In the hierarchy of instruments, if you're a harpist, you're considered someone with a brain much more than if you're a singer.… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
There has to be some mystery in life, because the joy of being a writer and the joy of being a musician… — James McBride Copy Share Image
Songs really are like a form of time travel because they really have moved forward in a bubble. Everyone who's connected with… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
From a very young age I had an ambition to be a musician, and to do that professionally. That's what I pursued… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
When you go to work, if your name is on the building, you're rich. If your name is on your desk, you're… — Rich Hall Copy Share Image
The best musicians are not the best players, they're the best listeners. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself as "a lesbian musician." It's not one and alone. I think of myself as a musician. — Michelle Chamuel Copy Share Image
Everybody struggles with get tiring as a musician having to play the same songs over and over again on one level or… — Crosby Loggins Copy Share Image
I'm often surprised by classical music and musicians. I've met a large number of them because my wife works for the Boston… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
The mastery of one's phonemes may be compared to the violinist's mastery of fingering. The violin string lends itself to a continuous… — Willard Van Orman Quine Copy Share Image
As an audience member, I like the sound of something that's been written - I like it to sound written. And then,… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
The problem of expressing the contributions that Benny Carter has made to popular music is so tremendous it completely fazes me, so… — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
I definitely learned to communicate with other musicians better. I used to feel so intimidated by guys who can read notes, like,… — Flying Lotus Copy Share Image
Part of me believes that the completed record is the final measure of a pop musician's accomplishment, just as the completed film… — Jon Landau 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
I am not immune to the lure of a signed record, flier or set list. The fact that your music heroes potentially… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
There is a big, beautiful world that could be destroyed by selfishness and foolishness. We musicians have it within our power to… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
The show is coming from the music. I get on the stage with the band, and I communicate with my musicians, and… — D'Angelo Copy Share Image
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the only musician who had as much knowledge asgenius, and as much genius as knowledge. — Gioachino Rossini Copy Share Image
Like most musicians, Im good at becoming immersed in the music that I am currently working on. We seldom lift up our… — Tony Levin Copy Share Image
I'd actually say that every musician is a human being, and that not everybody likes being social. But with music, there are… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
I met my manager when I was 17, when I didn't have enough money to buy a set of guitar strings. There… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
