...music is the living God in our bosoms.

Music can minister to minds diseased, pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, raze out the written troubles of the brain, and with its…

— William Shakespeare

It is an honour and a privilege to play music for a living, and I don't take it for granted, not even for a…

— Jimmy Chamberlin

One thing that really appeals to me is this idea of music being a living thing that has an evolution that, in a way,…

— Peter Gabriel

My dad has seen and done a lot. He comes from the hippie era where music and living life to the fullest is more…

— Coy Bowles

The goal as a musician, I think, is to be able to make music as a living for the rest of your life.

— Taylor Momsen

We make music for a living. Like I've always said, if you like what you're doing, you're halfway there; if someone else likes it,…

— Eddie Van Halen

Apple Music is a living, breathing brand.

— Bozoma Saint John

We’re really lucky to live in a planet that has so much music. We could be living in some bland planet that had no…

— John Frusciante

Music is my living. I enjoy selling my music.

— James Taylor

In my mind, I was never going to have the things I wanted if I played music for a living, unless I became a…

— Aldous Harding

Music is a living art.

— Sixto Rodriguez

You just have to love yourself and live and die with the passion of the music. I walk around happy as hell because I…

— Sean Garrett

We're musicians. We make music for a living. It's that simple. Nothing else matters.

— Eddie Van Halen

“Art, specifically music, is a living thing,” he says. “It isn’t just absorbed by the people who hear it, but it absorbs them.”

— Kennedy Ryan

I was lucky enough to just play music as a living and not have a nine-to-five job. I didn't have to pay the bills…

— Mark Stoermer