Beautiful tunes are all very good and fine, and great musicians are always great, but that alone isn't enough. — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
Pablo Casals is a great musician in all he does: a cellist without equal, and extraordinary conductor and composer with something to… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Growing around great musicians, you just can't help it. I identified with it immediately. It was something that was so natural to… — Whitney Houston Copy Share Image
It's just a joy to be able to work with a lot of different musicians. When you play with great musicians, whether… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Deftones is always my main focus. I’ve been doing it the longest and it’s definitely a priority. I think of these as… — Chino Moreno Copy Share Image
For about seven years. I really like it there. There are a lot of great musicians. The scene is very open. A… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
I'm such a copycat."I want to try and do this like the Donovan song 'Changes'," or "I want to do this bit… — Eleanor Friedberger Copy Share Image
Frank [Zappa] always wanted to do a sound library - he sampled so many great musicians. For piano, for example, he sampled… — Gail Zappa Copy Share Image
I had a really nice association with Richie DeRosa, a great musician, a great drummer and composer and arranger. And I had… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
So Nemerov showed us this picture, which is of Apollo flaying Marcius. You don't think of Apollo as being the sort of… — Larkin Grimm Copy Share Image
There are people who are really great musicians. I've met a lot of them. And I'm not a great musician. I'm adequate… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
They say that Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a homosexual. Truth be told, we don't love him because of that, but he was… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I was always moved by all of the music. As a young man, Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton, Count Basie and all… — Charles Lloyd Copy Share Image
It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He's aware… — Arnold Palmer Copy Share Image
He wasn't a great father. He was a great musician. That's always been a touchy one, and it will be until I… — Julian Lennon Copy Share Image
It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He's aware… — Arnold Palmer Copy Share Image
Once again, in the fine tradition of North Texas Lab Bands, this is truly a superb band. Under the artful leadership of… — Michael Brecker Copy Share Image
Yeah, we try to get the best musicians possible, and Justin [Robinson] is a great musician, man, a great player. You must… — Common Copy Share Image
People need to put my music in a perspective where they use other established artists from the past, and almost all the… — Sondre Lerche Copy Share Image
When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great… — Wynton Marsalis 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
How great musicians demonstrate a mutual respect and trust on the bandstand can alter your outlook on the world and enrich every… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Jonny Lang has the power to move the music into the next millennium by reaching the ears of a new generation. The… — Luther Allison Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be precious about things. Of course, the idea is to make great music, but if you have great… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
I never use someone just because they are great musicians. I work with people who have the same kind of feeling towards… — Angelique Kidjo Copy Share Image
I'm in awe of people like Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard; they're great musicians and people. But I'm most starstruck by… — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
THE GODS was my first professional band and I learned a lot during that time. It was very cool playing with so… — Ken Hensley Copy Share Image
Well, my paper has asked me to do a series: Lives of the Great Musicians, reading time 2 minutes. — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
“A great musician once told me that one should never play a single note without hearing it, feeling that it is true,… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
When you have the opportunity to make music with great musicians, take it. That's it. That's the only reason I need, really. — Joss Stone Copy Share Image
I've been asked why does Ireland produce so many great musicians, and the answer is it doesn't. When you count the great… — Roddy Doyle Copy Share Image
I have learned that collaboration are everything to me. Music is a social thing. If there are no ears to hear it,… — Oh Land Copy Share Image
These musicians, such as these Cubans in Havana, are a part of a scene that did produce great music and great musicians.… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
![“Frank [Zappa] always wanted to do a sound library - he sampled so many great musicians. For piano, for example, he sampled every octave, not just one (that you could just transpose electronically), and he did all different types of attack, with and without pedals, all that kind of stuff.” quote by Gail Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4f8/gail-zappa-26739_different_frank-zappa-always-wanted-to-do-a-sound_1969237.jpg)
![“Yeah, we try to get the best musicians possible, and Justin [Robinson] is a great musician, man, a great player. You must have been surprised to see him out there, then.” quote by Common](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6d9/common-2673_great-music_yeah-we-try-to-get-the-best-musicians-po_761557.jpg)
