I took some lessons as a kid but trained myself by ear. I did it the way jazz musicians used to learn… — Donald Fagen Copy Share Image
I did recording sessions as a musician as well as a background vocalist and enjoyed every minute of it. I remember singing… — Ray Stevens Copy Share Image
I'm a very typical yoga-practicing musician; I do it when I can. I'm not hardcore about it. A lot of my lyrics… — Brett Dennen Copy Share Image
I would say that the evocative qualities of music are usually put there in post-production in the reverb. It's really not much… — Stephin Merritt Copy Share Image
I didn't follow the standard rules of bass playing, and many musicians on many different instruments who became noteworthy for their unique… — Billy Sheehan Copy Share Image
Everybody always wants to meet musicians. You can go to any random bar around the world and be like, "I'm a musician,"… — Patrick Watson Copy Share Image
Drummers shouldn't just think of themselves as drummers. If you're going to be a musician, you should expand your horizons, compose things,… — Stewart Copeland Copy Share Image
We're all different. Some people are musicians, some people are actors, some people are agents and some people are accountants... We're all… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
I was off the scene for a while during the ska period and when I returned and joined the Treasure Isle studio,… — Alton Ellis Copy Share Image
I spent two years figuring out how I could turn it into something that would satisfy me as a musician but also… — Damon Albarn 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
Go find very early versions of things: the first TV pilot of a later-successful TV show; early audition tapes by famous actors;… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
Essentially, the popular musician in America must learn that his basic job is to entertain people, to make them forget their sorrows… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
“Remember this, son, if you forget everything else. A poet is a musician who can’t sing. Words have to find a man’s… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing about playing is to walk out with confidence, look the people right in the eye and… — Les Paul Copy Share Image
Well I'm not a storyteller, as far as telling stories which relate to experiences in my own life. That's not what I… — Freedy Johnston Copy Share Image
This blend of musicians on '90 Millas' is historically significant on a number of levels. This is the first and quite possibly… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
I wanted to make the kind of records that I heard in the discos that I danced in at that time. Funky,… — Holly Johnson Copy Share Image
I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words. I don't think I'm even a musician.… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I was trying to put myself in a bottle that would one day wash up on the beach for my children. If… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
When I write stuff that's provocative, I want people to think about that, too. I'm in between a pop musician and an… — Jenny Hval Copy Share Image
It is so hard for musicians when they step into acting is they're not coming in as a blank slate, they're coming… — Shirley Manson Copy Share Image
If you're allowed to make your mistakes, I think you should. But people don't really like hearing you admit them. Although I'd… — Joe Strummer Copy Share Image
The sculptor, the painter the musician the dancer, or any artist, if he can first obtain celebrate in Paris, acquires very easily… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Of course, there are many, many musicians whose music gives me pleasure, but until I make contact with them, musically or personally,… — Hugh Hopper Copy Share Image
A lot of people live with no apparent means of support. I kind of envy the musicians up there. You're down here,… — Kurt Voss Copy Share Image
There's all these musicians in the world, and anybody that takes enough time to create a record or even think about the… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
Hearing Oscar Peterson was something that resonated within me. There are so many musicians I've been fortunate to play with. The people… — Eldar Djangirov Copy Share Image
I've got Ph.D. just because I enjoyed reading and writing and didn't know what else to do. It was something fun to… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
It's tough to be in a relationship with a musician, because it reads sometimes as this ego and self-involvement when it's really… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
If I wasn't acting, I'd try and be a footballer. I wouldn't be a musician because I can't write my own music.… — Jamie Blackley Copy Share Image
I think that there are a lot of things that come along with being a musician, but I don't want to whine… — Tift Merritt Copy Share Image
It's been important to me to be a good activist, a good thinker, a good musician, a good singer, and a good… — Holly Near Copy Share Image
I don't have to forsake my career as a musician. I know how to write songs - that's not going to leave… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
One of my really good friends in New York is a musician and looks just like Lindsay Buckingham. We always fancied ourselves… — Lauren Cohan Copy Share Image
I guess I've never been introduced properly to Pink Floyd. I know they're great, don't get me wrong. Excellent, excellent musicians; great… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
I'm an example of someone who never made it to university. I did have this dream to be a musician. I felt… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
In old age our bodies are worn-out instruments, on which the soul tries in vain to play the melodies of youth. But… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
People expect you to be this weird cartoon sometimes when you're a musician. I hate that. I hate standing out. I hate… — Katy B Copy Share Image
