Musician Quotes · Page 34

It's usually important to me to get my idea out first because a lot of times my ideas will seem weird to…

— Boots Riley

I love music so much I love what I do. I work very hard at being the best musician I can be…

— Diana Krall

I guess I'm used to seeing actors, but rock musicians still hold a special magic for me.

— Hank Azaria

I knew nothing of the real life of a musician, but I seemed to see myself standing in front of great crowds…

— Lawrence Welk

I don't do album covers or CD covers for groups or musicians I don't like or have no interest in.

— Robert Crumb

I was busy enough when I was just a musician. I wasn't making all that much money but I was busy.

— Scatman Crothers

I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" -…

— Esperanza Spalding

Lamentation is the only musician that always, like a screech-owl, alights and sits on the roof of any angry man.

— Plutarch

It will lead many musicians out of the cul-de-sac they currently face. And those that do not understand will be cursed to…

— Chilly Gonzales

Many an American jazz musician has been beguiled by the lush melodies and sumptuous rhythms of Brazilian music, but Peter Sprague has…

— Andrew S. Gilbert

I mean, just because you're a musician doesn't mean all your ideas are about music. So every once in a while I…

— Jerry Garcia

I would argue that among musicians who work in technology today, the level of technological sophistication probably exceeds that of military programs,…

— Jaron Lanier

All the high-tone, big-time folks would say, 'Isn't it wonderful how these untrained, primitive musicians can pick up all the latest songs…

— Eubie Blake

We're genuinely happy if some musicians of this younger generation are influenced by our music, as we were ourselves influenced 10 years…

— Thomas Bangalter

In the 70s, GEORGE CLINTON and PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC and EARTH WIND & FIRE, we were very serious about our music and who…

— Maurice White

I think as this generation of electronic musicians goes on, popular electronic music will be more and more accepted. It's gonna get…

— Dan Deacon

If politically infused music is denied airplay, music reviews or festival stage time because it is considered "politics" rather than "art", then…

— Moddi

You need to know what makes artists tick. Having been through the process myself as a musician, since I was an early…

— Tommy Mottola

My life has had a lot of fits and starts: before I studied literature at all I was a musician, and began…

— Garth Greenwell

School of Rock. The best music school anywhere. This whole idea of getting kids not just taking lessons and learning notes and…

— Dee Snider

When I got this saxophone, it became a religion. There wasn't TV, there wasn't much money, and there was just a real…

— Stan Getz

Christian musicians today, minus about ten bands, have never had to fight to be accepted or heard like general market bands have…

— Reese Roper

Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people’s brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the…

— Arundhati Roy

When I start to write and record a track, I always think about where it is supposed to take place, what kind…

— Karin Dreijer Andersson

A young musician needs a powerful laptop and a good analogue synthesiser.

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

When someone really respects and admires us as musicians to the extent that they want to work with us, it's really flattering.

— Laura Smith

I'm so proud that my offspring became a musician. I'm full of awe that we are able to have a whole family…

— Maxine Hong Kingston

Music is like having a conversation. All musicians inspire each other, and they're all geared to play something that matters.

— Vince Gill

A.R. Rahman is not a musician, he is a musical scientist, and when he gives advice, you need to take it seriously.

— Jubin Nautiyal

The best musicians answer something in you when you don't even know the question.

— Allison Pearson

I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.

— Yo-Yo Ma

Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.

— Tony Wilson

You can't just be a musician; you have to be an entertainer and perform and act just to hit the bar.

— Brendon Urie

I didn't plan to go to Eurovision and I didn't plan on winning. I was a struggling musician, hoping for a couple…

— Netta Barzilai

We are all part of creation, all kings, all poets, all musicians; we have only to open up, only to discover what…

— Henry Miller

“It's not my job to tell people how to consume music. I just want them to consume music.”

— Eric Alper

Sometimes I joke around that if I weren't a musician, I would be a power lifter. I don't think people expect it…

— Mirah

We're deaf men working as musicians; we play the music but we can't hear it.

— Sebastian Faulks

I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out.

— Geddy Lee

Of course the headspace for the young musician is whatever the guy who is paying you says, is right, but that's all.

— Terry Bozzio