May not music be described as the mathematics of the sense, mathematics as music of the reason? The musician feels mathematics, the… — James Joseph Sylvester Copy Share Image
If you're a Brit you kinda get used to people being cold and aloof and just generally arrogant - particularly musicians. (Compared… — Thea Gilmore Copy Share Image
Over the years, I was doing what I loved to do, which is my music. But it was always a bit distorted,… — India.Arie Copy Share Image
“I mean, reality sucks. The world is a cancer, and shits so bad it’s scary. Everything’s filthy. But you know what? One… — Mitch Lucker Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an artist, but at age 11, somehow all this musical knowledge and information and love for music that… — Gunther Schuller Copy Share Image
People run away, pull their hair, go off in different directions, nodding their heads and going, "Oh, God." I am slightly disheveled,… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
“Who is the most worthy of admiration, musician or audience? Probably the musician will tell that his audience and the musician that… — Miguel Ángel Sáez Gutiérrez Copy Share Image
Finally, we might decide that civilisation itself is worth preserving. In that case we have to work out what to save and… — Susan Blackmore Copy Share Image
I'm not that type of musician where I can sit down at the piano and work out a song; I actually really… — Dave Gahan Copy Share Image
You may be perfect in playing the piano, and not be creative; you may play the piano most brilliantly, and not be… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Many people think of me as just a riff guitarist, but I think of myself in broader terms. As a musician I… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
He [Johnny Cash] was so fragile. We invaded Iraq in March, and he died in September. And because his health was so… — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
Ultimately, it comes down to taste. It comes down to trying to expose yourself to the best things that humans have done… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
It is a great pleasure to be performing with a big band. Those people took part in a group that played the… — Vlatko Stefanovski Copy Share Image
The anti-nuke movement has important and far-reaching implications for grassroots organizing. It can unite kids and musicians, everybody, whether they're leftist or… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
Collaborations work when both or however many parties are the right people to be working together for whatever reason - whether it's… — John Parish Copy Share Image
I got really excited about it. But then we went into the studio and tried to record some with different musicians, and… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
I can get a tune out of most things with strings, but I'm not really sure I'm what could be called a… — Withered Hand Copy Share Image
Sometimes being a musician has little to do with viability and everything to do with survivability. Many musicians start out great, and… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
I know when I feel good when I play. There's a closeness with musicians you only get from playing live, even in… — Ringo Starr Copy Share Image
Of course, it's not the technique that makes the music; it's the sensitivity of the musician and his ability to be able… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
When I'm doing just music all the time, it can get really overwhelming. It's always challenging to switch it up a bit.… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
I struggle every day with trying to be a better dad, a better husband, better musician, better artist. It consumes me, and… — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
I've always told the musicians in my band to play what they know and then play above that. Because then anything can… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
I suppose that by being absent from the music business, it appeared that I just dropped out, but really I never did.… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
I've never been really interested in music, classical or otherwise, where the craft is more important than the result. I realized quickly… — Anna Meredith Copy Share Image
There's no reason to stop. Who knows what's around the bend? To participate, meet new people. It's mostly other musicians and people… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
The theatre is not the place for the musician. When the curtain is up the music interrupts the actor, and when it… — Sir Arthur Sullivan Copy Share Image
Dancing is very important to people who play music with a beat. I think that people who don't dance, or who never… — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
Being an artist and a musician, I have witnessed the previous generation taking the art form, not as a way of making… — David Finckel Copy Share Image
Even though I don't sing any more, singing was my first education in the arts, and it's clear to me that my… — Garth Greenwell Copy Share Image
Musicians always want to sacrifice our creativity to get involved in environmental issues or political activism of some sort - to reduce… — Eyvind Kang Copy Share Image
You have to be ready, and also you have to discard notions that are fondly held by a lot of musicians, about… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
I'm more encouraged by the saplings: new music groups, tiny new venues, entrepreneurial musician-composers who aren't waiting to be discovered but are… — David Edelstein Copy Share Image
I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
There was the best teachers from the Czech Philharmonic, highly dedicated people, some of the best musicians in the world passing on… — Miroslav Vitous Copy Share Image
There was a time when a musician was forced to act in a video. Seeing a singer step too far outside of… — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
I think a lot of actors, especially actors with a theater background, have a musical ear. A lot of actors just want… — Cedric Yarbrough Copy Share Image
Rock records. It's the main source of inspiration for people - fans, or musicians, or both - to act out in ways… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I know a lot of people who are struggling musicians; it's a hard life, and I've risked being that. The rewards are… — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
![“He [Johnny Cash] was so fragile. We invaded Iraq in March, and he died in September. And because his health was so fragile, he couldn't take the controversy of making a public statement against the war. He knew that people were rabid. They attacked me mercilessly after I did the press conference…” quote by Rosanne Cash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/202/rosanne-cash-7972_cash_he-johnny-cash-was-so-fragile-we-invaded_2041485.jpg)
![“I got really excited about it. But then we went into the studio and tried to record some with different musicians, and it didn't sound good. It didn't work. So we put together the album [Unchained] with just a guitar and myself.” quote by Johnny Cash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a0/johnny-cash-1517_albums_i-got-really-excited-about-it-but-then-w_1480353.jpg)
