Musician Quotes · Page 55

[Loco De Amor is] a euphoric, melodic romp across the hemisphere... A joyful, fun musician's record from a really good guitarist

— Jon Pareles

I'm a real musician's musician: I get really geeky on chords and arrangements.

— Natalie Prass

There's a responsibility as a musician to do the music that you want to hear.

— El-P

Driving by my ambitions, desire higher positions, to see eternally and my mission, to be more than just a rap musician.

— Tupac Shakur

An animal can learn to fight, but to sing beautiful things and make people believe them.

— Dalton Trumbo

Ive always written poetry and lyrics. My first husband, who was a musician, we wrote a bunch of songs together.

— P. J. Soles

What we should be doing as musicians is trying to bring people together.

— Elton John

I love being a drummer but I love being a musician in general and I love the Foo fighters.

— Dave Grohl

I like to read, especially nonfiction. I love learning, so I study languages, cook, learn basic HTML, and enjoy other activities that…

— Joshua Roman

The sensitive ear of the musician detects a certain musical note in every city which is different from that of another city.…

— Max Heindel

I was always an emotional, tearful kid. As a child I was really focussed on my fine art - I took it…

— Marissa Nadler

I played Woodstock in '69, and it really changed my life. Without a doubt, it was the single event that really changed…

— Edgar Winter

The thing is, autism is a big spectrum. Going from folks who remain nonverbal, all the way up to, ya know, famous…

— Temple Grandin

Every poet and musician and artist, but for grace">Grace, is drawn away from love of the thing he tells to love of…

— C. S. Lewis

Then certainly for a musician timing becomes something that is immediately accessible as a concept, because it's a necessity in ones everyday…

— Robert Fripp

Jonny Lang has the power to move the music into the next millennium by reaching the ears of a new generation. The…

— Luther Allison

Recording sessions were stimulating to photograph, because everything was in motion: the subject, the musicians, the technicians and the photographer. You needed…

— Eve Arnold

Making music videos, I try to bring musicians into the logistics of filmmaking, and I try to preserve whatever's of value and…

— Adria Petty

Like the ability of all the musicians to end the song at the right time. Or when it's time for a chord…

— Larkin Grimm

Back then and later on when I was in NEU! and Harmonia I was too much preoccupied with my own music to…

— Michael Rother

There has to be some mystery in life, because the joy of being a writer and the joy of being a musician…

— James McBride

I assure you that I work with these people. I sometimes award them with state prizes or decorations for their achievements in…

— Vladimir Putin

But you listen to Coltrane and that's something human, something that's about elevation. It's like making love to a woman. It's about…

— Wynton Marsalis

I don't understand why we have to experiment with film. I think everything should be done on paper. A musician has to…

— Alfred Hitchcock

I didn't entertain the idea that my music would ever become available in any of the ways that I had previously known…

— Nico Muhly

I think every touring musician sacrifices aspects of their life to do it.

— Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi

Then you've a hunch what the music meant . . . hunger and night and the stars.

— Robert W. Service

I'd hit thirty, I'd sort of failed as a musician, I'd failed as an artist I felt at the time.

— Paul Kaye

Musicians have to suffer to a certain degree in order to obtain their outlet.

— Chico Hamilton

That said, everything's important, and every musician who plays on the record is an integral part of it.

— Jerry Harrison

I'm not more than a musician that enjoys what he does and a Colombian that dreams and fights for peace in his…

— Juanes

I think performers are all show-offs anyway, especially musicians. Unless you show off, you're not going to get noticed.

— Elton John

By and large, musicians respect New York audiences, and also are greatly concerned about New York reviews.

— Harold C. Schonberg

Kenny Burrell is a great musician and his music has helped to make me what I am today.

— Stevie Wonder

Musicians tell me, if what I'm doing is right, they should never have gone to school.

— Ornette Coleman

I am a composer first and foremost, and have always believed that being able to write memorable melodies is what sets musicians…

— Bradley Joseph

My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural…

— Ethel Merman

A painter paints, a musician plays, a writer writes - but a movie actor waits.

— Mary Astor

For the film maker must come by his convention, as painters and writers and musicians have done before him.

— Virginia Woolf

Ive always enjoyed the enthusiasm of the best studio musicians and, over the years, have collected so many inspired contributions from them.

— Michael Franks