Musicians Quotes · Page 5

Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments.

— Benny Goodman

If we perform the romantic repertoire we need more musicians.

— Neville Marriner

When people say 'overnight success' I say 'oooo that was a long night...'

— Milana May

I think all musicians should understand that you have chosen not to be a soldier but a musician.

— Meshell Ndegeocello

I have had a place in New York in the musicians' district on the Upper West Side since 1986.

— Stephen Hough

So much of inspiration comes from collaboration with other musicians.

— Rodney Crowell

We're musicians. We make music for a living. It's that simple. Nothing else matters.

— Eddie Van Halen

As musicians, we have one of the greatest tools of bringing people together in music.

— Kamasi Washington

There are reasons that bands and musicians make demos and outtakes - because they are not good enough to make the record.…

— Mike Patton

With 'Aja,' there was a sort of happy conjunction between our tastes and the backgrounds and styles of studio musicians at the…

— Walter Becker

I've worked with lots of musicians - like Tina Turner - and I love when they go in front of the fitting…

— L'Wren Scott

I grew up with all these old jazz guys in the '70s in L.A., and they grew up idolizing Charlie Parker, Charles…

— Flea

I think our movie, 'Now You See Me,' is an emotional movie rooted in smart and wits and fully amazing actors working…

— Louis Leterrier

The income streams of musicians have all been upstreamed into the pockets of computer corporations. Sound recordings are little more than free…

— Anohni

How do we keep it up? Because that's what we do; we're musicians, and we love to play and make music. And…

— David Bryan

I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck…

— Nat King Cole

Me as a musician helps me in many ways people don't know how it helps me control my anger and attitude. Without…

— Destiny Hope

Recording sessions were stimulating to photograph, because everything was in motion: the subject, the musicians, the technicians and the photographer. You needed…

— Eve Arnold

“Love it or hate it, thrive in it or still getting the hang of it, the recording studio is the place where…

— Loren Weisman

I listen to other guitar players, yeah. It gives me new concepts and shows me where the instrument is going for the…

— George Benson

We have such a high drop-out rate from musicians, said the head of the college. He was right - I dropped out…

— Holly Johnson

My parents loved music, but they weren't musicians. So my musical training as a young kid was limited to piano lessons. I…

— Michael Giacchino

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

I think Spotify is honestly just another one of Sean Parker's ways of ripping musicians off.

— Jason Isbell

Musicians wake up and create a more loving community by creating heavier music.

— Cass McCombs

Classical music gives musicians a kick. But African music gives everyone a kick.

— Fela Kuti

There's no stopping and no limits on what musicians and artists can produce.

— Bhushan Kumar

The bottom line is that musicians love to make music and always will.

— Jennifer Lopez

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.

— Duke Ellington

The best rock musicians are the most exciting people in the world.

— James Daly

The Musicians Hall of Fame is chosen by thousands of your peers. So it's the real thing.

— Dick Dale

I sing, and the musicians kind of fit things around me.

— Aretha Franklin

I don't get starstruck by musicians anymore, but podcasts? I'm a total podcast groupie.

— Phoebe Bridgers

All of these people kept on being professional musicians and composers in the strictest sense.

— James Tenney

The Internet has definitely opened doors and leveled the playing field for musicians.

— Vivian Campbell

Having played with other musicians, I don't even think The Beatles were that good.

— George Harrison

musicians rarely have a sense of humour, at least, about themselves.

— Carolyn Wells

I'm fortunate enough to socialize with some of the greatest musicians around.

— Rick Ross

At all times, musicians are replaceable. Friends are not.

— Chuck Schuldiner