You had many jazz musicians who lived in the United States, who had a hard time being accepted over here and had… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
The poet is the supreme artist, for he is the master of colour and of form, and the real musician besides, and… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
You need to understand that a skilled professional songwriter can accelerate your success as an already talented musician. These people are writing… — Kara DioGuardi Copy Share Image
When you hear the melodic structures of what classical musicians put together and you compare it to that of a rock &… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
My whole childhood was filled with classical music and going to concerts of the New York Philharmonic and other New York ensembles… — Gunther Schuller Copy Share Image
When I went to college, I thought I was going to become a professional musician. I was a French horn player, so… — Joshua Prince-Ramus Copy Share Image
If you are a musician who has released albums, it would perhaps be morbidly interesting to know how much you would be… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I know a lot of people that have had fake Twitters... actors and musicians that I know. It's sort of a problem.… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
There were so many bands in New Orleans. But most of the musicians had day jobs, you know -- trades. They were… — Zutty Singleton Copy Share Image
'Cause a musician, you can't tell me, "I've got this message I want share with the public," and it's three-and-a-half minutes long.… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
One good thing about a good book or a good film, or maybe even a song, I'm not a musician but I… — Kleber Mendonca Filho Copy Share Image
Over all, I think the main thing a musician would like to do is give a picture to the listener of the… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
To be a musician is a great privilege but it is also a very great responsibility. One must think that to be… — Pablo Casals Copy Share Image
For artists like me, I think the times that just say the 80's alone, you didn't have to worry about getting twenty-five… — Joe Louis Walker Copy Share Image
My attitude towards my time as a musician, is that I really wanted to completely reinvent myself and not be one of… — Kurt Ralske Copy Share Image
Learning to play the guitar is a combination of mental and motor skill acquisition. And to develop motor skill, repetition is essential...… — Howard Roberts Copy Share Image
I love music. My secret dream has always been to be a jazz musician. I tried the saxophone for a year or… — Gaspard Ulliel 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
We think about sitting in a space and hearing some music by having our ears pointed forward towards the musicians sitting opposite… — Pauline Oliveros Copy Share Image
Like many musicians, it's my roots in music, playing cover songs. I've done probably a lot more covers than the average person… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
In January of 1995, my family and I moved to Seattle. Pearl Jam did the first of their live radio broadcasts, Monkey… — Jack Irons Copy Share Image
I would love to do a serious period drama. Oh, absolutely. I mean, you'll find most comedians want to do more serious… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Those who perceive in themselves... the artistic vocation as poet, writer, sculptor, painter, musician, and actor feel at the same time an… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
Do not trust people who call themselves musicians or record collectors who say that they don’t like Bob Dylan or the Beatles.… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I think my role as a musician is much more reactionary than that of the creative personality type who locks himself in… — Blake Mills Copy Share Image
TLC has helped me to know that as a musician, I can talk about anything; that there are no barriers, and that… — Lil Mama Copy Share Image
I've always just adored music. It's my first love, really. I admire and respect people in the music business. You really have… — Blythe Danner Copy Share Image
Jazz is a big thing with me. It's a very big passion of mine, to play it. I'm an amateur musician and… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Becoming a musician is a strange thing. It's not all cupcakes and ice cream. You're trying to master an instrument, and you… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
I think for a classical musician the goal is the same as an electronic musician. A very good professional classical musician must… — Gregor Schwellenbach Copy Share Image
You would never hear any song played twice in the same way. The words were retained, but within a certain frame there… — Jiddu Krishnamurti 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
Great stories, well written and heartfelt. Prisoner of SouthernRock is an engaging and entertaining celebration of southern music, musicians and characters. — Chuck Leavell Copy Share Image
“It might seem that the empirical philosopher is the slave of his material, but that the pure mathematician, like the musician, is… — Bertrand Russell 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
There wasn't any one particular moment where I realised, you know what, I'm going to be a musician. The decision more came… — Goldlink Copy Share Image
The Chronic represented everything that I hated about hip-hop as a fan, but then later represented everything that I stood for as… — Questlove Copy Share Image
I always was a rebel...but on the other hand, I wanted to be loved and accepted...and not just be a loudmouth, lunatic,… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
When I'm doing interviews, I'm doing interviews, and when I am writing, I'm writing. I sit there with a musician and I… — Lisa Marie Presley Copy Share Image
