Aretha Franklin was a teenage mom, a musician who came from an incredibly Christian background, but there was a lot of love,… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
The true musician is attuned to a fairer harmony than that of the lyre... for he truly has in his own life… — Plato Copy Share Image
I was going to say is that I come from a rock background, but also I was super interested in jazz for… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
As a musician, I know that it'll take time for me to get to the ranks of an established artiste. Nevertheless, I'm… — Priyanka Chopra Copy Share Image
Part of me believes that the completed record is the final measure of a pop musician's accomplishment, just as the completed film… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
I've always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music, I would have loved to had that… — George Jones Copy Share Image
In Africa I discovered what the true purpose of a musician is. We are historians, and it is our purpose to tell… — Randy Weston Copy Share Image
A lot of musicians don't learn the business. You just have to be well-rounded in both areas. You have to understand publishing.… — Bradley Joseph Copy Share Image
Still, I wonder if more women artists, musicians and writers aren't household names because we don't have enough faith in our own… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The breakage and agony rending us today will be our salvation if they drive us by new routes to meet it. .… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
We try to make each situation specific to the person. At the beginning of the season, we come up with, like, 50… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
“This writer, he was going on about the lyrics to "Champagne Supernova", and he actually said to me: ‘You know, the one… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
I think a lot of electronic musicians are drawn to starting with texture because the whole reason we're working with electronics is… — Dan Deacon Copy Share Image
When I worked with General Electric, again this was soon after the Second World War, you know, I was keeping up with… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I basically love classical music. I love a lot of musicians playing together and the whole culture of that whether it's Indian… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
The artist must be a philosopher. Socrates the skilled sculptor, Jean-Jacques [Rousseau] the good musician, and the immortal Poussin, tracing on the… — Jacques-Louis David Copy Share Image
Im just lucky to have great parents. My sisters an actress. My brothers a musician. I found it hard growing up in… — Grace Gummer Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a musician, 100 percent, my whole life. I went to school, I did music theory, I did… — Adria Petty Copy Share Image
The feelings that Beethoven put into his music were the feelings of a god. There was something olympian in his snarls and… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The artist knows he must be alone to create; the writer, to work out his thoughts; the musician, to compose; the saint,… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a musician and not a celebrity. Celebrity status is something you have to deliberately pursue - I… — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor.… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
Surrounding myself with people I enjoy being with made the sessions effortless. Everyone came prepared and ready to play. All were great… — Stanley Clarke Copy Share Image
I loved the atmosphere of the dance studios - the wooden floors, the big mirrors, everyone dressed in pink or black tights,… — Suzanne Vega Copy Share Image
But, I would be naive not to recognize the number of musicians who tell me they have been influenced by me and… — Geddy Lee Copy Share Image
I held four clean aces. I had youth, almost a decade of hard-core bar band experience, a good group of homegrown musicians… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I don't really like to call myself a brand, and I don't like to think of myself as a brand. I'm a… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
Don't cheat yourself out of music. Music is one thing. The music business is another thing. Save enough of yourself to keep… — Bill Withers Copy Share Image
Let a short Act of Parliament be passed, placing all street musicians outside the protection of the law, so that any citizen… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
As the musician straineth his strings, and yet he breaketh none of them, but maketh thereby a sweeter melody and better concord;… — Daniel Cawdry Copy Share Image
When I perform, I don’t think about the haters, the Internet trolls, or anyone else. I care about giving the person in… — Steve Aoki Copy Share Image
I had joined Yes in 1971. I was a classically trained musician who had worked with numerous artists as a session musician.… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
My faith is the grand drama of my life. I'm a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have… — Olivier Messiaen Copy Share Image
I love the power of the musician who composes and performs. I envy their ability to put a nugget of truth in… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation on a theme. So musicians say the… — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
When you write a play, you work out like a musician on a piece of music. You find all the rhythms and… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
High school and college were my punk, formative years. I was playing hardcore, learning to be a musician. In bands, you tour,… — Steve Aoki Copy Share Image
As the mother teaches her children how to express themselves in their language, so one Gypsy musician teaches the other. They have… — Franz Liszt Copy Share Image
When the musician starts improvising, he never can go back to what he did last Sunday. That's what's frightening to a lot… — Cecil Williams Copy Share Image
We are all God's people; we have to get along and the [religious leaders] have to lead the way. If they don't… — Elton John Copy Share Image
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