It's the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move: to look for something… — Nathalie Sarraute Copy Share Image
And as I grew older, I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, and they said, well, no, we… — Evelyn Glennie Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be precious about things. Of course, the idea is to make great music, but if you have great… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
I never use someone just because they are great musicians. I work with people who have the same kind of feeling towards… — Angelique Kidjo Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you meet a musician you are a fan of, and he or she isn't the friendliest person, you walk away… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
It's been nice to have a band and people I'm close to that I can get that understanding from and help me… — Blake Judd Copy Share Image
Musicians ought to reclaim some of the power in the houses of production. The opera houses are run either by managers or… — Laurence Equilbey Copy Share Image
I haven't done any genealogical exploring myself, though members of my family and also of my husband's family have traced things back.… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
I want to be just a musician and songwriter, and hopefully known as a very good one. I love a lot of… — Langhorne Slim Copy Share Image
You were probably steered benignly away from things at school when you were a kid — things you liked — on the… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
I have a theory that musicians recognize each other and if they are destined to collaborate together they will. Mainly, they recognize… — Vlatko Stefanovski Copy Share Image
A lot of people ask me where music is going today. I think it's going in short phrases. If you listen, anybody… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
My identity shifted when I got into # recovery . That's who I am now, and it actually gives me greater pleasure… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
People always say that music is a universal language. It was very, very true. We could show up anywhere with any people… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
I believe in the spiritual warfare. There are people who pick sides. The lord of this world is Satan. You can do… — Stephen Baldwin Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I had a passion and love of learning and wisdom that was inseparable from a love of music and the arts. I've… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Sonically, musicians always go above and beyond in our efforts to disrupt radio. It's always about being different. Our radio is never… — Pusha T Copy Share Image
One thing about Kurt [Cobain] is before he was a musician, and before he was a rock star, he was an artist,… — Brett Morgen Copy Share Image
Rock musicians, and a vast array of popular-music musicians, due to their wealth, acquired through the mass of their notoriety, are able… — Bill Dixon Copy Share Image
I think Phil Collins is one of the most underrated musicians, singers, performers - he is absolutely amazing, I think, and I… — Rick Astley Copy Share Image
Any musician who says he is playing better either on tea, the needle, or when he is juiced, is a plain, straight… — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
To be honest, I know this probably sounds corny or whatever because I'm a musician, but listening to music really helps me… — Austin Mahone Copy Share Image
My aspirations and dreams keep evolving. I think dreams evolve and I want to become a better songwriter. I want to do… — Morgan James Copy Share Image
A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
The fact I had my father as an adversary was such a powerful tool to work with. I subconsciously fought him to… — George Michael Copy Share Image
First of all, I think that is true, if you are a musician, particularly on the come, that you do have to… — John Sebastian Copy Share Image
If I wrote something just for a musician and not for a soundtrack I would have no inspiration from scenes or from… — Claudio Simonetti Copy Share Image
My life won't be a series of either/ors - musician or actor, rock or country, straitlaced or rebellious, this or that, yes… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
Science will...produce the data..., but never the full meaning. For perceiving real significance, we shall need...most of all the brains of poets,… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
Music is of two kinds: one petty, poor, second-rate, never varying, its base the hundred or so phrasings which all musicians understand,… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
The point is that the arts are important enough to have influenced the greatest minds and talents we know. Albert Einstein said… — Mickey Hart Copy Share Image
I love music and I love musicians. I separate them. I'm a big fan of Lily Allen's music, but I'm not a… — Perez Hilton Copy Share Image
Like most musicians, Im good at becoming immersed in the music that I am currently working on. We seldom lift up our… — Tony Levin Copy Share Image
Playing the sex object may not be dangerous for Miley Cyrus, with her bodyguards to protect her, but for a 13-year-old girl… — Keli Goff Copy Share Image
THE GODS was my first professional band and I learned a lot during that time. It was very cool playing with so… — Ken Hensley Copy Share Image
I'm just lucky to have great parents. My sister's an actress. My brother's a musician. I found it hard growing up in… — Grace Gummer Copy Share Image
I know that I'm capable of moving around on the guitar. I can express myself the way I want to and feel… — Gary Clark, Jr Copy Share Image
Because I'm a musician aspiring to write good stuff and put on good shows, I'm hyperaware of what they're doing and what… — Sarah Harmer Copy Share Image