Musicians Quotes · Page 12

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

Successful musicians are entrepreneurs - they work hard, way beyond 9 to 5.

— Jack Conte

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'm big fans of all those musicians, B.B. King, Mick Jagger - they're all on my iPod.

— Trombone Shorty

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

The jazz records come out a lot. You find that with many musicians - we don't listen to our own music for…

— Simon Rattle

My mom was heavily in the arts; my entire family, they're all musicians and draw. They have much more artistic talent than…

— Kendrick Sampson

I try not to become friends with musicians, but life happens and dinner happens and going out happens - it becomes interwoven…

— Ariel Rechtshaid

I would see musicians performing at weddings and bar mitzvahs, and I knew that at the very worst I could do that.

— Scott Storch

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

I do covers for CDs and LPs of music that I like, reissues of old-time music, and then I'm inspired to make…

— Robert Crumb

When you start in any band, I don't think you have any idea as to how long your particular journey is going…

— Rob Halford

The first record I made, when I listen to it, I understand. I understand perfectly well why certain musicians were unhappy with…

— Cecil Taylor

Maybe the idea of being a rockstar or being the one who's recording or playing, sort of doesn't really matter as much…

— Adrian Grenier

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

I've always tried to be a poet more than anything else. I mean, professional musicians die.

— Cecil Taylor

The musicians I really looked up to as a kid were the ones who could play everything.

— Kamasi Washington

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

— Louis Armstrong

A lot of musicians have a tough time hearing what we're doing in a trio format.

— Branford Marsalis

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

Not all musicians believe in god but they all believe in Bach

— Mauricio Kagel

And I'm always interested when other musicians are trying to discover new worlds of sound.

— Karlheinz Stockhausen

The best musicians answer something in you when you don't even know the question.

— Allison Pearson

I believe that intermittent live performance has cut short the writing lives of touring musicians.

— David Berman