Musicians Quotes · Page 8

A lot of people assume that musicians are comrades by nature. It's cutthroat like anything else.

— Mike Patton

Conducting is about communication. You don't play any notes, but you communicate with the musicians.

— Andris Nelsons

People want to build musicians into mythical beings.

— PJ Harvey

There have always been huge musicians and poets in Uruguay, but Uruguay is a well-kept secret.

— Steven Sater

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

— Chuck Schuldiner

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

— George Harrison

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

— Kamasi Washington

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

— Eddie Van Halen

I've got lots of friends who are musicians, so if they ask me to do things, I'll go and do it for…

— Kate Moss

When you have the opportunity to make music with great musicians, take it. That's it. That's the only reason I need, really.

— Joss Stone

“I’m forever near a stereo saying, ‘What the fuck is this garbage?’ And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers.”

— Nick Cave

Jazz musicians have always taken the standards of their time and performed them with a jazz sensibility.

— Dianne Reeves

Musicians are so well covered in the press, it would be great to see more outspoken practitioners of green life.

— Jason Mraz

I was singing when I was two years old, and my parents were very supportive, but they weren't musicians themselves.

— John Oates

It's fun for musicians to step into each other's world. It's like different football teams - it's the same game but a…

— Rob Halford

Both my fathers are unconventional. They are like unicorns or wizards. They are musicians through and through. The way they think is…

— Liv Tyler

I do covers for CDs and LPs of music that I like, reissues of old-time music, and then I'm inspired to make…

— Robert Crumb

When you start in any band, I don't think you have any idea as to how long your particular journey is going…

— Rob Halford

The first record I made, when I listen to it, I understand. I understand perfectly well why certain musicians were unhappy with…

— Cecil Taylor

Maybe the idea of being a rockstar or being the one who's recording or playing, sort of doesn't really matter as much…

— Adrian Grenier

Growing up in Chicago, I was a theater nerd. That might be very cool on the East Coast, but in Chicago, it's…

— Johnny Galecki

Orchestras are not used to playing the kind of stuff jazz musicians like to play. It requires a lot of rehearsal and…

— Eberhard Weber

Mum left school at 15, and after a few years of modelling and dating jazz musicians, was married by 21 to my…

— Natascha McElhone

Any musician - I would say 99% of musicians - needs some help along the way. Most people, even if they're self-produced,…

— Washed Out

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

— Jason Isbell

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

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

— Meshell Ndegeocello

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

— Milana May

If we perform the romantic repertoire we need more musicians.

— Neville Marriner

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

— Jennifer Lopez

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

— Fela Kuti

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

— Cass McCombs

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

— Bhushan Kumar

Comedians talk to other comedians the way jazz musicians can talk to each other.

— David Steinberg

“Musicians are artists, as silence is their canvas.”

— Mark Hewer

Texas is a hotbed of insanely good bands and musicians.

— Henry Rollins

It's always been my time. I'm a musician, and musicians are time-less.

— Scarface

Musicians are, by and large, not the most politically savvy crew.

— Ben Shapiro

We all know the record biz don't pay. All musicians have day jobs - no matter how big they are.

— Shawn Amos