Musician Quotes · Page 35

My job of being a musician in a recording studio has nothing to do with being a musician being on tour performing.

— Moby

I feel like you're not a real musician or entertainer if you can't go into a room, pick up an instrument and…

— Chris Cornell

Drink up cause everyone here is good tonight. Except the niggas that I came wit, they good for life

— Drake

I didn't decide to become a musician until the age of 15, which is quite late.

— Evelyn Glennie

I think it's time to travel, start gathering some real right-in-there experiences with street musicians around the world.

— Jimmy Page

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible…

— Leonardo da Vinci

A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting.

— Billy Joel

I went to college and stage school, and thought about acting, but... I just don't like actors very much! They're not as…

— Martha Wainwright

I have no illusions about being a genius musician. I pride myself on being a soldier, a warrior for jazz. I trained…

— Phil Woods

I think musicians and artists are the most philanthropic people I know. Their charity record of the music business would hold up…

— Glenn Frey

I feel like I'm struggling now, and nearly every musician I know feels that way - even the most successful ones. I…

— Eleanor Friedberger

As polishing expresses the vein in marble, and grain in wood, so music brings out what of heroic lurks anywhere. The hero…

— Henry David Thoreau

When someone is a musician - trying to make a living off being a public figure - it's really easy for people…

— Mitski

I think one of the reasons I'm successful as a musician is that the first like 30 shows I played, I played…

— Grimes

You can't teach a young musician to compose any more than you can teach a delicate plant to grow, but you can…

— Frederick Delius

I'm a musician; I have to perform. I can't give up. I have to be even more courageous. We know that we…

— Shahin Najafi

I often envy a filmmaker or a playwright or an author where people are like, "Yeah, I sat down every night and…

— Dan Deacon

Parenting changes your life, it changes how you hear yourself in relationship to others - which is part of the reason that…

— Lars Ulrich

Well a good writer writes, a good musician listens to a lot more than he actually composes, and if you're going to…

— David Lee Roth

I guess I feel like; if you're doing something and people are accusing you of appropriating something like that so obviously, then…

— Panda Bear

I learned [playing Chuck Berry] that there's something to be said for the courage of conviction, that sense of belief, being bold…

— Mos Def

I'm a musician, and I'm fascinated with the effects of sound, and tone, and pitch and melody and all that sort of…

— Guy Pearce

The creative process for a musician is very different than for a filmmaker. I have an idea and I can pretty much…

— Mike Patton

I started singing Folksongs with my mother when I was 6 years old. We sang at Folk festivals and concerts and schools.…

— Vicki Sue Robinson

Youll almost encounter a superstition amongst musicians, people sort of go through strange rituals, what they need to do to write a…

— Dar Williams

A musician's biography is written wherever he performs; everybody hears what he is playing.

— Sri Chinmoy

My parents were opera singers and voice teachers, so growing up, I admired musicians and dancers.

— Sandra Bullock

Only to the degree that a musician is healing himself or herself through music can a listener be healed.

— W.A. Mathieu

(For songwriters) Development of your facility as a musician is also important.

— Ryan Cayabyab

The mini-Moog was conceived originally as a session musician's axe, something a guy could carry to the studio, do a gig and…

— Robert Moog

We are in a position, as musicians, to touch the souls of those who listen.

— Spencer W. Kimball

Bill Justis was a saxophone player, good musician, arranger, and friend of mine who had a big hit called 'Raunchy.'

— Ray Stevens

My singing is inspirational. When I sing, the people around me sing louder.

— Rock Cowles

There's a lot of integrity with musicians; you really still aspire to grow, and be great, to be the best version of…

— Sheryl Crow

I am a musician, a songwriter, music fan. I live in New York City and I love my job.

— Hoodie Allen

I might respect you as a brilliant intellect, runner, musician or juggler. But respect your BELIEFS? Only if they're supported by evidence.

— Richard Dawkins

I consider music to be a service and I am trying to serve the music, the musicians and the audience the best…

— Jeff Coffin

I had to take a hard look at myself and my strengths and weaknesses as a singer, songwriter and musician.

— Randy Meisner

I love Fun. They're great guys. They're incredible artists and musicians.

— Janelle Monae

I was never going to be a doctor or a lawyer, so being a musician seemed to be the best of what…

— Lemmy