I can change the arrangements on stage while I am playing or singing, doing signs to the musicians to change things because… — Rokia Traore Copy Share Image
It wasn't enough to be positive, focused and fearless, I had to take action! Musicians say that the hardest part of practicing… — Joey Reiman Copy Share Image
I'm a folk preacher. A folk therapist. A folk musician. I come from authentically that which is of my experience. Therefore, the… — Cecil Williams Copy Share Image
If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra have played this particular chestnut so many… — Robert Fripp Copy Share Image
I sat in at every club in New York City, jamming with musicians, because it felt right - and because it felt… — Ray Conniff Copy Share Image
My father, my uncles, my aunts, from my father's side and my mother's side... they were all professional musicians. My father was… — Lalo Schifrin Copy Share Image
I started out as a folk singer, and kinda got sidetracked playin' honky tonks and such, but I was always a working… — Ray Wylie Hubbard Copy Share Image
By the time I was a senior in high school, I was constantly with my headphones, just making music all the time.… — Nicolas Jaar Copy Share Image
The records that I like, they have life and warmth and soul in them. Like the slap back on Scotty Moore's guitar… — Channing Tatum Copy Share Image
I didn't really think I would be a musician. I always thought I'd be a writer. I wanted to be a writer… — Leah Siegel Copy Share Image
I would be happy if I could meet some musicians interested in different acoustics and traditional music. Maybe I will find some… — Albert Kuvezin Copy Share Image
Ironically, I must admit that I have an easier time (myself) playing games that are really simple and non-realistic - like the… — Mark Walton Copy Share Image
I'm not a comedian. I'm not a show host. I'm a musician. That's why I've turned down offers to host the Grammy… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
My dad's a musician, and he taught me how to play when I was three, I think, so I've been playing ever… — Bob Schneider Copy Share Image
It feels like we've grown enough as musicians over the last few years to go new places, and our conceptual and compositional… — Bent Saether Copy Share Image
Do you suppose a woman knows why she loves? Does she select? Does she say to herself, 'Go to! here is a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing about what musicians do is the music. You can be as big an arsehole as you… — Peter Hook Copy Share Image
I wasn't really into music. I was into the streets. I was too worried about the streets and how I was going… — Lil Durk Copy Share Image
The public is usually slow to catch on to new things, and it's important that musicians stick to their guns and not… — Greg Ginn Copy Share Image
This is how many people become artists, musicians, writers, computer programmers, record-holding athletes, scientists... by spending time alone practicing what they love. — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
What a strange thing - that musicians grant permission to places like Ubuweb, and then because it's free, it'll probably be listened… — David Grubbs Copy Share Image
The world is full of musicians who can play great, and you wouldn't cross the road to see them. It's people who… — Nick Lowe Copy Share Image
I knew nothing of the life of a real musician, of course, but somehow I seemed to see myself standing in front… — Lawrence Welk Copy Share Image
Since the music industry cracked and fell apart, gasping for the cash flow it had come to expect, much re-thinking has been… — Jane Siberry Copy Share Image
I like having my hair and face done, but I'm not going to lose weight because someone tells me to. I make… — Adele Copy Share Image
Some people don't listen to my music because they say that I am an artist. And some don't want to go to… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
Sometimes a musical phrase would perfectly sum up The mood of a moment. One of those lovelorn sonatas For wind instruments was… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
Musicians know all about unemployment. You're unemployed a lot, and I think there's a great deal of empathy between musicians and people… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
These musicians, such as these Cubans in Havana, are a part of a scene that did produce great music and great musicians.… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
I think my biggest musical hero growing up was probably Ian MacKaye. He set a great example for all of us local… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
Acting is a growing tick muscle. I really believe that it's similar to being a musician in that the more you practice… — Katie Lowes Copy Share Image
I'm not a big fan of lead vocalists, people who sing but don't play. I never wanted to be in a band… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
How good are the best musical imaginations? Can a trained musician, swiftly reading a score, tell just how that voicing of dissonant… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
Laughing and crying are really similar - what happens to your body. It's a very similar process in your diaphragm. Like a… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I've always chosen all my own material; no one ever told me what to sing or how to sing it, but I've… — Jane Monheit Copy Share Image
Any musician with a slight level of self-awareness can be taught to write a 'good' song. A great song is completely original.… — Greta Salpeter Copy Share Image
Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be… — Kurt Masur Copy Share Image
Kansas City Lightning succeeds as few biographies of jazz musicians have. . . This book is a magnificent achievement; I could hardly… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Yeah, we try to get the best musicians possible, and Justin [Robinson] is a great musician, man, a great player. You must… — Common Copy Share Image
I don't think successful musicians were really put on this planet in order to have a great time, pat themselves on the… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image