Musicians Quotes · Page 11

Backup dancers are completely respectable. They're the studio musicians of dance.

— Mike Birbiglia

Well, remember that we were all members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.

— Joseph Jarman

You know, musicians aren't very stable, in case you hadn't noticed.

— Josh Silver

I've met a lot of jazz musicians in my day, and they're all funny.

— Tommy Chong

The hardest thing with musicians is getting them not to play.

— Prince

“A quiet mind allows the artist to tap into the wellspring of Divine Music within.”

— Kenny Werner

The battle over Napster has divided musicians and industry officials.

— Parker Conrad

Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.

— Jack Bruce

“Nard and I thought it over and came up with some answers via 'band logic,' not to be confused with actual logic.”

— Nile Rodgers

I lost myself inside a drunken kiss and I; all I ever wanted was to walk you home; Save the sad song…

— Mayday Parade

A lot of young musicians in Stockholm are about keeping tradition alive and moving it forward at the same time.

— Neneh Cherry

I had a lot of Bengali friends in Delhi. The bands there had Bengali musicians: for example, Indian Ocean. We use to…

— Mohit Chauhan

I like the sounds of real, living, breathing musicians. When a real person plays something, there's a soul. They're giving you their…

— Michael Giacchino

“Dave walked closer to me, his dark eyes combing my every move. "Do you always hold your guitar like that?" I dropped…

— Tara Kelly

I mean, roots musicians - we can get old, you know? We can get up there and wear overalls and deliver the…

— Valerie June

I loved teaching and directing choral activities at BYU, but nothing surpasses working with the MTC musicians.

— Mack Wilberg

Growing up in Chicago, I was a theater nerd. That might be very cool on the East Coast, but in Chicago, it's…

— Johnny Galecki

When I was a kid, I used to listen to my Emerson radio late at night under the covers. I started by…

— Frankie Valli

Jazz music and, more specifically, jazz musicians, are my artistic heroes. I want to be the Thelonious Monk of acting. He had…

— Trevor St. John

Mum left school at 15, and after a few years of modelling and dating jazz musicians, was married by 21 to my…

— Natascha McElhone

Orchestras are not used to playing the kind of stuff jazz musicians like to play. It requires a lot of rehearsal and…

— Eberhard Weber

I don't know what's more embarrassing, these musicians and actors talking about politics in interviews or the media actually giving them credibility…

— Paul Stanley

Yes, I was on the cover of 'Vogue,' but girls on the cover of 'Vogue' are the most scared of rejection. Models…

— Jasmine Guinness

Any musician - I would say 99% of musicians - needs some help along the way. Most people, even if they're self-produced,…

— Washed Out

Actors want to be musicians, and musicians want to be baseball players.

— Mike McCready

I don't try to make 15 musicians sound like two each.

— Les Baxter

Musicians exist independent of any of the marketing terms or the categorization.

— Dwight Yoakam

“Goliath was the best thing that ever happened to David”

— Carla Lynne Hall

“Once when asked how I would like to be remembered, I answered, "As someone who opened doors.”

— Dave Brubeck

I love the idea of having a beer with a lot of the musicians I admire.

— Taylor Goldsmith

So many people I was at school with have all ended up being musicians and putting records out.

— Kieran Hebden

I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young

— Pat Metheny

Musicians can travel all over the world and have an audience, because there's no language barrier.

— Tommy Chong

Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.

— Louis Armstrong

I have to continue to make the older musicians proud and brush up on my skills.

— Trombone Shorty

If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.

— Zubin Mehta

There's no difference in a lot of people's minds between good musicians and popular musicians.

— Dweezil Zappa

“You are lyricist, me a composer - you and I make a complete song.”

— Alexandra Monir

I'm not a complete moron like most musicians whom I've met.

— Chrissie Hynde

I've been a music fan all my life, and you know the difference when the musicians care.

— Killer Mike