My dad is a football guy, not a music guy. He didn't totally understand when I decided to be a musician. — Sam Hunt Copy Share Image
And of course, the musician - if he's serious - always answers: My last album is my best, otherwise I wouldn't have… — Klaus Schulze Copy Share Image
I don't think any musician ever thinks about making a statement. I think everybody goes into music loving it. — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
It's amazing to hear proficient musicians play your music. It's a once in a lifetime kind of experience. — Jonathan Rado Copy Share Image
Music is the thousandth of a millisecond between one note and another; how you get from one to the other-that's where the… — Isaac Stern Copy Share Image
No one else in our family was a professional musician so this took an enormous leap of faith on their part. — Tony Visconti Copy Share Image
It is just that heavy metal musicians write in minor keys, and when you do that, you frighten people. — Ronnie James Dio Copy Share Image
It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives it most distinctive characteristics. — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
Free improvisation, in addition to being a highly skilled musical craft, is open to use by almost anyone--beginners, children, and non-musicians… — Derek Bailey Copy Share Image
You can' t help being a musician because you've grown up with music, yet being one means being compared to your dad… — Dhani Harrison Copy Share Image
Being a musician, you want to be able to do the hardest stuff there is. People would think it's classical, but in… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I have more fun hanging out with my friends who are musicians and rock stars. You know politicians by and large are… — Jann Wenner Copy Share Image
There's times I've been quite nervous doing session work, such as when I'm asked to play the violin in a 'country and… — Ric Sanders Copy Share Image
I think one of the reasons musicians keep doing what they do and writers keep doing what they do, is that we're… — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
The melody is the most important thing that must stay in the minds of the people who listen to you. No matter… — George Benson Copy Share Image
If you make money back from your record, you're doing it smart. It's an expensive hobby. I'm lucky enough to still make… — Robyn Hitchcock Copy Share Image
By that point, I was about 12, 13 years old. I was this young black kid into rock music, which was kind… — Michael Kiwanuka Copy Share Image
“It's scary, and downing, that I make my best music when I'm going through my depression... At that moment, all i can… — scott mcgoldrick Copy Share Image
You do your work. You get up in the morning, you choose an outfit, you know? It doesn't have to be the… — Ishmael Butler Copy Share Image
People who are qualified are symphonic orchestra players and jazz musicians; they're qualified to do what they do. Rock stars are lucky.… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
For a while I wanted to be a professional baseball pitcher, and then I wanted to be a musician and then sometimes… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
As a musician, I don't have one thing that's "my thing." I like to create, and have a lot of outlets for… — Chick Corea Copy Share Image
Growing up, I'd already decided I wanted to be a beatnik. A Bohemian poet, I thought. Or a musician. Maybe an artist.… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I want to be connecting with the subconscious, if I can call it that, because there are not to many words to… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
My new year's resolution: Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth. Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy. — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
I don't like heroin, unless you're a jazz musician and then you have to be on it because jazz is the sound… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Chris Martin is more of a musician and hasn't really put himself out there as a television host or anything like that. — Ian Astbury Copy Share Image
Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
My father slapped my thighs with a variety of meats until I began to cry and sulked in the corner. I later… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
Some people think I'm a rock 'n' roll musician and some think I'm a jazz musician but, for me, there is no… — Georgie Fame Copy Share Image
Nowadays it's hard to get somebody to invest the time - everybody wants to be famous rather than be a good musician. — Joe Louis Walker Copy Share Image
When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue… — Mike Figgis Copy Share Image
I get to focus on being a musician sometimes, and I get to focus on being a vocalist sometimes. — Britt Daniel Copy Share Image
See it in terms of paint. We don't learn subject matter, we learn paint. The musician can play any score that is… — Helen Van Wyk Copy Share Image
Eventually, I had to figure out what the hell I was going to do with my life. I needed to find my… — Christine McVie Copy Share Image
I'm not a martyr, just a musician who dies for your sins. Oh, that's what a martyr is? Very well then, I… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
I'm a really good team player. That's what it takes to work in the theater. That's what it takes to work in… — David Cassidy Copy Share Image
Music plays a very important role in my life. I'm a frustrated musician. I play the drums. — Ronald Perelman Copy Share Image
I think musicians are always supportive of each other because they want the groove to keep going on. They just basically want… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
I don't know whether you [musician] can be all things to everybody, which is why there are different kinds of music. — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image