I think an artist can fit under a few different categories depending on how much you explore your creativity. It can vary… — Christina Aguilera Copy Share Image
I'd have no trouble being the barbecue kingpin of America. I'd just add it to all the other things I am: jazz… — Bobby Seale Copy Share Image
Tim Price has captured my imagination on many occasions with his forward thinking arrangements and wonderfully captivating playing. He is a unique… — Jeff Coffin Copy Share Image
No, I've heard over the years that it's nice for them to see somebody who's like, you know, a well-known successful musician… — James Iha Copy Share Image
I go by the "Miles Davis school of production and band-leading", where you pick the best musicians you can, you provide them… — Jose James Copy Share Image
I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It's not… — Carlos Santana Copy Share Image
Deftones is always my main focus. I’ve been doing it the longest and it’s definitely a priority. I think of these as… — Chino Moreno Copy Share Image
Charlie Parker was the greatest individual musician that ever lived. Every instrument in the band tried to copy Charlie Parker, and in… — Gary Giddins Copy Share Image
As I was a kid, I had a bunch of musicians, they always told me that I should listen to all styles… — Troy Andrews Copy Share Image
All Art is a gift of the Holy Spirit. When this light shines through the mind of a musician, it manifests itself… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
A good way to work on alternate picking is to choose three or four notes, and work on those. Too often, players… — Al Di Meola Copy Share Image
When I decided to be a musician I reckoned that that was going to be the way of less profit, less money.… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
I feel like there are moments where musicians may be more interested - or culture in general - to show roots and… — Ruben Isaac Albarran Ortega Copy Share Image
I don't know if it's possible to affect my ego any more. There's no room left. For me, I think I make… — David Johansen Copy Share Image
I always want to be doing both to travel as a teacher and lecturer, and to be a musician. I think in… — Jonathan Batiste Copy Share Image
I think that the current climate enables a lot of musicians to do relatively well. Twenty-five years ago, you could be a… — Moby Copy Share Image
First, I think of myself as a brand, a businesswoman. Musician is something I just do because it's my passion - I… — Paris Hilton Copy Share Image
The good man is the only excellent musician, because he gives forth a perfect harmony not with a lyre or other instrument… — Plato Copy Share Image
It's just a joy to be able to work with a lot of different musicians. When you play with great musicians, whether… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Never assume that simply having a gun makes you a marksman. You are no more armed because you are wearing a pistol… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
There were musicians that influenced me, but they weren't all women. Teena Marie was a big influence because she wrote and produced… — Queen Latifah 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
I always knew I wanted to be a musician, and I always knew I wanted to write, 'cause the people I was… — Emeli Sande Copy Share Image
I used to try and make up visually for what I couldn't play as a musician. I used to get into very… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
The most important thing for the conductor is that he or she listens. Her listening will make things sound a certain way.… — Laurence Equilbey Copy Share Image
I suppose I am a frustrated musician so I annoy my family by playing guitar in the house. I used to be… — Kevin McKidd Copy Share Image
You know, Equal Interest played at the Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival Awards and not one musician from that category was even thought… — Joseph Jarman Copy Share Image
One day, a musician asked me what I did. When I told him I was to be a businessman, he laughed and… — Alexander Hanson Copy Share Image
The fact that I fell into this seemed more like a stroke of good fortune than hard work. Not to say that… — Jack Tatum Copy Share Image
It's hard to separate art from artists so transgender musicians will never be mainstream until transpeople are looked at as notable as… — Willam Belli Copy Share Image
I could never overstate the importance of a musician's need to develop his or her ear. Actually, I believe that developing a… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
My guys studied music from a young age and I did not so I think, like, adding the idiot to the table… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
I'll leave it to other people to evaluate the legacy of my book, but I'm very moved when musicians tell me that… — Michael Azerrad Copy Share Image
Jazz is not about getting and playing whatever notes you want. It is about reworking themes in a manner that sounds good,… — John Kao Copy Share Image
I am totally against the war but violence is part of mankind and it's going to happen, but as musicians I think… — Elton John Copy Share Image
Grammar is to a writer what anatomy is to a sculptor, or the scales to a musician. You may loathe it, it… — B. J. Chute Copy Share Image
He dreamed of amassing musicians from all over the world in Woodstock and they would sit in a field in a circle… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The sound was my greatest concern. There were certain difficulties getting used to the way every musician can hear his or herself,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Growing around great musicians, you just can't help it. I identified with it immediately. It was something that was so natural to… — Whitney Houston Copy Share Image
It's true that the Internet is an equalizer, and everybody can be a star now. Musicians are more touchable these days, and… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
