I think I'm more entertainer than musician. I like to get with the crowd, make this night special for them. — George Benson Copy Share Image
What stood me in good stead was my upbringing. I had a musician father, a very religious mother who totally supported us.… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
By the time I was about 15, I was out playing gigs and knew I was going to be a musician. — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
I wasn't a jazz player, but a classical musician, and I improvised arrangements of popular songs using classical motifs. — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
Composers and musicians have always starved and, as this is a sentimental country, we think the tradition should be continued. — Thomas Beecham Copy Share Image
Of course, you have to have a good reputation, especially as an artist, as a musician, so that other musicians would like… — Airto Moreira Copy Share Image
I’ve worked with such legendary guitar players as Allan Holdsworth, Ronnie Montrose, Eric Clapton, Lowell George and Steve Vai, but none of… — Ted Templeman Copy Share Image
I was being ridiculed for going to school... But, you see, I had looked hard at the other musicians and the whole… — Donald Byrd Copy Share Image
Because I'm a musician aspiring to write good stuff and put on good shows, I'm hyperaware of what they're doing and what… — Sarah Harmer Copy Share Image
The first thing I think about is music, and the last thing I think about is music. I'm like some Monk. I… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
When people ask me how is it I was a musician, I facetiously say that I'm a firm believer in reincarnation and… — George Shearing Copy Share Image
I grew up in a very musical family, my father was a musician and a big band leader and made records. — Billy Sherwood Copy Share Image
I tried to make guitars that were close to what my heroes played. That's the way it's done. My experience is that… — Paul Reed Smith 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
The longer you've been acting, normally, the better you are at it. As a musician, it doesn't work like that. — Larry Mullen, Jr Copy Share Image
Something special can happen late at night in a jazz club. As the crowd thins, the musicians intuitively sense that those few… — Patricia Barber Copy Share Image
We're not like a nostalgia act, or the normal classic rock act - we're a really good musical organization, ... You're going… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
When a street musician lowered his violin to inquire, 'Hey lovely, what you got there?' she said, 'Musicians who ask questions,' and… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
If you're listening to a symphony, you're getting all the information, including the audience around you, the delay from the sides of… — Gordon Hempton Copy Share Image
I'm a person of the arts. I love the arts very, very, very much. And ah, I'm a musician, I'm a director,… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
Edible names are what drives me as a musician. My next band will be called the Hot Dogs. — Chad Smith Copy Share Image
Your body is merely a machine made to express the thoughts that flow through you and nothing more. It is but an… — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
