I had a really nice association with Richie DeRosa, a great musician, a great drummer and composer and arranger. And I had… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting… — David Sylvian Copy Share Image
Musicians, actors, writers - we're all neurotic, odd people who've lucked into accidental careers. So I just don't like being around public… — Moby Copy Share Image
I always loved rock guitar. I just never put it together that that's what I'd end up doing. I had no aspirations… — Slash Copy Share Image
We use important words too frequently and they lose value; for instance, charm and great. An actor or musician often is proclaimedgreat… — Eleanor Robson Belmont Copy Share Image
I used to want to be a singer and a musician for years, from 6 years old to today. I'm not really… — Tommy Davidson Copy Share Image
The main thing a musician would like to do is to give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
I realized, that the life of a musician, even of a very lucky, very successful musician, wasn't really the life I wanted:… — Garth Greenwell Copy Share Image
I was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and am a product of a family that were jazz aficionados and also very interested in… — Jack Waters Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself very principled. As a travelling musician, you have to adapt and adjust to different contexts every day. It… — Moddi Copy Share Image
Learning to play the guitar is a combination of mental and motor skill acquisition. And to develop motor skill, repetition is essential...… — Howard Roberts Copy Share Image
My attitude towards my time as a musician, is that I really wanted to completely reinvent myself and not be one of… — Kurt Ralske Copy Share Image
Every man, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths. We all derive… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
For artists like me, I think the times that just say the 80's alone, you didn't have to worry about getting twenty-five… — Joe Louis Walker Copy Share Image
In reality everybody has got musical thoughts. If you are able to overcome the part of it which is muscle training, which… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
In a certain sense, these were lessons I learned by playing with Indian musicians. The rhythmic forms that they use are very… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
It might be argued that genuine spontaneity is not really possible or desirable so long as printed scores of great works exist.… — Donal Henahan Copy Share Image
...If I continued to harbour any hope for music it lay in the expectation that a musician might come who was sufficiently… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
What you learn from working with other performers and musicians is invaluable, really, and can only help you grow. I mean, if… — Damon Albarn Copy Share Image
The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back… — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
People make art on the sides of buildings, and they'll make art on the sides of trains. They'll make art wherever they… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
There are so many musicians, friends of mine, who play shows for ten people a night, or always desperately wanted a record… — Moby Copy Share Image
“I know a flute player is technically called a "flautist," but something about it sounds a little sketchy, as does "pianist," so… — Julie Halpern Copy Share Image
Artists, whether they're classical musicians or pop musicians, they have always been the reflection of society, and in many ways a healing… — George Duke Copy Share Image
Some performers are brilliant comedians, some are genius musicians, and some just make you happy to be alive. THE BOBS are all… — Paul Provenza Copy Share Image
I don't wanna talk about Teo [Macero]. He's a helluva musician, a brilliant musician, but he's just not for me, that's all.… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
Most musicians, regardless of what culture they come from, can get together and agree on some stuff about music. As there is… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
I asked the head musician if I could go onstage during the next break and he said sure. I got two laughs… — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
I was approached by Oxfam to go to Mali as their ambassador and get involved in their various initiatives out there. But… — Damon Albarn Copy Share Image
One day you pick up the guitar and you feel like a great master, and the next day you feel like a… — Tommy Emmanuel Copy Share Image
I have a very difficult time describing my music. Because I run into people in the hardware store and they go, 'Oh,… — Les Claypool Copy Share Image
Being a musician since I was a teen, Guitar Center is the staple. You need anything to create, it's there. You need… — Steve Aoki Copy Share Image
The only thing I wouldn't like to do is to play roles as a musician. I'm not sure that I would be… — Larry Mullen, Jr Copy Share Image
I have always made commercial music. The people who vote for the Grammy nominees are mostly in their 40s and have other… — Al Walser Copy Share Image
It's so crazy because kids that wrote to me when they were 14 years old are still in my life. A lot… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
Musical ability is not an inborn talent but an ability which can be developed. Any child who is properly trained can develop… — Shinichi Suzuki Copy Share Image
Maybe not as an idol, but I have influenced some people, including my son Joshua. So that feels good. Wherever I play… — Dewey Redman Copy Share Image
Whatever I do, I attempt to do it fully. I try, and don't always succeed, to be thorough. There are musicians who… — Bill Dixon Copy Share Image
Man, I would demand that artist come to the table with better variety. I would demand that musicians know music history, not… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image