Musician Quotes · Page 11

I'm a great songwriter, but I'm not the most talented musician.

— Noel Gallagher

I owe everything to the musicians I work with.

— Robert Plant

I became a musician so I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning.

— Norah Jones

I never really thought about becoming a professional musician.

— John Mayall

I love song writing, so I'm always happy to write for other musicians.

— Sean Kingston

When I like a musician I want to see a picture or a video of them.

— Erika M. Anderson

If it weren't for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.

— Dave Grohl

I wanted to do this so badly, to be a successful musician.

— John 5

I grew up in a farm town in Indiana. In the early years I played by myself, because there were no other…

— Gary Burton

Chopin--Two embalmers at work upon a minor poetthe scent of tuberosesAutumn rain.

— H. L. Mencken

Every record, you've got more experiences to draw on as a writer and a musician.

— Jerry Cantrell

I'm not a human interest story, man. I'm just a musician trying to make some small records and be happy, be peaceful.

— Mark Lanegan

[Jazz musicians] couldn't cut rock. I had to be more limited and specific about what I was doing.

— Van Morrison

There is one thing that freezes a musician more than the deadliest physical cold, and that is the spiritual chill of an…

— John Philip Sousa

Musicians always have music in their heads about their perceptions of the world.

— Pattie Boyd

Justin represents HOPE, that is his brand. Small town musician makes good. Fans want him to succeed. Many see themselves in him.

— Scooter Braun

I like to play with people who can play simple and are not threatened by other musicians thinking they can't play. And…

— Neil Young

You do not become a master musician by playing just as you please, by imagining that learning the scales is sheer legalism…

— Sinclair B. Ferguson

Lou's such an old punk he was around when the Ramones were junkie hustlers first and musicians second, when punk meant something…

— Rachel Cohn

I like to be in the now, now. Sometimes musicians have to wait for me to be genuine with it. As an…

— Jill Scott

Hip-hop has been the guiding light of my life as a musician and a music fan. It's the one common thread through…

— James Vincent McMorrow

A lot of musicians are good cooks, and a lot of cooks are musicians, but I think that may just be a…

— Steve Albini

But I really do have a soft spot for the solo shows. Any musician who writes and sings will tell you that's…

— Ben Folds

Today all sounds belong to a continuous field of possibilities lying within the comprehensive dominion of music. Behold the new orchestra: the…

— R. Murray Schafer

The only reward the musician receives is music: The privilege of standing in the presence of music when it leans over and…

— Robert Fripp

I am lucky to have the greatest band and when you add a symphony orchestra to the mix it brings all of…

— Olivia Newton-John

So if you can make it through, you know you've got something good, you can handle anything. We've been blessed to grow…

— Lizzo

I don't think I've ever been true to jazz. There's always a kind of jazz element to what I do. There are…

— Jamie Cullum

For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession…

— Anonymous

We musicians, like everyone else, are numb with sorrow at this murder, and with rage at the senselessness of the crime. But…

— Leonard Bernstein

I'm not that type of musician where I can sit down at the piano and work out a song; I actually really…

— Dave Gahan

You may be perfect in playing the piano, and not be creative; you may play the piano most brilliantly, and not be…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

You decide to be a musician, you have to put in the time.

— Itzhak Perlman

I am not fundamentally a musician, I am fundamentally a human being.

— Herbie Hancock

The shelf life of an artist or musician isn't particularly long.

— Frances Bean Cobain

I'd rather be a musician than a rockstar.

— George Harrison

I don't think of myself as a jazz musician but a medicine man.

— Abdullah Ibrahim

I'm a Christian, but I'm just an artist. I'm a musician.

— NF

You've got to create the space, then fill it.

— Chick Corea

I'm not a musician, I just play bass.

— Bill Wyman