Musicians Quotes · Page 6

Musicians tell me, if what I'm doing is right, they should never have gone to school.

— Ornette Coleman

We want MySpace users to connect with celebrities in the same way that they do with musicians.

— Tom Anderson

Musicians have to suffer to a certain degree in order to obtain their outlet.

— Chico Hamilton

What we should be doing as musicians is trying to bring people together.

— Elton John

Sometimes, musicians worry too much about how beautifully they are playing.

— Simon Rattle

It's embarrassing sometimes, the way actors or musicians sometimes get made untouchable.

— Cillian Murphy

And it's a lot harder to hide with four musicians than it is with eight.

— Valerie Simpson

I went through all the musicians in my life who I admire as bright, intelligent, virtuosic players.

— David Bowie

There are not many musicians from India who are working internationally in pop. My aim is to change that and show the…

— Ananya Birla

None of my kids want to be actors. They are actually very interested in being musicians. I think they like the process…

— Angelina Jolie

I was about to leave L.A. because I didn't find enough soul in the musicians. Back in Virginia, it was just leaking…

— Masego

There's a kind of intimacy that can happen between musicians, and if they're people you enjoy and respect as humans, that intimacy…

— Sunny Ozell

Certain jazz musicians just copy what was done 100 years ago. The music won't grow if nobody takes a risk.

— Trombone Shorty

As an audience member, I like the sound of something that's been written - I like it to sound written. And then,…

— Aaron Sorkin

I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when I was 13. What kept me going was knowing that so many other musicians like…

— Jimmie Allen

The world that I know and the world that I come from is from the arts, and my wife's an artist, and…

— Johnny Flynn

If you ever go to a music session, you'll notice that the musicians can sit down and start playing right away, and…

— Clint Eastwood

Maybe other musicians are interested in different things, maybe they have greater monetary concerns. I hear people who have not changed, who…

— Alice Coltrane

Peter Crouch has been my hero for fifteen years, Maya Jama is a superstar and I am a mild-mannered bandleader with a…

— Alex Horne

The sacrifice musicians make, the results they achieve are fantastic. These are the big people as far as I am concerned. So…

— Bruno Sammartino

If you look at anyone at the top of their profession, there has to be something a little bit different. Some of…

— Anonymous

Everything has changed since I started recording in 1972. But the very things that have opened this industry, like the digital platforms…

— Jeffrey Osborne

We all kind of dreamed about being musicians, but the narrative around being a musician is it'll never happen to you. It's…

— Clairo

For sure there's that old stigma, like the joke: 'What do you call a guy who hangs around with musicians? A drummer.'…

— Josh Freese

I surround myself with incredible musicians who inspire me to always do my best.

— Mike Portnoy

I've got a band that I tour with, and they're not session musicians; they're my friends.

— Sam Fender

Musicians burn through more cash than the Federal Reserve.

— Shawn Amos

In other words, musicians know that going back to the Spoonful, what we were doing was not copying.

— John Sebastian

I don't really collect guitars like some musicians do.

— Tom Curren

Who needs friends when you have musicians who'll never know you exist...

— Anonymous

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.

— Kenneth Rexroth

It's so important which musicians we choose for being in the orchestra.

— Andris Nelsons

Symphony musicians are not trained in improvising, certainly not in a jazz style.

— Gunther Schuller

I come from a town of great musicians: Washington, D.C. It's no joke, that history.

— Henry Rollins

I like to share my metal with other musicians. It's very cool.

— Max Cavalera

I think a lot of musicians and artists are really one that really only have one trick.

— Christian Scott

[Too many musicians are] too involved with doing and not listening.

— Ray Still

Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.

— Eddie Van Halen

A good song is a good song, and good musicians can play all different styles.

— John Doe

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— Black Son Beats