I went to Juilliard in New York and used to do cabarets just for fun. Occasionally, I would get together with a… — Nicole Beharie Copy Share Image
I never minded being thought of as a pop star. People have always thought I wanted to be seen as a serious… — George Michael Copy Share Image
The musician writes for the orchestra what his inner voice sings to him; the painter rarely relies without disadvantage solely upon the… — Hermann Ebbinghaus Copy Share Image
There's all these musicians in the world, and anybody that takes enough time to create a record or even think about the… — Ryan Adams 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 started thinking, my gosh, all this sophisticated software for measuring how Yo-Yo plays, and how he moves and this technique of… — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
We can and should place special emphasis on developing in our youth constructive incentives - a love of science, engineering, and math,… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
I don't really think of these as projects. I think of them as bands. I have tried to not just convene a… — Dave Douglas Copy Share Image
The time I like listening to music most on headphones is, I have a game I play with my brother, he's a… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I personally see myself as a musician in the first place. You know, I don't want to say I will be a… — Zedd Copy Share Image
There's the beauty of the stage. I don't like filmed theater or opera because you're kind of playing soccer in a hockey… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
I think there's a difference between the type of folk music that people put into the box of "folk music" and then… — Christopher Paul Stelling Copy Share Image
It is not ignoble to feel that the fuller life which a sad experience has brought us is worth our personal share… — George Eliot 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
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
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
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
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
I think jazz is a phenomenal creative force, because it's one man, one vote as you're playing, but it's a collective thing,… — Herb Alpert Copy Share Image
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
I still look to music to heal and bind; I still think the musician can be a trusted object offering his fellow-man… — Yehudi Menuhin Copy Share Image
I was a lusty kid who loved Tennessee Williams. Sexy plays. [For musicians] there are so many that it's hard just to… — Annie E. Clark Copy Share Image
Everybody has ideas. The vital question is, what do you do with them? My rock musician sons shape their ideas into music.… — Avi Copy Share Image
I used to believe that if I could do certain things - write a book or be a successful musician - that… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
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