I realized that improvisers should probably always have time off. But musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop… — Keith Jarrett Copy Share Image
Conductors make too much fuss about conductors! Humility and hard work are virtues. We're nothing without our musicians. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
There is so much talent in the country, and not all of that necessarily is confined to Bollywood. There are some great… — Shankar Mahadevan Copy Share Image
There is a big, beautiful world that could be destroyed by selfishness and foolishness. We musicians have it within our power to… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
A lot of musicians put diamonds on things to show they had money. I on the other had felt that Daytona showed… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
Lots of musicians from non-filmi backgrounds and from independent bands are making it to mainstream cinema. Even the music directors are experimenting… — Shankar Mahadevan Copy Share Image
Music moves forward so quickly; music is an accumulation of knowledge, and musicians keep getting better and better. — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
People need to put my music in a perspective where they use other established artists from the past, and almost all the… — Sondre Lerche Copy Share Image
It's a weird thing where, especially in jazz, you have to totally mention cutting sessions and people one-upping each other and people… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
I do value the respect I get from my contemporaries, but to have Oasis cover my song, to have Puff Daddy cover… — David Bowie 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 can't get very excited about a musician who can do Art Tatum because I've got the Art Tatum records. I want… — Gary Giddins Copy Share Image
I love live performance and have huge admiration for people who can really do it. It's the same with music: I'll play… — Helen McCrory Copy Share Image
“… A wonderful collection of truths, and almost all are inconvenient’. ‘… Something here to offend everyone’. ‘… Everything from burlesque to… — Patrick Brislan Copy Share Image
A great conductor is an alchemical force: someone who can absorb the historical weight of a famous melody, the expectations of an… — Sue Perkins Copy Share Image
Users socialize to figure out what they're going to do on the weekend. They use MySpace to discover new music and post… — Chris DeWolfe Copy Share Image
I think my music has always been a mixture, depending on whom I'm working with - what band, what musicians, what producer. — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
I know too many musicians that have to tour on the same 10 songs, and they burn out. They get back to… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
I played with so many musicians and some of the musicians would have something I want. I steal a lot of them,… — David Edwards Copy Share Image
My musical education started in the limelight, because I found myself surrounded by real musicians, but after my career had taken off. — John Lurie Copy Share Image
Jazz scares me. I've witnessed so many incredible singers and jazz musicians. Pop and soul music have always been the things that… — Sam Smith Copy Share Image
I love working with different musicians in the studio, that's a real joy working with someone for the first time. — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
A lot of electronic musicians probably wouldn't be bothered making an album, which strategically makes total sense. — Mura Masa Copy Share Image
“So many important New York musicians were gay, one wit dubbed the American Composers League the Homintern.” — Charles Kaiser Copy Share Image
“Marketing is so powerful that it can make even an extremely untalented musician a one-hundred-hits wonder.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I think that what trips up a lot of great musicians is that they become involved with too many things that aren't… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
I know colors like some people know a melody. And the tunes of my favorite musicians energizes me when I work. — Peter Max Copy Share Image
The music industry is dominated by guys. I work with men 98 percent of the time - producers, arrangers, musicians, engineers. — Shakira Copy Share Image
I honestly haven't thought much about what to play and where, perhaps i should...it seems like most musicians are better at that… — Moby Copy Share Image
It caught us by surprise when people started calling us a boy band because we'd always considered ourselves pretty serious musicians. — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
My intention now, more than anything, is to promote kids and deserving musicians. Because the time I've seen, I want them to… — Atif Aslam Copy Share Image
We really broke down some doors for women and for musicians in general. It was just go out and form a band… — Charlotte Caffey Copy Share Image
It's amazing to hear proficient musicians play your music. It's a once in a lifetime kind of experience. — Jonathan Rado Copy Share Image
Electronic musicians are quite like writers or painters. They are quite isolated in their home studios. We often don't have that the… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
My father was the proprietor of a music shop on Forty-third Street, where many of the finest performers and musicians of the… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
I started to listen to Japanese jazz musicians when I went to high school. Some people I listened to were Yosuke Yamashita,… — Hiromi Copy Share Image
There's all these musicians in the world, and anybody that takes enough time to create a record or even think about the… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
Musician: HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING TONIGHT?! *runs up on stage* *grabs mic* I'M ALRIGHT ALTHOUGH I COULD GO FOR A DOUBLE CHEESE CHICKEN… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Surrounding myself with people I enjoy being with made the sessions effortless. Everyone came prepared and ready to play. All were great… — Stanley Clarke Copy Share Image
I always tell people that, just to be a bad jazz musician, you have to be better than most musicians. The worst… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
