Musicians Quotes · Page 10

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

— Kamasi Washington

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

— Trombone Shorty

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

— Pat Metheny

“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

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

Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general.

— Lionel Hampton

I don't have to compete in the charts. I can just be myself as a musician, a songwriter and play with the…

— Elton John

I think that the world is full of really, really good musicians, but that's not necessarily my motivation for having people involved.…

— Devin Townsend

I'm thrilled when I hear the greatest jazz musicians. They continue to search in ways other musicians do not.

— Kurt Elling

The thing with me. I can't stick musicians. I've thought about this. I can't stand them, and being stuck in a studio…

— Mark E. Smith

Yeah, you'd be surprised how many well known musicians have regular jobs. And yes, I'm a machinist. That's how I made my…

— Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein

I signed at Sony and suddenly they've started to take an interest in Israeli musicians and to listen more, and I send…

— Dennis Lloyd

Some artists and indie musicians see Spotify fairly positively - as a way of getting noticed, of getting your music out there…

— David Byrne

The best thing about a platform like YouTube is that it helps musicians all around the world to reach such a vast…

— Tiffany Hwang

As we grow up we learn that even the person that wasn't suppose to ever let you down you down probably will.…

— Andy

What I envy about musicians is, they have this more direct relationship with the audience. They don't have to go through words.…

— Jeff VanderMeer

I remember recording with Johnny Sandlin at his place right outside Muscle Shoals and he turned me on to a lot of…

— Derek Trucks

The beauty of recording in L.A. is that most of the musicians that are on the record live here, so it was…

— Jeffrey Osborne

I definitely learned to communicate with other musicians better. I used to feel so intimidated by guys who can read notes, like,…

— Flying Lotus

I started off playing by ear, and being around a bunch of musicians and playing in the streets and in the different…

— Troy Andrews

I have a feeling a lot of the records I grew up listening to and the records I still like, as hard…

— Chino Moreno

Well I'm a third-generation musician. My Grandfather's a musician and my father and mother were both musicians and so I'm a musician.…

— Sam Rivers

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

— Mike McCready

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

— Jack Bruce

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

— Les Baxter

The battle over Napster has divided musicians and industry officials.

— Parker Conrad

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

— Prince

Hopefully, I can stay around a lot of young musicians and feed off of them.

— Trombone Shorty

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

— Kenny Werner

I am getting to work with some good musicians, artistes, and composers.

— Mohit Chauhan

Passionate musicians only come from passionate five-year-olds.

— Simon Rattle

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

— David Berman

I loved Art Tatum! And, through him, and other different jazz musicians, I actually found my technique.

— Tony Bennett

It's Nights Like These Where I Wish I Said 'Don't Go'.

— Mayday Parade

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

— Mauricio Kagel

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

— Killer Mike

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

— Allison Pearson

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

— Karlheinz Stockhausen