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
The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither is attended; and I think The nightingale, if she should sing… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make… — Wendell Pierce Copy Share Image
Even though I was performing all the time as an actress and I was doing all of these plays as a kid,… — Lola Kirke Copy Share Image
I have learned a lot from jazz. I compare good acting to jazz music. The more you study and prepare as an… — Nat Wolff Copy Share Image
I never had this definite moment or epiphany where I made the choice to pursue a career in music. That desire was… — Carly Rae Jepsen Copy Share Image
The great leaders of business, industry and finance, and the great artists, poets, musicians and writers all became great because they developed… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
I do a lot of touring, yes, and I have my whole life ever since I was 19 years old, when I… — Vonda Shepard Copy Share Image
I don't view myself as a musician anymore - I view myself as a human being that functions as a musician when… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
I was an apprentice television engineer when I decided to pack it up and go full-time, much to my father's disgust. But… — Peter Ham Copy Share Image
I played the vina until my heart turned into the same instrument. Then I offered this instrument to the Divine Musician, the… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
A lot of young artists and musicians that we work with, you think they're gonna want to come in and buy the… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
An actor and a [theatre] director are both what I would call interpreters of work. We interpret a work, just as a… — George Ogilvie Copy Share Image
I don't believe that the Democratic party has anything to do with the Left. We have two political parties in the US:… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
A lot of musicians like to do the bass and the drums with analog and get that tape distortion that's really beautiful.… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
The first time I hung out with [David Blaine], he took me to this condemned building, and it had a pizza oven… — Harmony Korine Copy Share Image
I really feel that artists or musicians are controversial people. Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity. If people… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
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
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
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
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 want to do musician things and start making this my life. I want to learn - there's so much I have… — James Wolpert Copy Share Image
If a musician wants to be an actor, everyone thinks that's pretty cool. But if an actor wants to play a song,… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
I always try to teach by example and not force my ideas on a young musician. One of the reasons we're here… — Dizzy Gillespie Copy Share Image
If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope of money at the end of it,… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
I gave up trying to please others and started playing for myself, and because I love music, things naturally happened then. Funny… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
More people than ever are spending money to support more artists and musicians and give them more leisure time to build cereal… — Brian Chippendale Copy Share Image
I think the best thing an artist can do is not hang out with other artists. I really dislike hanging out with… — Justin Townes Earle Copy Share Image
It is the individual voice, present to itself, that needs to be heard. We need to hear the process of the musician… — Keith Jarrett Copy Share Image
In the end it is the musician who actually plays the notes. The impresario - or the project leader - is only… — John Kao Copy Share Image
I heard these stories [about musicians from my mother] and somehow music, it was my understanding what my father had done. I… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I have seen so many bands and musicians fade away, especially the ones in my early days that treated me and my… — Bernie Marsden Copy Share Image
Scientists contribute in a variety of ways and I don't think I can singular one even including [Albert] Einstein, that I can… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share Image
I went to university (Brown), I worked as a designer, I competed in Olympic sport (rowing) ... and I ended up being… — Dhani Harrison Copy Share Image
Since my father is a musician as well, he taught me growing up that if you can play jazz, you can learn… — Meghan Trainor Copy Share Image
I'm in awe of people like Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard; they're great musicians and people. But I'm most starstruck by… — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
I think that artists and musicians can do as much harm as good for causes if they tie their names to lots… — Damian Kulash Copy Share Image
![“Even though I was performing all the time as an actress and I was doing all of these plays as a kid, there's a vulnerability about being a musician that you don't get [when] you perform somebody else's work.” quote by Lola Kirke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d55/lola-kirke-19867_actresses_even-though-i-was-performing-all-the-tim_2852504.jpg)
![“An actor and a [theatre] director are both what I would call interpreters of work. We interpret a work, just as a musician will interpret a composer's work, we interpret the work of a playwright. We are servants of the theatre and I've always believed that. We must serve what has been written…” quote by George Ogilvie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/george-ogilvie-34528_actors_an-actor-and-a-theatre-director-are-both_3214543.jpg)
![“The first time I hung out with [David Blaine], he took me to this condemned building, and it had a pizza oven and he crawled into the pizza oven and turned the heat on to 400 degrees or something like that, and he stayed in it for I guess a half hour. He came out, and except for one or two…” quote by Harmony Korine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aef/harmony-korine-8808_actors_the-first-time-i-hung-out-with-david-bla_575406.jpg)
![“I heard these stories [about musicians from my mother] and somehow music, it was my understanding what my father had done. I didn't know it was misinformation. It sort of inwardly in my psyche laid the template for music being affiliated with my father and my family.” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84c/jon-gordon-1655_done_i-heard-these-stories-about-musicians-fr_2640766.jpg)
![“Scientists contribute in a variety of ways and I don't think I can singular one even including [Albert] Einstein, that I can say that he's the best. We don't work like the best basketball player and the best musician and so on. Science is a collective effort.” quote by Ahmed H. Zewail](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19d/ahmed-h-zewail-20096_albert-einstein_scientists-contribute-in-a-variety-of-wa_2008536.png)
