If a musician is making a mediocre, self-indulgent body of work, they have to know that, for the most part, people aren't… — Moby Copy Share Image
My father was a studio musician, played for a lot of people like Frank Zappa and a lot of R&B bands, and… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
The Musicians Union declared you couldn't mime on Top Of The Pops, which is obviously impossible, if you've got a studio-based record… — David Toop Copy Share Image
I actually think that many of the musicians who have something meaningful to say don't win competitions. An incredible pianist like Horowitz… — Charlie Albright Copy Share Image
It keeps me in touch with younger musicians who are constantly saying, 'Have you heard this new artist, or this new guitar… — Gary Burton Copy Share Image
And what classical music does best and must always do more, is to show this kind of transformation of moods, to show… — Michael Tilson Thomas Copy Share Image
I didn't have any intention of playing music for a living or anything like that. I was just not doing well in… — Frank Fairfield Copy Share Image
It just seems like musicians want to sell a few records and put out a perfume line, and I think it's so… — Moby Copy Share Image
I'm not talking about what came later [after the American underground punk scene], indie music, or whatever you want to call it,… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
Everybody has their own approach to songwriting. When you're an electronic musician, the whole writing process just depends. Some people have a… — Travis Stewart Copy Share Image
If you're listening to a symphony, you're getting all the information, including the audience around you, the delay from the sides of… — Gordon Hempton Copy Share Image
Being a part of a band is easier to brainstorm, and it's fun - you're encouraged and inspired by the others. In… — Brendan Benson Copy Share Image
Meditation practice is like piano scales, basketball drills, ballroom dance class. Practice requires discipline; it can be tedious; it is necessary. After… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
Sculpture and painting are very justly called liberal arts; a lively and strong imagination, together with a just observation, being absolutely necessary… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
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We always have a basic structure for a piece of music, but we encourage the musicians to elaborate on whatever they feel… — Lisa Gerrard Copy Share Image
The dignity of art probably appears most eminently with music since it does not have any material that needs to be discounted.… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
I had a chance to play with the best musicians that were coming through because I was pretty good myself or else… — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
My intention when I came into this industry was to be a musician, not necessarily a recording artist, just a musician in… — Jon Secada Copy Share Image
A mathematician will recognise Cauchy, Gauss, Jacobi or Helmholtz after reading a few pages, just as musicians recognise, from the first few… — Ludwig Boltzmann Copy Share Image
All talk of method and style seemed suddenly trivial; I became interested in meaning. I wanted to say something musically about life… — Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Copy Share Image
I would like to see every single soldier on every single side, just take off your helmet, unbuckle your kit, lay down… — Woody Guthrie Copy Share Image
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
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
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
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
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