Musician Quotes · Page 45

I talk to people who are musicians, and they go, Oh this is hell. And I go, Are you kidding me? You…

— Chris Isaak

You might have asked [about skill] of an artist or a musician or whatever... but with me it just happens.

— Bernie Ecclestone

When kids look up to great scientists the way they do to great musicians and actors, civilization will jump to the next…

— Brian Greene

I'm a jazz musician by education and vocation, but I don't think jazz should [ dictate] what I want to do.

— Dave Douglas

I don't want to be labeled as a certain style producer; I just want to be producer and musician in general.

— Murda Beatz

My only concern about art collaborations is that I never thought of myself as an Artist. My tax forms say Musician/Songwriter.

— Sufjan Stevens

I love you all. I love you more than life itself, but you're all fucking mad.

— Ozzy Osbourne

There's zero correlation between owning music and being a greater music lover or musician than the next person.

— Erol Alkan

I think musicians oftentimes have the right skill set to be good actors. And with Rihanna, I noticed her and knew of…

— Peter Berg

Sometimes I need to reject the music proposed for my songs because the musicians misunderstand that the Fanny Crosby who once wrote…

— Fanny Crosby

If a musician is making a mediocre, self-indulgent body of work, they have to know that, for the most part, people aren't…

— Moby

Ornette Coleman is a real musician. He takes all of the things he's thinking about in the world - which is a…

— Patti Smith

We talked a lot with the musician. And for now there are few options, and I give him few weeks to come…

— Luc Besson

I didn't have any intention of playing music for a living or anything like that. I was just not doing well in…

— Frank Fairfield

It keeps me in touch with younger musicians who are constantly saying, 'Have you heard this new artist, or this new guitar…

— Gary Burton

And what classical music does best and must always do more, is to show this kind of transformation of moods, to show…

— Michael Tilson Thomas

I believe in the spiritual warfare. There are people who pick sides. The lord of this world is Satan. You can do…

— Stephen Baldwin

People always say that music is a universal language. It was very, very true. We could show up anywhere with any people…

— Jherek Bischoff

Everybody goes up and does something in the private sector that they feel that they can do, and obviously I'm a musician…

— Sarah Brightman

I think right now is when we need to hear different voices coming out of all parts of the world. You can't…

— Michael Franti

I don't think that those things [so called common practice] ever truly existed in the way that we like to believe that…

— Missy Mazzoli

I basically taught myself how to sing and play by copying records, and that's just how it was for me. I know…

— Susanna Hoffs

When I was 6 I thought that I wanted to be a musician - like a singer-songwriter. That's what I romantically envisioned…

— Andrew Garfield

The old men of the village of Mahotière say that the Mistress of the Water is a mulatto woman. At midnight she…

— Jacques Roumain

I know I'm born to be a writer and a musician - that's what I love and am supposed to do.

— Ruel

Musicians have made incredible contributions to the conservation and environmental movement and continue to do so, more than ever.

— Paul Watson

My dad was a jingle writer, and my mom was a jewelry designer and musician.

— Reeve Carney

As a musician, I hear the harmonic value of everything - I just enjoy music.

— Darren Criss

And a musician has to learn to be frugal and to carefully manage financial affairs

— Charlie Byrd

I am a session guy and a studio musician and whatever you need me to do I will do it.

— Marco Mendoza

The musicians that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all…

— Alberta Hunter

The worst thing about the life of a jazz musician on the road is getting to the gig. Once you're there and…

— Dave Brubeck

I think all musicians should understand that you have chosen not to be a soldier but a musician.

— Meshell Ndegeocello

It's interesting, because as a musician, I don't feel like I need to be on the top of the pop charts.

— Zooey Deschanel

But Dennis was a really solid musician, and we really needed somebody who could play bass like him.

— Neil Innes

I was just glad to get the Grammy. I didn't know what the thing was. It's the honor what I loved.

— Elizabeth Cotten

Elvis Costello had a brand new bag. He was a musician, but he knew all about the attitude part of it.

— Nick Lowe

I felt that with 'In A Perfect World' I was still kind of finding myself - not just as a musician, but…

— Keri Hilson

A band ought to have a sound all of its own. It ought to have a personality.

— Glenn Miller

I think musicians are perfect at knowing how to get the best out of other musicians. I can really relate to that…

— Adria Petty