Musician Quotes · Page 53

It's hard to find other musicians that push you to go somewhere new all the time.

— Jack White

I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck…

— Nat King Cole

As a comedian, you're kind of like a blues musician; you have to live a little bit.

— Kevin Nealon

Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can't do what we do is because they're so comfortable doin' what they do.

— Miles Davis

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

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

— Mike Patton

Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that.

— Ed O'Brien

The hills are alive with the sound of music, with songs they have sung for a thousand years.

— Oscar Hammerstein II

I'm not a jazz artist. Don't get me wrong now, it's all music to me. I just played music and if it's…

— Pharoah Sanders

Anyone who's got a guitar, you like to pick it up. I can play a couple of songs, some '50s rock and…

— Anonymous

He led quite a great life, ... He was an Old Testament figure railing against the establishment - a Jewish guy from…

— Tom Hayden

I can't sing “I Believe I Can Fly”. I sing that horrible. But I can sing “I Gotta Feeling” good. I wrote…

— will.i.am

You're collaborating with people you don't even know, when you're making a film. You're collaborating with people you've never seen. So, the…

— Nick Cave

I feel very strongly that if you got rid of all of the autistic genetics you're not going to have any scientists.…

— Temple Grandin

Even in acting, when I watch an actor who I find to be so truthful in their craft, or a musician who…

— Tyler Blackburn

One of the most encouraging things is to see that so many of these young musicians and worship leaders are really concerned…

— Matt Redman

He [Benny Carter] is all that every jazz musician the world over wants to be. He's performed 20,000 nights. How many shoes…

— Wynton Marsalis

I'm especially interested in what I call practitioner criticism, which is when people who practice an art form start writing about it…

— Terry Teachout

What's always struck me is how different the sensory, especially auditory, experience is when you're in the middle of the music with…

— Chris Milk

My father was a teacher, my mama was a community worker, I taught in so many schools. So when you get that…

— Wynton Marsalis

There are only so many letters in the alphabet. When I talk to young musicians or authors and they ask for advice,…

— David Lee Roth

All musicians practice ear training constantly, whether or not they are cognizant of it. If, when listening to a piece of music,…

— Steve Vai

What do you think an artist is An imbecile who has only his eyes if he is a painter, or his ears…

— Pablo Picasso

If you go to a concert, you will notice, is it loud? Is the music fast? Is it predominately strings or brass?…

— David Salle

You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.

— Zakk Wylde

He's not a performer, he's not a composer, he's not even a musician, but Norman Granz is Mr. Jazz.

— Oscar Peterson

I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a musician was actually very wonderful.

— Bobby McFerrin

The beauty of being a musician is writing songs. That's the best part. It's therapeutic and honest and private.

— Gin Wigmore

I think musicians are always supportive of each other because they want the groove to keep going on. They just basically want…

— Linda Ronstadt

I don't know whether you [musician] can be all things to everybody, which is why there are different kinds of music.

— Gene Simmons

Eventually, I had to figure out what the hell I was going to do with my life. I needed to find my…

— Christine McVie

I'm a really good team player. That's what it takes to work in the theater. That's what it takes to work in…

— David Cassidy

Music plays a very important role in my life. I'm a frustrated musician. I play the drums.

— Ronald Perelman

I'm not a martyr, just a musician who dies for your sins. Oh, that's what a martyr is? Very well then, I…

— Thom Yorke

My father slapped my thighs with a variety of meats until I began to cry and sulked in the corner. I later…

— Thom Yorke

See it in terms of paint. We don't learn subject matter, we learn paint. The musician can play any score that is…

— Helen Van Wyk

Some people think I'm a rock 'n' roll musician and some think I'm a jazz musician but, for me, there is no…

— Georgie Fame

Nowadays it's hard to get somebody to invest the time - everybody wants to be famous rather than be a good musician.

— Joe Louis Walker

When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue…

— Mike Figgis

I get to focus on being a musician sometimes, and I get to focus on being a vocalist sometimes.

— Britt Daniel