Musician Quotes · Page 46

God may allow us at times to hit rock bottom, to show us He's the rock-at the bottom.

— Kirk Franklin

I don't want to be a musician's musician. I want to be an everyone's musician.

— Mitski

Being a musician enables a person to bend the notes and express things that are inside you, no matter what.

— Neil Young

Even as a child I knew I wanted to be a singer, and in 1976, at the age of 20, I quit…

— Paul Young

I'm going to be a superstar musician, kill myself, and go out in a flame of glory.

— Kurt Cobain

I feel like what I'm best at is being a musician and a performer. I want to use that to help people…

— Kathleen Hanna

I'm embarrassed when I see Brits abroad; they have their tops off, wear flip flops, and shout at the top of their…

— Noel Gallagher

When you're a musician and you break new ground it resonates into the common consciousness.

— Trey Anastasio

The Musicians Union declared you couldn't mime on Top Of The Pops, which is obviously impossible, if you've got a studio-based record…

— David Toop

I actually think that many of the musicians who have something meaningful to say don't win competitions. An incredible pianist like Horowitz…

— Charlie Albright

My father was a studio musician, played for a lot of people like Frank Zappa and a lot of R&B bands, and…

— Synyster Gates

It just seems like musicians want to sell a few records and put out a perfume line, and I think it's so…

— Moby

The dignity of art probably appears most eminently with music since it does not have any material that needs to be discounted.…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I know a lot of great musicians that don't know they're even great, because mangers try and make them feel belittled like…

— Jim "Dandy" Mangrum

A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has…

— Marguerite Yourcenar

When you commit to being a musician, I don't think you're really sure or care about when you're going to pay the…

— Adam Levine

Acting is a creative process, and directing and music. I think creative people - and I take myself as a creative person…

— Anthony Hopkins

The most important thing to do as an artist is to get out of your comfort zone and work with different people:…

— Katie Noonan

I read to learn, tech myself stuff and teach myself math and do complex formulas, and it's very, very tough, but I…

— Jeff Kendrick

Indeed we have souls. And if a person is religious, I think it's good, it helps you a bit. But if you're…

— Maya Angelou

People with talent are not interested in showing off behind another person. They're more interested in the music. [Charlie Parker] was playing…

— Helen Merrill

It is only by demanding the impossible of the piano that you can obtain from it all that is possible. For the…

— Heinrich Neuhaus

I feel the theatre is the most unique one of all [the arts] for collaboration. I feel very fortunate to be in…

— Susan Stroman

When I lived in New York, there wasn't as much TV or film around. I got asked to do a couple of…

— James Iha

Music speaks from spirit to spirit and in that sense you could call it a true spiritual language.

— John McLaughlin

You know, my sister sings, my brother plays drums in my band. My whole family is a bunch of musicians.

— Bruno Mars

Sometimes people say I should see a therapist, but I don't want any therapist wrecking my weirdness.

— Peter Wolf

The intentions of record companies are not good, from the musician's perspective.

— Melissa Auf der Maur

“Playing an instrument is its own reward. Cleaning out a spit valve is its own punishment.”

— Peter James West

I got to New York when I was eighteen. I was knocking around, trying to be an actor, writer, musician, whatever happened.

— Sam Shepard

My whole purpose of being a musician is to not follow the rules, so if I set rules for myself, I've already…

— Lotic

You can't make a great musician or a great photographer if the magic isn't there.

— Eve Arnold

I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.

— Carlisle Floyd

I always felt that the musician's job was to provide an alternative source of information.

— Bruce Springsteen

To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.

— Dick Gregory

My father was a musician and wanted me to study piano. I had no interest.

— Joel Grey

Musicians wake up and create a more loving community by creating heavier music.

— Cass McCombs

I've continued to pursue other interests in my downtime, but I'm glad I'm a musician. It's the perfect career for me.

— Hilary Hahn

Rock musicians are consistent in their disdain and irreverent treatment of Jesus Christ.

— Tim LaHaye

I thought that I could have a career in music. I really didn't know exactly what I wanted to do or how…

— Sam Hunt