I think by the time I finished college I was calling myself a professional because I was, you know. I was making… — Terry Bozzio Copy Share Image
It's funny, because I had no intention of being in a band because I was so shy. But I loved playing music… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
I just started playing music on the street and walking around with a fiddle, and I think that's kind of when I… — Frank Fairfield Copy Share Image
My siblings weren't playing music; I was the only one who wanted to buy a guitar and was listening on headphones the… — Adam Granduciel Copy Share Image
When I started playing music, people weren't selling 5 million records. That was not the standard; that was not the focus. — Prince Copy Share Image
I started playing music when I was really young. I didn't start off on guitar because I couldn't fit my hands around… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
I wouldn't do anything else [besides acting], for sure. If I did, it would be music or some other pursuit in this… — Dermot Mulroney Copy Share Image
I went to engineering school, I went to physics class. I said, 'Screw this, I don't want to be here. I'd much… — Huey Lewis Copy Share Image
Allan had come down wanting to do some sort of crucial music and I'd been involved in so-called Art Music and wanted… — Jamie Muir Copy Share Image
My family was always playing music; I always enjoyed it. My cousin, who is a little older than me, he started playing… — Kurt Vile Copy Share Image
It's funny, I played a social gig once - we were playing music that was rhythm based, but it was going in… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
Many, many years ago, I was one of the few conductors who talked to the audience and now a lot of classical… — Marvin Hamlisch Copy Share Image
You've got to look at yourself as what I call a lifer. You're going to be out there playing music your whole… — Perry Farrell Copy Share Image
It's really hard to maintain a band as a democracy. Again, I think there's been a shift. There's a lot of emphasis… — Ed Droste Copy Share Image
After I found out that I was playing music and that I'd have to learn how to read and write music, I… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
Looking back on it, now I can identify the points in my life when I wasn't playing, and music - and didn't… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
Nobody is playing music like this, like the Allman Brothers, and there's still a lot of fans out there, so that's what… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
Playing music in front of thousands of people never bothered me. It was only when I started putting on magic shows in… — David Lovering Copy Share Image
I spent my youth playing music, and I worked a lot in New Jersey and New York clubs. At 18, I worked… — Frank Vincent Copy Share Image
Music wasn't forced on me [in my childhood]. It was something I wanted to do. And ever since, I've never stopped, I've… — John Legend Copy Share Image
I was kind of thrown into - I didn't expect to do this for a living, being a recording artist. I was… — John Prine Copy Share Image
When you commit to being a musician, I don't think you're really sure or care about when you're going to pay the… — Adam Levine Copy Share Image
I'm not supposed to be playing, the music is supposed to be playing me. I'm just supposed to be standing there with… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
I'm probably never happier than when I'm by myself in the water. What I've worked and sacrificed for is not to be… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
When I first started playing music in 1955, there was just a small body of people that knew it. It was a… — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
I've mostly been focusing on writing, and I've really enjoyed not playing music. It will always be part of my life, but… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I'm actually not an exhibitionist at all. When you get onstage and you get under the lights playing music, I feel more… — Tim McGraw Copy Share Image
What better job is there? There is no better job. You're actually getting out and playing music, and hopefully making a couple… — Alex Rogers Copy Share Image
I started playing music when I was about six and didn't discover Indian classical music until I was fifteen. So, essentially, I… — Adnan Sami Copy Share Image
Playing music for as long as I had been playing music and then getting a shot at making a record and at… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
We started playing music from an early age and so we wasn't really aware of that side of it, the weird thing… — Ville Valo Copy Share Image
I enjoy playing the band as the band. I 'be' the whole band and I'm playing the drums, I'm playing the guitar,… — Chick Corea Copy Share Image
I kind of just got right into playing music because I could kind of stop thinking when I was concentrating on playing… — Tash Sultana Copy Share Image
I can't imagine being sixty years of age and playing music I wrote when I was in my twenties. I would rather… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I don’t think it’s important who I am. I really like playing music, but I don’t really want to be anything in… — Elliott Smith Copy Share Image
The moment you start to talk about playing music, you destroy music. It cannot be talked about. It can only be played,… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I always liked having a good time. I got into this business because I got fired from any job I ever had… — Jerry Jeff Walker Copy Share Image
I just like playing music and doing it with people that I care about. It doesn't really matter where. It's like, 'Why… — Josh Klinghoffer Copy Share Image
I like playing music because it's a good living and I get satisfaction from it. But I can't feed my family with… — James Hetfield Copy Share Image
I've been playing music all my life, from being a choir soloist at Symphony Hall as a youngster to playing in bands… — Arthur Godfrey Copy Share Image
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