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The best musicians are not the best players, they're the best listeners.

— Pat Metheny

The best artists are people who don't consider themselves artists, and the people who do are usually the most pretentious and annoying. They've got…

— Aphex Twin

I've never really considered myself a musician.

— Willam Belli

I don't consider myself a musician. I'm an artist.

— M.I.A

Musical talent is maybe something, but there are no unmusical people. You're moved by music. It's total rubbish to say, "Oh, I'm unmusical." It…

— Igor Levit

There are some people who are just plain great at making music. That's not who I am.

— James Murphy

Artists have no less talents than ever, their taste, their vision, their sentiment are often interesting; they are mighty in their independence and feeble…

— George Santayana

When you are so strongly drawn to music, you can't not be a musician.

— Debbie Davies

Musicians are like politicians. They're the last people who should be making music, just like politicians are the last people who should be running…

— Nigel Godrich

There's no difference in a lot of people's minds between good musicians and popular musicians.

— Dweezil Zappa

Musicians are like a preacher, a teacher, an actor. You are the mediator who can transfer the energy of beautiful music to the others.

— Demis Roussos

Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like

— John Zorn