The fact I had my father as an adversary was such a powerful tool to work with. I subconsciously fought him to… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I began to practise day and night, and the more I did, the more I was overwhelmed by the tremendous achievement of… — Gilad Atzmon Copy Share Image
I actually wanted to be a jazz musician first. My grandparents introduced me to Louis Armstrong. I loved Louis Armstrong so I… — Douglas Booth Copy Share Image
Being a classical musician, you're doing many things anyway. One day you're doing Bach concerto and the next you're doing some avant-garde… — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
I can get a tune out of most things with strings, but I'm not really sure I'm what could be called a… — Withered Hand Copy Share Image
I just look up to anyone who made music back then because you really had to be a musician. There were no… — Rahki Copy Share Image
A work of art must make the rules: rules do not make a work of art...I tell people I am not a… — Edgard Varese Copy Share Image
I'm a mother, and that's really important. Today, the mother and the musician can sit next to each other. Even when the… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
The point is that the arts are important enough to have influenced the greatest minds and talents we know. Albert Einstein said… — Mickey Hart 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
Musicians are at the bottom of the creative pyramid and authors are at the top, and many people think it's unacceptable for… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
It was physically difficult, adjusting to wheelchair life, but I remember a great relief and happiness that I was finally getting somewhere,… — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
Hip-hop has been the guiding light of my life as a musician and a music fan. It's the one common thread through… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
I visit studios. Just to get the feel, the smell, and see what other people are doing. Not only listening to the… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
I had all the usual ambition growing up. I wanted to be a writer, a musician, a hockey player. I wanted to… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
I started getting into Internet technologies and computers. I wasn't especially interested in being a musician, but I wound up finding my… — Eric Avery Copy Share Image
When you commit to being a musician, I don't think you're really sure or care about when you're going to pay the… — Adam Levine 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
I did not go to art school thinking that I was an artist; I went there mainly doing stage sets for bands.… — Pipilotti Rist Copy Share Image
I try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but it's a lot more fun hanging out with… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
There's a lot of variety of musicians in Korea. I cannot say they are the best in the world, but I can… — PSY Copy Share Image
Jazz music is the power of now. There is no script. It's conversation. The emotion is given to you by musicians as… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Being a musician, you want to be able to do the hardest stuff there is. People would think it's classical, but in… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I love the power of the musician who composes and performs. I envy their ability to put a nugget of truth in… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Any musician who has not experienced - I do not say understood, but truly experienced - the necessity of dodecaphonic music is… — Pierre Boulez Copy Share Image
New Kids on the Block are on season two [Full House ], so that was just a huge lifelong dream come true.… — Andrea Barber Copy Share Image
In Africa I discovered what the true purpose of a musician is. We are historians, and it is our purpose to tell… — Randy Weston Copy Share Image
What I try to do is produce an atmosphere where musicians want to invest in what they do and give to the… — Herbie Mann Copy Share Image
In the end it is the musician who actually plays the notes. The impresario - or the project leader - is only… — John Kao Copy Share Image
A very few musicians passed across all decades. In terms of trumpet playing, Louis Armstrong does it of course but Sweets [Edison]… — Freddie Hubbard Copy Share Image
My old man was a musician - that's what he did for a living. And like most fathers, occasionally he'd let me… — Dimebag Darrell Copy Share Image
The Blues scene now is international. In the '50s it was purely something that you would hear in black clubs, played by… — Mick Taylor Copy Share Image
From the moment I first heard Steve Laury play, I knew he was dangerous . . . He is an extremely gifted… — Nathan East Copy Share Image
There's no reason to stop. Who knows what's around the bend? To participate, meet new people. It's mostly other musicians and people… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
Of course, it's not the technique that makes the music; it's the sensitivity of the musician and his ability to be able… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
I've dated a couple of guys who were awesome, and the celebrity part of my life and the traveling part are hard… — Kelly Clarkson Copy Share Image
I still don't understand the music industry that much. Everything I learned was from hanging out with rock musicians in studios. I… — Brendan Fraser Copy Share Image
Im just lucky to have great parents. My sisters an actress. My brothers a musician. I found it hard growing up in… — Grace Gummer Copy Share Image
Now as jazz musicians we're saying for this society, you can free up your imagination. You can proceed in an area without… — Paul Bley Copy Share Image
I think my biggest musical hero growing up was probably Ian MacKaye. He set a great example for all of us local… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
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