“It's not the instrument that makes the music beautiful - it's the musician.” — Michael Baron Copy Share Image
I knew that I was going to have a life as a musician, because I always felt the pull. I don't remember… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
Symphony musicians are not trained in improvising, certainly not in a jazz style. — Gunther Schuller Copy Share Image
Keep your standards high, and any guy who is worth it will rise to meet them. — Ed Westwick Copy Share Image
“When you're doing something that you love, it's never work. It's just you being you.” — Karylle Copy Share Image
Dude, if you want to be a great musician, you have to try heroin. You'll see. It's like being back in the… — Dave Mustaine Copy Share Image
Every musician should announce the raga and the sahityam before performing. — Y. G. Mahendran Copy Share Image
Somehow, magically, I've become an electronic musician, and I have a recording studio that looks like the bridge of the Enterprise. — Moby Copy Share Image
When you're making your living as a writer or an artist or a musician, you kind of live in a trance. You're… — Stephen R. Bissette Copy Share Image
In Old English they don't say I had a dream, but there's another usage of the word - "life is but a… — Tom Verlaine Copy Share Image
The musicians recommend that I sing a sing the way it is written the first time and then start to look for… — Margaret Whiting Copy Share Image
Your government has problems...my government has problems. I can't be a judge. All I can do is be an ambassador of love.… — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
I am a writer - that is what I am before being a performer or musician. I love waking up in the… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
Arguments against photography ever being considered a fine art are: the element of chance which enters in, — finding things ready-made for… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
I think the labyrinth is an interesting metaphor for our lives as musicians. We're always being drawn toward the center of it… — Sting Copy Share Image
Art is my 'solo career' if you like. Musically, as a bass player, I depend on other musicians to play, whereas, with… — Horace Panter Copy Share Image
You should form your own opinions, and I think that's why social media is good because it's an alternative source of information… — Ellie Rowsell Copy Share Image
There are many kinds of richness, and the man who is rich because of money is the lowest as far as the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I'm often surprised by classical music and musicians. I've met a large number of them because my wife works for the Boston… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
The jazz guitarist Peter Sprague calls his home recording studio SpragueLand, but sometimes it seems that the moniker better captures the way… — Andrew S. Gilbert Copy Share Image
It is my belief that there is a tendency among the so-called 'modern' or 'hip' jazz musicians to consider styles other that… — Don Ellis Copy Share Image
To me, music and songwriting is... part of the intriguing thing is the creative process; you know, the creative thought process. Relying… — Page Hamilton Copy Share Image
In the hierarchy of instruments, if you're a harpist, you're considered someone with a brain much more than if you're a singer.… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
“...I don't ever want to feel that way. Feel as if there are no surprises left. The surprises make life worth living.… — John O'Callaghan Copy Share Image
I was very confused with where my life was heading, but I knew that whatever I did, music was going to be… — Khalid Copy Share Image
When I was growing up and wanted to be a musician, the fantasy that I had of what the music industry was… — Matty Mullins Copy Share Image
I've always seen myself as a working musician but now there's no money in records for the artist at all, it's all… — Paul Young Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be a performer, that was not one of my goals. I wanted to be a musician and that… — Barry Manilow Copy Share Image
If a musician wants to become a finer artist, he must first become a finer person. — Shinichi Suzuki Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm even a musician. I don't play a lot of instruments, not really a soloist or anything. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I think we’re at the stage where we’re not musicians but not idols either. In a way, we also feel bad for… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
A good musician should say: We can live without air but not without music! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Break windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell 'em to do that, they'll find a little pot of gold. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
A good song is a good song, and good musicians can play all different styles. — John Doe Copy Share Image
I consider myself a serious musician. Doing a comedy show does not take away from that in any way. — Kevin Eubanks Copy Share Image
I couldn't concentrate on music. So I made the choice to give up my career as a musician in the frontline to… — Robert Fripp Copy Share Image
'Swing' is an adjective or a verb, not a noun. All jazz musicians should swing. There is no such thing as a… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
Aunt Marion was right... Never marry a musician, and never answer the door. — Charles M. Schulz Copy Share Image
I truly never saw myself doing anything other than music. There was nothing else that brought me this much joy, but also… — Bishop Briggs Copy Share Image
Musicians talk of nothing but money and jobs. Give me businessmen every time. They really are interested in music and art — Jean Sibelius Copy Share Image
