I had gotten to know the music scene there, and just fell in love with it. I've lived there a little over… — Sarah Jaffe Copy Share Image
Sometimes a musical phrase would perfectly sum up The mood of a moment. One of those lovelorn sonatas For wind instruments was… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
I tried singing. I tried playing a musical instrument. I really wanted to be a musician, but I never could quite pull… — Bill Cobbs Copy Share Image
Roy Orbison was one of the genuinely nicest persons I've ever known. With one of the most beautiful voices in the history… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
I don't like to criticize music and I had a really hard time picking out the song I hate for this because… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
It's funny, when bands or younger musicians ask me: 'So, what does it take to make it?' Well, first explain to me… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I really wanted to just be a musician. I didn't want to be anything else, but I was funny and all that. — Jamie Foxx Copy Share Image
When the Negro musician or dancer swings the blues, he is fulfilling the same fundamental existential requirement that determines the mission of… — Albert Murray Copy Share Image
The people who I grew up making music with, we've all grown up and become successful in different ways. My manager supported… — Skrillex Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I always thought that I'd be a comic book artist. It took a long time to start… — Daniel Johnston Copy Share Image
Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, and many other great jazz musicians objected to their music being called jazz. While the outside world may… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
For me, the difference between a musician reading an arrangement on a piece of paper, and them closing their eyes and listening… — Jose James Copy Share Image
I've made my pact with the Lord for the next lifetime. I would love to be a first-class musician. A super one. — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
The attitude of foreign to English musicians is unsympathetic, self-opinionated and pedantic. They believe that their tradition is the only one (this… — Ralph Vaughan Williams Copy Share Image
I was very drawn to music of all types, from Beethoven to Jimi Hendrix. There were musicians and composers who obviously were… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Being a part of a band is easier to brainstorm, and it's fun - you're encouraged and inspired by the others. In… — Brendan Benson Copy Share Image
Following directly behind the bier were the servants who would, in earlier times, have been slaughtered at the graveside, along with a… — Catharine Arnold Copy Share Image
As any jazz musician knows, it takes flexibility and adaptability for improvisation to create beauty. — Doc Childre Copy Share Image
Individual and team discipline ultimately come down to practicing a small set of principles over a long period of time. Success is… — Mike Hebert Copy Share Image
Making music videos, I try to bring musicians into the logistics of filmmaking, and I try to preserve whatever's of value and… — Adria Petty Copy Share Image
When I was 21 or 22, I realized I was never going to be something else - I had to be a… — Chet Faker Copy Share Image
My mother's a singer and my mother's father is a singer, and everyone on both sides are all country-western bluegrass musicians. — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
I always hesitate when people call me a musician.I have had no musical training. I can't play anything. I really think of… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
