All musicians start out with ideals but hanging on to them in the face of media scrutiny takes real integrity. Tougher still… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
I identify more as a musician than as a singer, because I play piano and percussion, and I engineer and produce everything… — Janina Gavankar Copy Share Image
As a producer, I like to bring in unexpected voices, unexpected musicians, like Watt and Joey Spampinato of NRBQ. — M. Ward Copy Share Image
Everybody goes up and does something in the private sector that they feel that they can do, and obviously I'm a musician… — Sarah Brightman Copy Share Image
The music that I play is much more accepted in America. Do you know what I mean? Americans recognize and not necessarily… — Fred Eaglesmith Copy Share Image
When you're a touring musician, you're always turning over new rocks and there's always a certain level of tension in your life.… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
The idea of being a rock and roll musician sort of suited my talents and mentality. The freedom was great, but then… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I think all musicians and producers, they know the real goal is to come up with a record that is entertaining and… — Black Francis Copy Share Image
I've grown to love California: It's the dream of every English musician to come here and work in the sunshine. To walk… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I'm especially interested in what I call practitioner criticism, which is when people who practice an art form start writing about it… — Terry Teachout Copy Share Image
One of the most encouraging things is to see that so many of these young musicians and worship leaders are really concerned… — Matt Redman Copy Share Image
I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts. — Hazel Scott Copy Share Image
Technical Expertise is composed of all the little and large bits of technique known to the skilled painter, musician, actor, any artist.… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
Dude, if you want to be a great musician, you have to try heroin. You'll see. It's like being back in the… — Dave Mustaine Copy Share Image
I am a black man dedicated to expression; expression of the joy and pride of blackness. I consider myself neither poet, composer,… — Gil Scott-Heron Copy Share Image
I hate saying I'm a new musician, because I've been doing this forever, but they like to put new musicians on a… — Alex Winston Copy Share Image
I don't think being a musician makes me a role model at all. But I do believe that I have responsibility to… — Thalia Zedek Copy Share Image
In my own musical existence I don't feel that being a guitar player is like the best thing on earth to be.… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
You discover over time that music can be overwhelming. Unless the musicians involved understand this they can lose audiences. Spontaneity and improvisation… — Bennie Maupin Copy Share Image
“You can take and nail two sticks together like they've never been nailed together before and some fool will buy it.” — George Carlin Copy Share Image
When I look back on my life, I don't have regrets about what I didn't do. If I'd become a musician, it… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
My parents had chosen the medical profession for me. I even studied a few semesters at St Xavier's College, but at the… — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
I know when I feel good when I play. There's a closeness with musicians you only get from playing live, even in… — Ringo Starr Copy Share Image
