Common Quote by Ben Jonson

Music is only a means to an end - it is not the end. The concern is with the condition of man

— Abdullah Ibrahim

It's not music, it's a disease. (on rock'n'roll)

— Mitch Miller

For too long, musicians have been the greatest enemy of music. Their lack of desire to proselytize is a kind of betrayal.

— Charles Hazlewood

Fight the tendency to become complacent and do one kind of music - that is the death of a musician.

— Georg Solti

...If I continued to harbour any hope for music it lay in the expectation that a musician might come who was sufficiently bold, subtle,…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I think that a musician is like a doctor, he's supposed to heal people and make them feel better.

— Steve Turre

If you're a musician and an artist, you don't just stop.

— Siobhan Fahey

If you're a musician, you're a musician; you don't ever get that out of your bones.

— Alex Clare

At the upper echelon of musicians in general, I guess performers in general, you have to have this kind of live-or-die, cutthroat mentality.

— Damien Chazelle

“Resolution. Musicians know all about that, don’t they? Pieces of music seek resolution, have to end on a particular note, or it sounds all…

— Alexander McCall Smith

All of us in the field must remain constantly vigilant and fight against all types of inappropriate and hurtful behavior and continue the essential…

— Andris Nelsons

There is a big, beautiful world that could be destroyed by selfishness and foolishness. We musicians have it within our power to help save…

— Pete Seeger