Musician Quotes · Page 45

I don't think you can learn to be a complete musician. That has to come from within, and it entails a lot…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

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

— Glenn Miller

The poet's perspective of life, the musician's sense of harmony, the artist's eye of proportion and relationships ~ these are all shared…

— Michael Tierra

I can imagine lyrics becoming better written by smart machines rather than stupid musicians. Songwriters generally have nothing to say. They may…

— Stephin Merritt

There's too many good musicians around for the music around for the business to be sagging.

— Jimmy Page

One of the most obvious aspects of the music to people who know jazz is: How does it feel in the swing?…

— Chuck Israels

“I had a dream about you. You were a stranger playing a gig in this pub where I was waitressing. I felt…

— Crystal Hudson

Finding a good bus driver can be as important as finding a good musician.

— Reba McEntire

The most sophisticated pop musician that I knew of and liked was Paul McCartney.

— Freedy Johnston

I'd seen musicians act, and it scares me. And they make more money than me.

— Tim Roth

Any musician who has not experienced - I do not say understood, but truly experienced - the necessity of dodecaphonic music is…

— Pierre Boulez

There are people who are really great musicians. I've met a lot of them. And I'm not a great musician. I'm adequate…

— David Duchovny

For some musicians it becomes self-reflexive to think, "I have to write some of my kind of songs now."

— Alan Licht

There's times I've been quite nervous doing session work, such as when I'm asked to play the violin in a 'country and…

— Ric Sanders

I don't really have a career as a jazz musician. I don't really have a career as a classical musician. I don't…

— Paul Smoker

I've always thought that I'm not really a guitar player, but I just practised so much that I developed into a kind…

— Ritchie Blackmore

As a matter of fact it wasn't until after BIG passed and stupid rumors went around that I had something to do…

— DJ Quik

You might have asked [about skill] of an artist or a musician or whatever... but with me it just happens.

— Bernie Ecclestone

A lot of people are really quick to say, "That song sounds like this." Or you - "He's tryin' to sound like…

— Bruno Mars

Musicians are in-season all the time.

— John Legend

Sometimes listening to music can motivate you. It can. But if you're a musician, that isn't always the way to get new…

— Tori Amos

“All people are musicians" Wit countered. "The question is whether or not they share their songs.”

— Brandon Sanderson

Love, the supreme musician, is always playing in our souls

— Rumi

Sometimes I joke around that if I weren't a musician, I would be a power lifter. I don't think people expect it…

— Mirah

Successful improvisation is mostly a matter of taking your thoughts out of the equation, because thinking can keep the magic from happening.…

— Jimmy Herring