It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives it most distinctive characteristics. — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
What I've witnessed, managers are divisive and allow musicians to become clouded, irresponsible, and unaware of the world around them. — Jacob Bannon Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a singer. I wanted to be a musician. I wanted to travel and write songs and be a… — Brett Dennen Copy Share Image
That's for non-musicians to say: "I only listen to this or that type of music." I think musicians love all music, or… — Paul Banks Copy Share Image
Walter Beasley is an anomaly: a successful performing musician who possesses the rare skill of understanding the musical process beyond the intuitive.… — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
I feel quite sad for the young musicians coming up because they may never get to pay their rent properly. It doesn't… — Bryan Adams Copy Share Image
I started as a musician. I play the saxophone, but from the age of 17, I realised that it's very hard to… — John Polson Copy Share Image
It's amazing to hear proficient musicians play your music. It's a once in a lifetime kind of experience. — Jonathan Rado Copy Share Image
Rock records. It's the main source of inspiration for people - fans, or musicians, or both - to act out in ways… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I haven't had that many people onstage for a while, and I'm looking forward to that. They're all such creative musicians in… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
Coltrane would do what you'd get a Roland Pro Tools module to do but with a group of jazz musicians. — Colin Greenwood Copy Share Image
Everybody has ideas. The vital question is, what do you do with them? My rock musician sons shape their ideas into music.… — Avi Copy Share Image
One of the reasons my father ... became a dentist was so he could always be home for dinner and spend weekends… — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
The jazz and blues clubs are like the jazz and blues musicians - they're disappearing. — Buddy Guy Copy Share Image
Well, I started out as a musician, so when I was about 10 years old, I was already in a band. — Tommy Chong Copy Share Image
Liverpool was an industrial town, a poor town. The people fought hard for what they wanted to achieve and there was a… — Pete Best Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a comedian long before I wanted to be a musician, for sure. — Weyes Blood Copy Share Image
I'm fortunate I have this coterie of musicians around me to help take music to next level. Being surrounded by so much… — Duncan Sheik Copy Share Image
Aunt Marion was right... Never marry a musician, and never answer the door. — Charles M. Schulz Copy Share Image
All comics want to be musicians. There's a part of me that wants to be a serious musician. I love songs about… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
I stopped drinking and realised New York still has a lot of charm, but it has become so bourgeois and affluent -… — Moby Copy Share Image
My older brother and myself always played together in bands, but we never knew we would be professional musicians. — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
