I didn't write any music at all, and then, I remember Jon Anderson being very insistent saying that there were two kinds… — Bill Bruford Copy Share Image
It was a great thrill just to know Roy Orbison, so to play, sing, write hit songs with him and have him… — Jeff Lynne 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 age of 18 seemed the right time to try something different in my life. Moving to the U.K. was a risk,… — Manfred Mann Copy Share Image
You can have all sorts of relationships, but there's something with musicians working together where you can have relationship that can just… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
The so-called alleged 'art' of the video - well, the video has killed the radio star, but the video star killed the… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In the process, I always tried to maintain… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a musician, either a guitarist or a drummer. I guess my dreams were in the entertainment industry, and… — Israel Broussard Copy Share Image
Every man, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths. We all derive… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself very principled. As a travelling musician, you have to adapt and adjust to different contexts every day. It… — Moddi Copy Share Image
I think there's a difference between the type of folk music that people put into the box of "folk music" and then… — Christopher Paul Stelling Copy Share Image
I was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and am a product of a family that were jazz aficionados and also very interested in… — Jack Waters Copy Share Image
It is not ignoble to feel that the fuller life which a sad experience has brought us is worth our personal share… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
It's definitely about the rhythm of the words and how they sound together, writing one sentence and then another and another and… — Mary J. Miller Copy Share Image
In reality everybody has got musical thoughts. If you are able to overcome the part of it which is muscle training, which… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
In a certain sense, these were lessons I learned by playing with Indian musicians. The rhythmic forms that they use are very… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I'm inspired by artists and musicians. There are so many wonderful and talented people in the world. I love discovering new music,… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
Working as a musician, I have to constantly generate new material, so school keeps me sharp. Reading and writing all the time… — Kate Voegele Copy Share Image
Reps once took chances on art, History's most treasured musicians were believed in and cultivated to reach their potential. Today, it would… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
I wanted to definitely be a musician or a good preacher or a heck of a baseball player. I couldn't play ball… — Muddy Waters Copy Share Image
That's a skill that I'm proud of: to be able to be a jazz musician and go a bit crazy sometimes and… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
The idea that musicians should be talking about politics is, in some ways, quite a sixties' idea. Music no longer has a… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
It's crazy to think of myself as a musician. It's ridiculous that I get to do it, and I don't necessarily mean… — Ben Rector Copy Share Image
I've got this thing where I always kind of diss the older stuff and favor the newer stuff. I mean, it's not… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people who want to be musicians terrify their parents because they don't have a living example of… — St. Vincent Copy Share Image
It's a very weird job to have as a musician, because you spend long periods of time alone and then you have… — Angel Deradoorian Copy Share Image
I always want to set myself a challenge by doing something no-one would expect me to do! But, having said that, I… — Akon Copy Share Image
For Debussy the musician and the man I have had profound admiration, but by nature I'm different from him. I think I… — Maurice Ravel Copy Share Image
I'm such a copycat."I want to try and do this like the Donovan song 'Changes'," or "I want to do this bit… — Eleanor Friedberger Copy Share Image
Being a musician makes you very - musicians in general tend to be quite sensitive, I think, to the environment around them,… — Shirley Manson Copy Share Image
When I was about 12, I knew I wanted to be a musician. The blues had so much emotion and so much… — Johnny Winter Copy Share Image
Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, and many other great jazz musicians objected to their music being called jazz. While the outside world may… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
When I look at how fortunate I've been, being a musician... my response to being overpaid is that I should pay it… — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
I've never understood musicians who don't enjoy doing promotional interviews. I just can't believe it. I always think, 'Your life must have… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
The second album was like being on a completely different planet compared to when we were making the first album. ... Even… — Katie Melua Copy Share Image
Basically, at some point, one day maybe you can expect to hear some of my music. I haven't really done that yet… — Stephen Dorff Copy Share Image
It's important me as a musician and also as an occasional show goer to feel the presence of a band on stage,… — Jacob Bannon Copy Share Image
For about seven years. I really like it there. There are a lot of great musicians. The scene is very open. A… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not… — Virgil Thomson Copy Share Image
The art music of the West has developed through out its history by means of individual geniuses, and out of the soil… — Toru Takemitsu Copy Share Image
