Ambition Quote by Al Kooper

The [Bob] Dylan sessions were very disorganized, to say the least. I mean, the "Like A Rolling Stone" session I was invited by the…

— Al Kooper

Somebody had to be Bob Dylan. I guess I was best equipped to do the job.

— Bob Dylan

I'm in a position I never imagined I'd be in as a musician. Bob Dylan built an audience through recording and live shows. The…

— Ben Sollee

I loved working with Bob Dylan.

— Benmont Tench

Sometimes I wish I had taken the Bob Dylan route and sang songs where my voice would not go out on me every night,…

— Kurt Cobain

The only way I was allowed to play was by convincing bands to let me do a few songs while they set up. That…

— Beck

When I did it, I was a starving musician in London in a basement flat, but a simple tune with the right singer or…

— Mick Ralphs

The only intention I've ever had creatively, as a musician, is to be as different from myself as possible.

— Jack Garratt

I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could.

— James Taylor

Being a professional musician always felt like such a dream thing to do, so it took a while for me to really go after…

— Ellie Rowsell

Being a musician was not my choice; it was really a God-ordained thing, so I'm still passionately chasing after the pursuit of that whole…

— Philip Bailey

Creating a record on my own and deciding who plays and how the songs were structured, it was fun to do.

— Matt Skiba