Musician Quotes · Page 26

He's not a performer, he's not a composer, he's not even a musician, but Norman Granz is Mr. Jazz.

— Oscar Peterson

I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a musician was actually very wonderful.

— Bobby McFerrin

The beauty of being a musician is writing songs. That's the best part. It's therapeutic and honest and private.

— Gin Wigmore

When you're not successful as a musician, you are oftentimes unemployed.

— Tobias Forge

I am a musician before a writer, and a drawer before a writer. When I lose sight of that, which I do,…

— Brian Chippendale

I wanted to play music. I didn't think about where it would go or what it would do.

— Charlie Simpson

I'd been through crappy day jobs and stupid garage bands. I was determined to make it as a musician.

— Paul Westerberg

For most of human history, musicians, artists, they've been part of the community — connectors and openers, not untouchable stars.

— Amanda Palmer

I recognize that as a musician there is a certain chauvinism attached to it, which is the thing of, "I spent my…

— Jerry Garcia

Ohhhso hard to say, but George Harrison was pretty darn special. Such a great guybeautiful person and amazing songwriter/musician. A real honor…

— Chuck Leavell

I feel so lucky to have found two other, now three other musicians, that I can absolutely communicate with musically and believe…

— Theresa Wayman

What's totally terrifying is that, unlike a musician who has a musical instrument, or a painter that's got a canvas and a…

— Jane Fonda

There was a lot of stuff happening in Havana that was being heard and appreciated by New Orleans musicians because of this…

— Ruben Blades

Being as versatile as I am, I take offense to the notion that no serious musician would not be doing a late…

— Kevin Eubanks

My secret dream has always been to be a jazz musician. I tried the saxophone for a year or two when I…

— Gaspard Ulliel

I suppose musicians have the kind of arrogant attitude that they can actually offer the world something, because through their passive power,…

— Lisa Gerrard

I can't say enough good things about my band. I feel very fortunate that I found them when I did, very early…

— Al Yankovic

I wanted to be a musician. I just wanted to be famous because I wanted to escape from what I felt was…

— Anthony Hopkins

I love those moments on stage, on screen and in life when you dispense with language, when you sort of transcend it…

— Cate Blanchett

I get so much from having the opportunity to interface with the younger people and to bring information to them and to…

— Wynton Marsalis

Then, at age 20, I discovered theater sort of by accident. Quite quickly, theater became more important to me than music. I…

— Cillian Murphy

As musicians it's often difficult. You go to a dinner party and most people treat you like some kind of exotic animal…

— Brian Molko

Music was literally in the air at the time, the Vienna of 1780. Everybody played music, classical music. There were in fact…

— Eric Weiner

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

It's hard to find other musicians that push you to go somewhere new all the time.

— Jack White

I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck…

— Nat King Cole

As a comedian, you're kind of like a blues musician; you have to live a little bit.

— Kevin Nealon

If he's a true symphony artist, he knows better than that because he knows that the only truly creative musician is the…

— Buddy Rich

I really wanted to be a musician, but it turned out I had no sense of time.

— Tom Perrotta

Be a famous musician. Be a famous act or. Be a famous write r. Be a famous basketball player. Be famous.

— Dallas Clayton

A lot of times, jazz musicians try to educate people. What other genre does that?

— Robert Glasper

I've been programmed to be an actor. So when I figured out I wanted to be a rock star or a musician,…

— Jesse Rutherford

I have no desire to make money off musicians. I just want to promote them because I want to share music.

— Zach Braff

Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there.

— David Bowie

Fight the tendency to become complacent and do one kind of music - that is the death of a musician.

— Georg Solti

I think that's the graveyard of musicians, playing cabaret. I think I'd rather be dead than work in cabaret. It's just so…

— Elton John

As musicians, and as people who sell material for people to hear and absorb, it's important that we use that voice wisely.

— Roberta Flack

What’d I tell you about musicians? That bad boy type will only break your heart.

— Stephanie Perkins

Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.

— Lana Del Rey

I have a hard time even calling myself a musician, but I still have to be involved in music in some capacity…

— James Paxton