A lot of musicians aren't proud; they'll do other work, just to be able to play music. I guess that's the way… — Chico Hamilton Copy Share Image
When Indian musicians play a raga it's very restrictive. But, in a way these restraints are essential to liberate yourself through them,… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
The music business will be revitalized by musicians, not the labels or Live Nation. When the musicians decide to put music first,… — Bob Lefsetz Copy Share Image
Every time you go in, it's like starting over. You don't know how you did the other records. You're learning all over.… — Beck Copy Share Image
Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Pride, on the other hand, is the mother of all sins, and the original sin of lucifer… An instrument strung, but preferring… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I'll probably pay more attention to the musicians in the pit than the stars because they're the closest you're going to get… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I'd like to think I've left something in the world. Without in any way trying to be morbid, but life is very… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
The musician of disordered sound, the poet of decomposed language, the painter and sculptor of the fragmented visual and tactile world: they… — Heinz Kohut Copy Share Image
Performers always come back from the Edinburgh festival with adventure stories. Watts told a few: meeting a young kilt maker who spent… — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
In America, the poor have been invisibilised, because obviously this model of success that has been held out to the world must… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
I think the other thing that's important is getting to a place, which very, very rarely happens with improvising groups, where somebody… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I'm not a real musician. If you give me a bass guitar and you ask me to improvise something, or even be… — Marion Cotillard Copy Share Image
The sudden passing of Jack Bruce is terribly sad news. One of the greatest rock bassists to ever live and a true… — Geddy Lee Copy Share Image
They [the teachers at European conservatories] taught us because they wanted to pass the knowledge on and educate young musicians. It was… — Miroslav Vitous Copy Share Image
Indie record stores are as important to a touring musician as an incredible thrift store. I can't overstate how good it feels… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
I haven't had that many people onstage for a while, and I'm looking forward to that. They're all such creative musicians in… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
Music to me is something that I didn't choose; it was a necessity. I grew up with music, my father is a… — Ingrid Michaelson Copy Share Image
I think you have to know exactly what you want. Whether you want to be a guitar player or a musician, you… — Jonny Lang Copy Share Image
It was about working with other musicians, but more than that it's about exploring musical areas that you could never do with… — Glenn Tipton Copy Share Image
Everybody now who's playing in Unicorn band is deeply schooled in music. I'm the only one who's self-taught, which I think is… — Nicholas Thorburn Copy Share Image
If you are any competent musician, if you have creative ideas, ideas of songs, of arrangements, in a band like the Stones,… — Bill Wyman Copy Share Image
When one puts up a building one makes an elaborate scaffold to get everything into its proper place. But when one takes… — Andres Segovia Copy Share Image
After seeing what I have seen on my journey, my advice to upcoming musicians would have to be... always have your vision… — Chronixx Copy Share Image
You're collaborating with people you don't even know, when you're making a film. You're collaborating with people you've never seen. So, the… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I feel very strongly that if you got rid of all of the autistic genetics you're not going to have any scientists.… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Even in acting, when I watch an actor who I find to be so truthful in their craft, or a musician who… — Tyler Blackburn Copy Share Image
One of the most encouraging things is to see that so many of these young musicians and worship leaders are really concerned… — Matt Redman Copy Share Image
The technical history of modern harmony is a history of growth of toleration by the human ear of chords that at first… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
My dad's side of the family had lots of artists and musicians. There's an emotional, quite sentimental quality to Slavic culture. It's… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
Music is entirely subjective. I was thinking that for myself, for songwriting and what I like to listen to, to help motivate… — Marnie Stern Copy Share Image
Poetry is either something that lives like fire inside you -- like music to the musician or Marxism to the Communist --… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won't believe how many musicians are… — Garth Brooks Copy Share Image
I'm a producer. I'm a musician. And my job is to come in and, you know, put - you know, I treat… — Pharrell Williams Copy Share Image
I am a rock & roll man, and therefore, a denim man. Musicians of any era - whether it be The Beatles,… — Renzo Rosso Copy Share Image
I think that today, in Europe at least, people don't tend to think so much about the instrument that is producing the… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
I'm not a jazz artist. Don't get me wrong now, it's all music to me. I just played music and if it's… — Pharoah Sanders Copy Share Image
Anyone who's got a guitar, you like to pick it up. I can play a couple of songs, some '50s rock and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He led quite a great life, ... He was an Old Testament figure railing against the establishment - a Jewish guy from… — Tom Hayden Copy Share Image
I can't sing “I Believe I Can Fly”. I sing that horrible. But I can sing “I Gotta Feeling” good. I wrote… — will.i.am Copy Share Image