People don't understand real musicians anymore. Jack White is great - he's the real thing - but he isn't having hits. — Prince Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I used to listen to my Emerson radio late at night under the covers. I started by… — Frankie Valli Copy Share Image
U2 are a great band; they've given us an unbelievable body of work, and all of us musicians owe them at least… — Jimmy Chamberlin Copy Share Image
I think the hardest part for musicians is what a wide gulf of time there is between when you decide to sober… — Laura Jane Grace Copy Share Image
I never tried to emulate The Beatles, and I never really wanted to be like The Rolling Stones. I never really felt… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
I don't know if i have a 'take' on L.A. The music community is enormous, from the studio musicians to the bands… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
There are so many talented Israelis - musicians and actors and everything. — Dennis Lloyd Copy Share Image
You'll find little schools of musicians experimenting with different ways of making music in Brooklyn, all through Manhattan, in Queens, in Jersey,… — Chick Corea Copy Share Image
“Whenever an artist becomes dominated by his own ignorance, his art loses value, for it is only the professional artist that can… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
It costs a lot of money to make an album in a studio in New York with a producer and musicians. I… — Juliana Hatfield Copy Share Image
I love to play. And fortunately, I don't know a lot of musicians that suck. I know a bunch of really good… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
We musicians often get inspiration from films and books or photographs, not only by music. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
Kansas City, I would say, did more for jazz music, black music, than any other influence at all. Almost all their joints… — Jesse Stone Copy Share Image
The thing I like about 'Nashville,' it just happens to be about musicians, and all the music is practical, meaning it's performed… — Will Chase Copy Share Image
There's a bit of a new guard of contemporary classical musicians in New York, and we play a lot of different kinds… — Caroline Shaw Copy Share Image
Writing songs with Brian and performing them with Al Jardine, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, David Marks, Bruce Johnston and many other brilliant… — Mike Love Copy Share Image
I don't know why I keep saying this, and I don't know why I keep using their names... And I'm not dogging… — Sharon Jones Copy Share Image
There seems to be an inclination among rock musicians to be very carefree with money, but I negotiate the best flight and… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
I was working with another major label after Warner Bros, and they were telling me who to hire as musicians, what kind… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
Musicians keep playing when the lights go out, when people are suffering, confused, or angry. — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
All it takes to become president is money and a certain kind of power. Being president is the first thing I can… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
I personally feel like the end product is always better when you can make a collective. It's like a band. You can… — Nahnatchka Khan Copy Share Image
I've always tried to be a poet more than anything else. I mean, professional musicians die. — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
