Able Quote by Cass McCombs

When you play with great musicians, whether they're schooled or self-taught, they keep you on your toes. It comes down to people's personalities and…

— Cass McCombs

I get to work with a lot of great musicians - many I wouldn't have expected to work with - and see how they…

— Hilary Hahn

When you are surrounded by talented musicians, you learn so much from them.

— Sid Sriram

Musicians more than most people are in the moment. That's the dual nature of that job.

— Gail Zappa

The trouble with most musicians today is that they are copycats. Of course you have to start out playing like someone else. You have…

— Lester Young

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

— John Updike

It's amazing to hear proficient musicians play your music. It's a once in a lifetime kind of experience.

— Jonathan Rado

Every time you go in to make a record with the same group of musicians, the communication gets better and better. You've got that…

— Passenger

Some musicians are not great technicians, but they give you a rich point of view.

— Nathan Milstein

Musicians know all about unemployment. You're unemployed a lot, and I think there's a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are…

— Billy Joel

It's a very weird job to have as a musician, because you spend long periods of time alone and then you have to go…

— Angel Deradoorian

The role of the musician is to go from concept to full execution. Put another way, it's to go from understanding the content of…

— Yo-Yo Ma