Music is of two kinds: one petty, poor, second-rate, never varying, its base the hundred or so phrasings which all musicians understand,… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I love music and I love musicians. I separate them. I'm a big fan of Lily Allen's music, but I'm not a… — Perez Hilton Copy Share Image
The point is that the arts are important enough to have influenced the greatest minds and talents we know. Albert Einstein said… — Mickey Hart Copy Share Image
First of all, I think that is true, if you are a musician, particularly on the come, that you do have to… — John Sebastian Copy Share Image
If I wrote something just for a musician and not for a soundtrack I would have no inspiration from scenes or from… — Claudio Simonetti Copy Share Image
The fact I had my father as an adversary was such a powerful tool to work with. I subconsciously fought him to… — George Michael Copy Share Image
When you commit to being a musician, I don't think you're really sure or care about when you're going to pay the… — Adam Levine Copy Share Image
My aspirations and dreams keep evolving. I think dreams evolve and I want to become a better songwriter. I want to do… — Morgan James Copy Share Image
I think that it's fear. The musicians themselves don't seem to know enough about why they're in the positions they're in, so… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
“I remember when Elvis died. I wrote my sentiments with words of a little girl in my dear diary, "Many people wanted… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
One answer to why public interest in men's tennis has been on the wane in recent years is an essential and unpretty… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
I think so much of our society is geared towards mainstream media and pop culture and so forth. And there's a huge… — Bruce Pavitt Copy Share Image
I never really trained to be a musician, but I've been playing guitar since I was around, like, 13 years old. For… — Steve Kazee Copy Share Image
Worship is not music. We can certainly worship Him without musicians and without a song. And by the way, God does not… — Steven Rice Copy Share Image
Percy France told me, similarly, he and Bird used to hang out. They were good buddies. And he said, "Man, we'd just… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
One way of working is just bring a group of totally different musicians together and encourage them to stick to their guns,… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
To be honest, I know this probably sounds corny or whatever because I'm a musician, but listening to music really helps me… — Austin Mahone Copy Share Image
A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
I haven't done any genealogical exploring myself, though members of my family and also of my husband's family have traced things back.… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
I had a passion and love of learning and wisdom that was inseparable from a love of music and the arts. I've… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Sonically, musicians always go above and beyond in our efforts to disrupt radio. It's always about being different. Our radio is never… — Pusha T Copy Share Image
One thing about Kurt [Cobain] is before he was a musician, and before he was a rock star, he was an artist,… — Brett Morgen Copy Share Image
Rock musicians, and a vast array of popular-music musicians, due to their wealth, acquired through the mass of their notoriety, are able… — Bill Dixon Copy Share Image
I think Phil Collins is one of the most underrated musicians, singers, performers - he is absolutely amazing, I think, and I… — Rick Astley Copy Share Image
Any musician who says he is playing better either on tea, the needle, or when he is juiced, is a plain, straight… — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
Musicians ought to reclaim some of the power in the houses of production. The opera houses are run either by managers or… — Laurence Equilbey Copy Share Image
It's been nice to have a band and people I'm close to that I can get that understanding from and help me… — Blake Judd Copy Share Image
And as I grew older, I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, and they said, well, no, we… — Evelyn Glennie Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be precious about things. Of course, the idea is to make great music, but if you have great… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you meet a musician you are a fan of, and he or she isn't the friendliest person, you walk away… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I never use someone just because they are great musicians. I work with people who have the same kind of feeling towards… — Angelique Kidjo Copy Share Image
I do a lot of touring, yes, and I have my whole life ever since I was 19 years old, when I… — Vonda Shepard Copy Share Image
The great leaders of business, industry and finance, and the great artists, poets, musicians and writers all became great because they developed… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
I really feel that artists or musicians are controversial people. Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity. If people… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
It's the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move: to look for something… — Nathalie Sarraute Copy Share Image
The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither is attended; and I think The nightingale, if she should sing… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I have learned a lot from jazz. I compare good acting to jazz music. The more you study and prepare as an… — Nat Wolff Copy Share Image
Even though I was performing all the time as an actress and I was doing all of these plays as a kid,… — Lola Kirke Copy Share Image
I never had this definite moment or epiphany where I made the choice to pursue a career in music. That desire was… — Carly Rae Jepsen Copy Share Image
A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make… — Wendell Pierce Copy Share Image
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