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title: "7 Musician Wants Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Musician Wants quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Musician Wants sayings and thoughts."
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> [If a musician wants to become a finer artist, he must first become a finer person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shinichi-suzuki/if-a-musician-wants-to-become-a-finer-artist-he-must-first-become-a/)

[Shinichi Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shinichi-suzuki/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/shinichi-suzuki-14027_art_if-a-musician-wants-to-become-a-finer-ar_958753.jpg)

> [Every musician out there wants to be judged on the merit of their songwriting, the merit of their performing abilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-jane-grace/every-musician-out-there-wants-to-be-judged-on-the-merit-of-their/)

[Laura Jane Grace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-jane-grace/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/laura-jane-grace-4849_merit_every-musician-out-there-wants-to-be-jud_1165405.jpg)

> [Every musician wants to do something which will hold up for a long time, and I guess we did it with 'Stairway…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-page/every-musician-wants-to-do-something-which-will-hold-up-for-a-long/)

[Jimmy Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-page/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4b/jimmy-page-1492_heaven_every-musician-wants-to-do-something-whi_1230042.jpg)

> [The most difficult thing about music videos is that a lot of young filmmakers come into the medium, and they have so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiro-murai/the-most-difficult-thing-about-music-videos-is-that-a-lot-of-young/)

[Hiro Murai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiro-murai/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8c/hiro-murai-8327_come_the-most-difficult-thing-about-music-vid_1629503.jpg)

> [If a musician wants to be an actor, everyone thinks that's pretty cool. But if an actor wants to play a song,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hawkes/if-a-musician-wants-to-be-an-actor-everyone-thinks-that-s-pretty-cool/)

[John Hawkes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hawkes/)

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> [If a musician wants to blossom into a full-fledged person, it's not enough if he knows only classical music; nor it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-r-rahman/if-a-musician-wants-to-blossom-into-a-full-fledged-person-it-s-not/)

[A. R. Rahman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-r-rahman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ada/a-r-rahman-4481_classical-music_if-a-musician-wants-to-blossom-into-a-fu_3100867.jpg)

> [It's called illusions of grandeur. Every musician wants to be big.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-james/it-s-called-illusions-of-grandeur-every-musician-wants-to-be-big/)

[Rick James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-james/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b5/rick-james-10089_grandeur_it-s-called-illusions-of-grandeur-every_3216310.jpg)

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