Musicians Quotes · Page 9

You know, musicians aren't very stable, in case you hadn't noticed.

— Josh Silver

I've met a lot of jazz musicians in my day, and they're all funny.

— Tommy Chong

There are a lot of classical musicians in my family, so I grew up with that being kind of normal.

— Hildur Gudnadottir

When I want 30 musicians in the orchestra, I get 30.

— Les Baxter

We're not going to be the coolest rock stars in the world. We're trying to be good musicians.

— Eddie Vedder

I think most musicians know if they make the same record twice, even if they say they don't.

— Stephen Malkmus

They weren't musicians or anything, but my dad was a big music fan and so was my mom.

— Uncle Kracker

Serious musicians are finding it harder and harder to have a voice in the world of music these days.

— Kevin Eubanks

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

I like the idea of being a student, and I play with very good musicians. So playing with them allows me to…

— Jeff Goldblum

Reality sucks. The world is a cancer, and s**ts so bad it's scary. Everything's filthy. But you know what? One day it's…

— Mitch Lucker

The best musicians or sound-artists are people who never considered themselves to be artists or musicians.

— Anonymous

You see so many musicians come and go. For me, it's really about the longevity in the music industry. It's not all…

— Mustard

I love music with my soul, but I'm also a student of it, so it's very important to me to earn the…

— Lari White

Growing up, I was always around adult musicians who played for their entire lives. So that's what I wanted to do, and…

— Steve Miller

I'm sure there's a subconscious 'go for it' thing with turning 50. You want to do as much as possible and there…

— Paul Weller

It's not an accident that musicians become musicians and engineers become engineers: it's what they're born to do. If you can tune…

— Jack Canfield

The record company started as an adjunct to that, to give young composers their first recorded performances; to give young musicians their…

— Gunther Schuller

There are plenty of millionaires who would pay millions to hang a Van Gogh painting on the wall, but hardly one that…

— Derek Sivers

The only problem is, that the musicians, the guys, their careers can go from the time they're 18 'till they're 50 years…

— Gina Schock

There has to be an interaction of musicians on stage. Otherwise I feel too alone up there. When performing is really good,…

— Dave Gahan

Many of us writers tour like a literary Bachman Turner Overdrive. We ain't pretty, but we're on the road. Many of us…

— Luis Alberto Urrea

In my eyes, I think it's important that if you're doing something you're proud of and that is genuine and authentic, you…

— Chet Faker

Oberst is one of those musicians that some people hate in a visceral, biological way.

— Ben Dolnick

The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did.

— Wynton Marsalis

What I look for in musicians is a sense of infinity.

— Pat Metheny

Musicians have been political literally since people were writing songs.

— Maggie Rogers

“Artists make normal songs. Then Radio stations, TV and DJ’s turn those normal songs into hits”

— De philosopher DJ Kyos

I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts.

— Hazel Scott

“They all believed in him because of the authenticity of his musical talent and his faith in it.”

— Amit Kalantri

My family is filled with amazingly talented painters, musicians, vocalists.

— Mya

The older I get, the more I think birds are the best musicians on the planet.

— Brian Reitzell

Rod's always been a keen sportsman, so he didn't live as excessive a life as some musicians.

— Penny Lancaster

I'll never sell my soul for a chance of being rich cuz if it wasn't for God my talent wouldn't exist…

— OG THE REALEST

We do try to be entertainers, but we're musicians first, and we try to showcase the music.

— Rick Nielsen

Musicians are very mysterious and wonderful people to me; I don't know how they do it.

— John Updike

Had I children, my utmost endeavors would be to make them musicians.

— Horace Walpole

You're My Escape When I'm Stuck In This Small Town, I Turn You Up Whenever I Feel Down.

— Simple Plan

A lot of the way I sing is playing off other musicians. It's what I love to do the most.

— Gloria Estefan