I’m not all about money, but, like most musicians, I am about survival. — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a musician. I just wanted to be famous because I wanted to escape from what I felt was… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
You do not become a master musician by playing just as you please, by imagining that learning the scales is sheer legalism… — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
I feel so lucky to have found two other, now three other musicians, that I can absolutely communicate with musically and believe… — Theresa Wayman Copy Share Image
I was a nerd academically. But I was also an athlete and a musician. I never wanted to be shut out of… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I find myself, the more I grow up the more I hang around creatives, musicians. I find them more inspiring to be… — Tom Odell Copy Share Image
I've heard of people stopping their cars, having car wrecks, all kinds of things. But most of the banjo players I know… — Earl Scruggs Copy Share Image
I always felt that the musician's job was to provide an alternative source of information. — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I have a thing: I will always put money in for any street musician anywhere in the country, anywhere in the world.… — Andy Grammer Copy Share Image
Writing screenplays makes me a better musician because it clears my head. After writing a movie, I go running back to music… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I was raised a musician and I played classic music, violin, in orchestras and music comedy theaters, I have music running around… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
What Muddy Waters did for us is what we should do for others. It's the old thing, what you want written on… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
I've been collaborating with Ira Schickman on some songs, and there will be many other, great musicians involved. — Chaka Khan Copy Share Image
Raftaar is a sensible musician and respects women, music, and his fans! — Nora Fatehi Copy Share Image
As a composer and as a musician I'm a true believer - and this is not to be overly diplomatic - I'm… — Darren Criss Copy Share Image
Most people/musicians hear things differently and what might please one might not please another. One man's meat is another man's poison. Don't… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
People with talent are not interested in showing off behind another person. They're more interested in the music. [Charlie Parker] was playing… — Helen Merrill Copy Share Image
I feel like musicians have such a precarious place in the political discourse, because musicians are, sort of just by nature, people-pleasers. — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
A true musician, like Johnny Cash, should be able to walk into a room with nothing but an instrument and capture people's… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I'm a guitar player, really - I mean, first and foremost - I grew up with all that great 1960s music, in… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
When I decided to be a musician I reckoned that that was going to be the way of less profit, less money.… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
What separates great jazz musicians from average ones is Taste. Those who have taste consistently choose notes, tempos, timbres and voicings that… — Marc Myers Copy Share Image
Once you're in a particular country, and you're surrounded by musicians who are so adept at traditional music, you suddenly realize how… — Evelyn Glennie Copy Share Image
It is really sad for the new artists. Where's the next Elvis, where's the next Beatles, where's the Zeppelin? They're out there… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
