Musician Quotes · Page 110

Break windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell 'em to do that, they'll find a little pot of gold.

— Tom Waits

I know this might sound a little cliche but, I feel like everybody is searching for the same thing, and that is…

— Tyler Blackburn

My abject hatred of actors and the acting world. I went to college as an actor, and halfway through, I switched to…

— Christian Finnegan

Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.

— Eddie Van Halen

Baby you should bring your best friend, then you should persuade her to let me get some sex in. Don't get offended,…

— Drake

I find it hard to work with other musicians because I know from experience that when they play, they play with their…

— Enya

Then I was lucky I met with my future husband, and I started new life with my husband, and I was happy…

— Olga Korbut

I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In the process, I always tried to maintain…

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

My dad's side of the family had lots of artists and musicians. There's an emotional, quite sentimental quality to Slavic culture. It's…

— Nick Clegg

Me and my family, we've all grown so much. I've grown as a musician and entertainer.

— Keyshia Cole

I want to be 'Jimmy Chamberlin, the drummer, the musician who's done many things,' not just 'that guy from the Smashing Pumpkins.'

— Jimmy Chamberlin

When you're a musician and you break new ground it resonates into the common consciousness.

— Trey Anastasio

I wanted to do this so badly, to be a successful musician.

— John 5

There's a lot of variety of musicians in Korea. I cannot say they are the best in the world, but I can…

— PSY

Well, my paper has asked me to do a series: Lives of the Great Musicians, reading time 2 minutes.

— Dodie Smith

I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar.

— Patti Smith

It’s hard to pin down what makes Weiss’ music so distinctive. Perhaps it’s that even in the ballads, the tone is upbeat,…

— Carlo Wolff

I started playing guitar at the age of 8 or 9 years. Very early, and I was like already into pop music…

— Christian Fennesz

To me, as a musician, there aren't any boundaries genre-wise as far as what can you listen to to inspire you.

— John Legend

The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back…

— Louis Armstrong

I wish I could write librettos for the rest of my life. It is the purest of human pleasures, a heavenly hermaphroditism…

— Sylvia Townsend Warner

If one were asked to name one musician who came closest to composing without human flaw, I suppose general consensus would choose…

— Aaron Copland

I like to work with different musicians and producers to change the feels of every release.

— Lindi Ortega

I never wanted to get a job of musician. That was kind of my thing. I came from somewhat of a musical…

— Nate Ruess

I wanted to be a writer since I was a little girl - long before I was a musician and a songwriter.

— Juliana Hatfield