My models for graceful aging are guys like John Lee Hooker and Mississippi John Hurt, who never stopped working till they dropped,… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
Sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, and love belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only… — Harry Allen Overstreet Copy Share Image
Music, as long as it exists, will always take its departure from the major triad and return to it. The musician cannot… — Paul Hindemith Copy Share Image
I mean, just because you're a musician doesn't mean all your ideas are about music. So every once in a while I… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
We're genuinely happy if some musicians of this younger generation are influenced by our music, as we were ourselves influenced 10 years… — Thomas Bangalter Copy Share Image
In the 70s, GEORGE CLINTON and PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC and EARTH WIND & FIRE, we were very serious about our music and who… — Maurice White Copy Share Image
I think as this generation of electronic musicians goes on, popular electronic music will be more and more accepted. It's gonna get… — Dan Deacon Copy Share Image
Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don't know what to tell a person that can't -… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
It's always difficult to define what jazz is or what jazz isn't. To me, the only definition that I can think of… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
Interestingly, I matured as a musician and as an artist before I matured as a man. What I mean by that is,… — Miguel Copy Share Image
When I started making films I just decided "I'm the filmmaking equivalent of a garage band and I'll just make my garage… — Guy Maddin Copy Share Image
If you deny yourself access to the child within because you're too serious, you also block your connection to the divine Light… — Stuart Wilde Copy Share Image
If you can create a reality that is entirely fictitious, it doesn't owe anything to this stuff out here, but you interact… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
They say that Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a homosexual. Truth be told, we don't love him because of that, but he was… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
My approach to music is very deep. I do not compromise with anybody or anything else in the world. I do not… — Nikhil Banerjee Copy Share Image
The most important thing is that you make sure you follow the music, which is a musician's way of saying follow your… — Robben Ford Copy Share Image
I would argue that among musicians who work in technology today, the level of technological sophistication probably exceeds that of military programs,… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
All the high-tone, big-time folks would say, 'Isn't it wonderful how these untrained, primitive musicians can pick up all the latest songs… — Eubie Blake Copy Share Image
The reason that I'm here at all is because of my relationship with my family and their encouragement of me to be… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
With pop music and pop musicians, you know everything about everyone all the time, particularly their physical appearance. With female musicians, that's… — Lorde Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what, I had complete control on 'Unleashed.' I directed, produced, chose the musician, picked the costumes, and everything. I… — Louis Leterrier Copy Share Image
You know, it's funny... when you're making money, people don't think you're playing jazz. Now when you're not making money, people think… — Pete Fountain Copy Share Image
I'm in a very good place now because I do theater, I do TV and I make movies. I was a dancer,… — Richard Sammel Copy Share Image
As a musician myself, I wouldn't be confident if I received some other composers' song, because I choose to express myself through… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
I am not immune to the lure of a signed record, flier or set list. The fact that your music heroes potentially… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
In the day-to-day life of a traveling musician, it's easy to miss so many details. The world goes by at high-speed; it… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
The fact of playing an instrument and singing... that I can try to make my dream of singing and becoming a professional… — Rokia Traore Copy Share Image
Once you lose that musician part -not just the playing, I'm talking about musician attitude- then you're lost, man. Especially if you… — Bootsy Collins Copy Share Image
I like that I stand for something like American Idol which helps musicians and artists get out there. It's important to have… — Lee DeWyze Copy Share Image
When I decided to be a musician I was hoping that it would be one of my contributions in having a positive… — Goapele Copy Share Image
As a musician and a songwriter, it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in… — Bono Copy Share Image
I was a schooled musician. When I made 'Blue Velvet', I told everyone what to do. I was an arranger. I learned… — Bobby Vinton Copy Share Image
By giving our audience intimate access to the lives of musicians, we hope to raise awareness of the region's beautiful cultural heritage… — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
I am a muso, and I love doing it. I assumed that would be my career for a long time. I always… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
“I guess in this culture of ever-shortening attention spans, it's good if a song can lift us out of the madness, even… — Peter Bradley Adams Copy Share Image
It's weird. People want you to know that they write. They want you to know they're a musician, rather than making music… — Scott McClanahan Copy Share Image
Any musician who has not experienced - I do not say understood, but truly experienced - the necessity of dodecaphonic music is… — Pierre Boulez Copy Share Image
The commonest fallacy among women is that simply having children makes them a mother - which is as absurd as believing that… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
I'm a guitar player, really - I mean, first and foremost - I grew up with all that great 1960s music, in… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
Music and the arts feed our souls, but a decent wage puts food on the table. Musicians, fans of music, and grassroots… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
