior hasn't been influenced by me in some way. I'm… — Pete Doherty Copy Share Image
Once we went into the basement and learned a song, we felt successful. Then we learned two songs, and then we got… — Gord Downie Copy Share Image
With 'Light,' I collaborated with a lot of different producers and musicians I respected, and we all wrote and worked on material… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
Ah, 'Pather Panchali' was the most inspiring film that I wrote music for, and it was so spontaneously done. I saw the… — Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
I've always had gender confusion. I had two older brothers, and I've been predominantly male influenced. I really always looked up to… — Weyes Blood Copy Share Image
No, it's the musicians and I must say they are an accomplished bunch, but odd, as musicians tend to be. Is it… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
There are a lot of musicians who are still desperately trying to pretend that it's 1998 and by having a huge marketing… — Moby Copy Share Image
Black musicians were imitating speech cadences, and Kerouac was imitating the black musicians' breath cadences on their horns and brought it back… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
I met Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I'm not really star struck by actors, but musicians, that's when I… — Christopher Mintz-Plasse Copy Share Image
The music industry is changing. You only hear a sprinkling of big names, but there are a lot of really wonderful young… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
I organise jam sessions every month. We have an open session, so everyone knows about it, and we can get as many… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
I must have been six or seven - standing in front of a full-length mirror with a yardstick, pretending to be John… — Mick Hucknall Copy Share Image
I haven't had that many people onstage for a while, and I'm looking forward to that. They're all such creative musicians in… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
A lot of musicians aren't proud; they'll do other work, just to be able to play music. I guess that's the way… — Chico Hamilton Copy Share Image
I was working with another major label after Warner Bros, and they were telling me who to hire as musicians, what kind… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
Writing songs with Brian and performing them with Al Jardine, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, David Marks, Bruce Johnston and many other brilliant… — Mike Love Copy Share Image
We released '1950,' and I felt so grateful for the response from the queer community as well as just musicians and people… — King Princess Copy Share Image
