Musician Quotes · Page 40

He's not a performer, he's not a composer, he's not even a musician, but Norman Granz is Mr. Jazz.

— Oscar Peterson

The beauty of being a musician is writing songs. That's the best part. It's therapeutic and honest and private.

— Gin Wigmore

I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a musician was actually very wonderful.

— Bobby McFerrin

Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that.

— Ed O'Brien

The hills are alive with the sound of music, with songs they have sung for a thousand years.

— Oscar Hammerstein II

Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can't do what we do is because they're so comfortable doin' what they do.

— Miles Davis

All comics want to be musicians. There's a part of me that wants to be a serious musician. I love songs about…

— Sarah Silverman

The creative process for a musician is very different than for a filmmaker. I have an idea, and I can pretty much…

— Mike Patton

I knew that going on 'One Tree Hill' was going to be an incredible vehicle for the record. What is amazing about…

— Kate Voegele

I'm a musician, so for the most part I've always thought that the musicians were equally as inspiring to listen to -…

— Vince Gill

Not with the Rochester Philharmonic, but I formed my own orchestra, made up of musicians from the Eastman School, where I'm on…

— Chuck Mangione

I think musicians should stay off television generally. I get asked all the time. Those shows are just promoting insipid comedies. Who…

— Sufjan Stevens

Daniel Handler's a writer, musician and the author of, among other things, the "Series Of Unfortunate Events" books. He also wrote the…

— Daniel Handler

The vast majority of women musicians function under singular names like 'Cher' 'Madonna'. They have to get married almost immediately to preserve…

— Ayshay

She is amazingly creative, bringing so much more to a song than just a singer. She is a first-class musician and the…

— Ella Fitzgerald

A couturier must be an architect for design, a sculptor for shape, a painter for color, a musician for harmony, and a…

— Cristobal Balenciaga

I always loved the look of musicians. I've always admired them because they have a look - when I was growing up,…

— Frida Giannini

You're always as a musician trying to shock yourself or create music that's maybe even too weird for your own taste. In…

— Bradford Cox

You know, I always say musicians, they can do it on their own. They can practice their violin on their own. A…

— Anne Archer

I have no ear for music. When I attend a concert, I endeavor gamely to follow the sequence and relationship of sounds…

— Vladimir Nabokov

Being a musician, being a person who's playing tours and making records is a part-time thing for me at age. I did…

— David Gilmour

I think people who basically do one thing like Eric Clapton is great. But I've always enjoyed playing different kinds of music…

— Jack Bruce

I’ve worked with such legendary guitar players as Allan Holdsworth, Ronnie Montrose, Eric Clapton, Lowell George and Steve Vai, but none of…

— Ted Templeman

You gotta remember: we're musicians... we're just crazy people who can't get along sometimes. I've definitely come to the table with my…

— Corey Taylor

You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.

— Zakk Wylde

For most of human history, musicians, artists, they've been part of the community — connectors and openers, not untouchable stars.

— Amanda Palmer

It's hard to find other musicians that push you to go somewhere new all the time.

— Jack White

I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck…

— Nat King Cole

I'd been through crappy day jobs and stupid garage bands. I was determined to make it as a musician.

— Paul Westerberg

As a comedian, you're kind of like a blues musician; you have to live a little bit.

— Kevin Nealon

When you're not successful as a musician, you are oftentimes unemployed.

— Tobias Forge

I am a musician before a writer, and a drawer before a writer. When I lose sight of that, which I do,…

— Brian Chippendale

I wanted to play music. I didn't think about where it would go or what it would do.

— Charlie Simpson

I think that's the graveyard of musicians, playing cabaret. I think I'd rather be dead than work in cabaret. It's just so…

— Elton John

As musicians, and as people who sell material for people to hear and absorb, it's important that we use that voice wisely.

— Roberta Flack

What’d I tell you about musicians? That bad boy type will only break your heart.

— Stephanie Perkins

A lot of times, jazz musicians try to educate people. What other genre does that?

— Robert Glasper

I've been programmed to be an actor. So when I figured out I wanted to be a rock star or a musician,…

— Jesse Rutherford

If he's a true symphony artist, he knows better than that because he knows that the only truly creative musician is the…

— Buddy Rich

Be a famous musician. Be a famous act or. Be a famous write r. Be a famous basketball player. Be famous.

— Dallas Clayton