I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words. I don't think I'm even a musician.… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Music will always be there. I own a piano. I have it in my apartment. I play it every day, and I… — David Lambert Copy Share Image
If I wasn't a musician, I'd take up the law. They are the rottenest, wealthiest people in America. — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
A lot of musicians are really hard to deal with. They aren't as smart as me... — Mark E. Smith Copy Share Image
There are so many different musicians I look up to for different reasons - from hip-hop to rock to pop. Some are… — Manika Copy Share Image
My career could've been anything, I just wasn't that good at other things. I'd say it was fairly easy starting out as… — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
Often, equipment can as easily function as a security blanket for musicians unwilling or unable to risk anything personal in the studio.… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
The problem is that the internet IS some kid in a basement with an opinion. The fact that David Bowie and Elton… — Page Hamilton Copy Share Image
I'm a jazz musician by education and vocation, but I don't think jazz should [ dictate] what I want to do. — Dave Douglas Copy Share Image
Even though I have often recorded alone, I still feel the best music is made by musicians playing off each other. — John Fogerty Copy Share Image
Even as a child I knew I wanted to be a singer, and in 1976, at the age of 20, I quit… — Paul Young Copy Share Image
I come from a family of musicians. Even the sewing machine is a Singer. — Frank Carson Copy Share Image
I think musicians like me are drawn to those older desks, not just because they're legend and lore but also because they… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
When I hear music that parents hate, or older musicians hate, I know that's the new music. When I hear older people… — George Clinton Copy Share Image
I'm the perfect amount of guarded. I don't reveal too much, and I never reveal who the songs are about. They are… — Kelly Clarkson Copy Share Image
My husband is a musician. He cooks and he's a chef but he also, he makes basement recordings. So many people in… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
I know I’m an African-American, and I know I play the saxophone, but I’m not a jazz musician. I’m not a classical… — Anthony Braxton Copy Share Image
For me, musicians are poets. Beethoven describes himself as a poet of tones, just like Coltrane's a poet of tempo. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen. — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
Every generation of rock musician will understand that we wouldn't be anywhere without the support of teenagers buying the records. — Roger Daltrey Copy Share Image
“No man sings as beautifully as when his song is accompanied by a woman’s voice.” — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
