I'm a comedian, and the other comedians are played by comedians, the same way that in 'Once' there are the musicians that… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I think that musicians should never forget about the intimacy of bringing two people together, and the aesthetic transference where you're almost… — Joe Williams Copy Share Image
You had many jazz musicians who lived in the United States, who had a hard time being accepted over here and had… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
Film is the only art form where we feel we have to title our stuff literally. Musicians don't have to title their… — Sean Baker Copy Share Image
Sometimes the simplest forms of music are the hardest to play. Especially for musicians that are accomplished. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
When I work with different musicians, I draw a lot of things from them, and that has really expanded my musical thinking. — Shruti Haasan Copy Share Image
I would love to do a serious period drama. Oh, absolutely. I mean, you'll find most comedians want to do more serious… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
It's one thing to be recognized by your peers over the course of your career, but the Grammy is something else altogether.… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
I had a lot of older musicians looking out for me, teaching me, and showing me things when they saw how interested… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I don't have a family that grew up singing and playing all the time. I didn't really have anything to judge my… — Van Hunt Copy Share Image
My big brother Ryan was funny and unfailingly kind. He was one of the most talented musicians you might encounte, and had… — Rachel Hollis Copy Share Image
For most artists, you take what you have and who you are, and then you expand on it to make it more… — Tinashe Copy Share Image
We're incredibly excited to be launching Communion in America, where not only are there literally thousands of excellent musicians that we want… — Ben Lovett Copy Share Image
We're doing all the shows as an eight-piece band. There's so many different kinds of palettes for each film that we've had… — Stuart A. Staples Copy Share Image
“Traditions that cease to evolve render themselves irrelevant or obsolete. And what's the problem with inventing new performance practices? Are customs being… — David Cutler Copy Share Image
As a child I'd sit at dinner parties with artists, authors and musicians, some of the best people in their fields. I… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
No one told Miles Davis or BB King to pack it in. John Lee Hooker played literally up to the day he… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
The old generation music is building the university for teaching the lessons the new generation music is building the kindergarten for painting… — Black Son Beats Copy Share Image
We are in the entertainment business. This should be fun. We are musicians; we don't save lives. We shouldn't... we shouldn't take… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
I think musicians are always very generous in promoting anything good they hear. It's just kind of in our nature. — Emmylou Harris Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to sound mean spirited, but I honestly don't know of many successful musicians who get that excited about other… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
It has been an honor to paint on stage and have my art grace the albums and stage sets of renowned musicians. — Alex Grey Copy Share Image
Bobby Darin was one of the first to take black musicians on the road with his band, and there were places that… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
Jazz musicians have always taken the standards of their time and performed them with a jazz sensibility. — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
“I’m forever near a stereo saying, ‘What the fuck is this garbage?’ And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers.” — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
When you have the opportunity to make music with great musicians, take it. That's it. That's the only reason I need, really. — Joss Stone Copy Share Image
My mother's a singer and my mother's father is a singer, and everyone on both sides are all country-western bluegrass musicians. — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
I've got lots of friends who are musicians, so if they ask me to do things, I'll go and do it for… — Kate Moss Copy Share Image
I get to work with a lot of great musicians - many I wouldn't have expected to work with - and see… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky were not classical musicians while they were alive and active, they were the rock stars of their… — Seymour Stein Copy Share Image
I met Les Paul when I was about 5. I was taken to see him perform and the place was sold out,… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
Way before musicians and actors cornered the market on misbehavior, writers were flooding hotel rooms and testing their livers' upper limits. — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
Generally, musicians find that as they get older, their popularity starts to wane. Pre-Covid, however, I was going through a good phase… — Paul Young Copy Share Image
Kings had their clowns, the people their actors and musicians. Shakespeare was scheduled as a servant. It is thus that successful stupidity… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Both my fathers are unconventional. They are like unicorns or wizards. They are musicians through and through. The way they think is… — Liv Tyler Copy Share Image
I've never understood musicians who don't enjoy doing promotional interviews. I just can't believe it. I always think, 'Your life must have… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
Musicians are so well covered in the press, it would be great to see more outspoken practitioners of green life. — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I was singing when I was two years old, and my parents were very supportive, but they weren't musicians themselves. — John Oates Copy Share Image
It's fun for musicians to step into each other's world. It's like different football teams - it's the same game but a… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
