Musician Quotes · Page 27

Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.

— Herbie Hancock

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity.

— Billy Joel

My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish.

— Paul McCartney

I hope to star in a biopic of some musician, so I could do their impression and get into their minds and…

— Melissa Villasenor

I've been able to make a good living as a musician, but now it's time to do all the other stuff.

— Robyn Hitchcock

What costs the world to you as a working kid fresh out of college costs nothing to you as a successful musician.

— G-Eazy

I try not to become friends with musicians, but life happens and dinner happens and going out happens - it becomes interwoven…

— Ariel Rechtshaid

I became a musician because that's really what I wanted to do when I was fifteen, but I had other abilities.

— Robyn Hitchcock

Because the blues is the basis of most American music in the 20th century. It's a 12-bar form that's played by jazz,…

— Wynton Marsalis

Musicians are at the bottom of the creative pyramid and authors are at the top, and many people think it's unacceptable for…

— Nick Cave

If you're just starting off as an artist, steal as much inspiration from everything you like, as much as you can. Take…

— Yukimi Nagano

I wouldn't call myself a leader. I don't want to lead people, I want to tempt them, I want to create a…

— Paul van Dyk

I never really had male influences in my life. Steady, male influences. And that's what I wanna be for my family. As…

— Trey Songz

I couldn't say I ever dreamt of becoming a composer, a pianist, or anything else for that matter. I have the kind…

— Anthony Hopkins

I think, for some artists, the fear of taking on a political identity stems from not wanting to be pigeonholed as political…

— Carrie Brownstein

I always loved the look of musicians. I've always admired them because they have a look - when I was growing up,…

— Frida Giannini

The only way that Hollywood ever skews toward liberal is because part of what we make out of Hollywood involves writers, actors,…

— Adam McKay

We are capable of creating miracles ourselves and the greatest miracle is to create a masterpiece of joy out of your life…

— Carlos Santana

There is another more subtle way in which the innocence of childhood is lost: when the child is infected with the desire…

— Anthony de Mello

My son is actually named after Beck, the musician. We heard Beck on the radio and thought that was a good nickname…

— Lauren Groff

Don't decide that you're going to be a writer or musician and just expect it to happen because it's a big gamble…

— Max Bemis

Boulez's only concern is with power. He lost the leadership of the avant-guard more than ten years ago to Stockhausen. Now others…

— Lukas Foss

Individual and team discipline ultimately come down to practicing a small set of principles over a long period of time. Success is…

— Mike Hebert

The characteristics of a good musician can be summarized as follows: 1. A well-trained ear. 2. A well-trained intelligence. 3. A well-trained…

— Zoltan Kodaly

I think The Sunset Tree is really the album on which I really learned to trust other musicians, which is so important.

— John Darnielle

Why do you judge me as a musician, John? All I'm interested in is making money.

— Glenn Miller

If you look at the way people behave at shows, icons are now musicians; they are the people that we worship.

— Grimes

As a musician, you are all the music that you absorb into your mind; that just subconsciously connects.

— Kali Uchis

So I don't think of myself as just a musician at all, I think of myself as an artist.

— Santigold

Music sets up ladders, it makes us invisible, it sets us apart, it lets us escape; but from the visible there is…

— Hilda Doolittle

In some ways Lester Young is the most complex rhythmically of any musician. He does some things which are just phenomenal.

— Lee Konitz

When I was seven years old, I was leading a quartet and trio, and that really laid the groundwork for me as…

— Anne Akiko Meyers

I don't think you can be a good musician if you just listen to rap, or just the [type of music] you…

— Freddie Gibbs

My name's Darren. I'm a musician, part time idiot. That's a full time job actually.

— Darren Criss

Now as a musician, if you have it within you, you can create your own reality. Believe me, it's a novelty.

— Chris Robinson

A genius! For 37 years I've practised fourteen hours a day, and now they call me a genius!

— Pablo de Sarasate

We are the sons of Sorrow; we are the poets and the prophets and the musicians.

— Khalil Gibran

You kind of hope as a musician that you get some recognition for what you do, and when you do, it's nice.…

— Alex Clare

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

— Juliana Hatfield

I don't play for the guitarists in the audience. I play for the musicians.

— Frank Gambale