With just one musician, you can really do an unlimited number of things on the inside of the piano, if you have… — John Cage Copy Share Image
I was being ridiculed for going to school... But, you see, I had looked hard at the other musicians and the whole… — Donald Byrd Copy Share Image
Music has always been a big part of Cheech & Chong's career, so it's just natural. You know, I was a musician… — Tommy Chong Copy Share Image
... The 'cleverness' syndrome has taken the place of melody. It's like everyone has come down with this terrible disease in jazz…you… — Keith Jarrett Copy Share Image
I don't listen to music, actually. Obviously I go to clubs; I stand in elevators; a lot of my friends are musicians;… — Natalia Kills Copy Share Image
I don't spend a lot of time thinking of what they'll do musically, I try to imagine being locked into a windowless… — Leo Kottke Copy Share Image
I went to art school and never thought I'd be a musician, but then punk rock came along in the late 70s… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
When I'm alcohol-free now and even to see the world around me, I appreciate it, but I never truly enjoy too much… — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
I didn't have any aspirations of becoming famous or successful; in fact I was scared to death of all that. I remember… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
I think I'm better at producing than I am at being a songwriter, but it doesn't change the fact that I still… — John Congleton Copy Share Image
My own experience with that brief moment where I had videos on MTV was that nothing was ever good enough. When you… — Mike Doughty Copy Share Image
Write all the time. I believe in writing every day, at least a thousand words a day. We have a strange idea… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
I hold my time with the Black Crowes with the utmost respect and sincerest appreciation. It is a huge swath of my… — Rich Robinson Copy Share Image
I've done a bunch of collaborations where it goes well and you finish it, but then you're kind of like, "I just… — Nick Murphy Copy Share Image
Man, you'd be surprised how much I'm learning - not only about myself, but about the musicians who came before me. You… — Freddie Hubbard Copy Share Image
I’m not saying that maybe there isn’t a kid out there whose behavior hasn’t been influenced by me in some way. I’m… — Pete Doherty Copy Share Image
There's no feeling as a musician better than being on stage, sharing music with strangers. People you have never met, singing along,… — Mike Fontenot Copy Share Image
To be a musician, especially a singer-songwriter - well, you don't do that if you have a thriving social life. You do… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
My parents had chosen the medical profession for me. I even studied a few semesters at St Xavier's College, but at the… — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
Music acts on the whole of the organism like a magic force which suppresses the understanding and irresistibly takes possession of the… — Emile Jaques-Dalcroze Copy Share Image
There's quite an overlap between musicians - especially drummers - who have an affection and a proclivity towards comedy and comedians who… — David Cross Copy Share Image
Angelo Badalamenti brought me into the world of music and that's really what gave me permission to get into it even though… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I'm a spiritual musician, I think there has been enough political musicians and I think everything that can be said has been… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
Being in L.A., it was really hard to find a country writer and producer. I eventually - years of searching - found… — Sasha Pieterse Copy Share Image
I think that's given inspiration to other musicians. I know, particularly through the 90s, a lot of bands would cite Rush as… — Alex Lifeson Copy Share Image
I did not go to art school thinking that I was an artist; I went there mainly doing stage sets for bands.… — Pipilotti Rist Copy Share Image
I was going to be a musician, no matter what it took. I supported myself with blue-collared jobs so I could write… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
So far I've been very, very fortunate because it appears that people like to hear the music I like to play. What… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
I knew I could never be accepted as a straight-ahead jazz musician, nor would Iaccept myself as that. I would never be… — Anthony Davis Copy Share Image
As a musician, you want the music in as many hands as you can get it into. More importantly, I want people… — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
When people ask me how is it I was a musician, I facetiously say that I'm a firm believer in reincarnation and… — George Shearing Copy Share Image
Being able to travel the world is pretty cool. There are places that I've always wanted to go to but being able… — Tinie Tempah Copy Share Image
Buddy Rich was one of the most incredible technicians in the world, on this planet, but the only people he could really… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
When we started making electronic music I imagined that the reaction we got from the rock musicians must have been similar to… — Trevor Horn Copy Share Image
In the end, worship can never be a performance, something you're pretending or putting on. It's got to be an overflow of… — Matt Redman Copy Share Image
Music is a spiritual thing, you don't play with music. If you play with music you will die young. You see, because… — Fela Kuti Copy Share Image
I grew up around music. My father was a professional musician. We used to have a trailer house that we travelled in.… — Timothy B. Schmit Copy Share Image
All music now, I think, is fair game for jazz musicians to interpret, and they have been. I would consider those songs… — Patricia Barber Copy Share Image
I just want to continue developing as a musician. I love playing. I also want to be more involved in composing, doing… — Vinnie Colaiuta Copy Share Image
What people really should be able to be confident in is that the standards of music- making that classically trained musicians present… — Lesley Garrett Copy Share Image
