Great Musician Quotes

32 Great Musician quotes by 29 unique authors

You can't make a great musician or a great photographer if the magic isn't there. — Eve Arnold
I assure you that I work with these people. I sometimes award them with state prizes or decorations for their achievements in various fields. We… — Vladimir Putin
I feel very honored to be playing with Bill Pierce. He's such a great musician. — Kevin Eubanks
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
Growing around great musicians, you just can't help it. I identified with it immediately. It was something that was so natural to me that when… — Whitney Houston
Dude, if you want to be a great musician, you have to try heroin. You'll see. It's like being back in the womb. — Dave Mustaine
Kenny Burrell is a great musician and his music has helped to make me what I am today. — Stevie Wonder
I did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them. — Cecilia Bartoli
Deftones is always my main focus. I’ve been doing it the longest and it’s definitely a priority. I think of these as projects. It’s not… — Chino Moreno
Jonathan Kreisberg is a great musician whose playing and writing always tell a story. His formidable technique and intellect never get in the way, but… — Joe Locke
We're not like a nostalgia act, or the normal classic rock act - we're a really good musical organization, ... You're going to hear some… — Steve Miller
Surrounding myself with people I enjoy being with made the sessions effortless. Everyone came prepared and ready to play. All were great musicians and they… — Stanley Clarke
THE GODS was my first professional band and I learned a lot during that time. It was very cool playing with so many great musicians… — Ken Hensley
If you strive to become a good human being with the qualities of generosity, humility and having reverence for life...just maybe you'll become a great… — Charlie Haden
When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great musician. When he… — Wynton Marsalis
The world has lost a great musician who will always be an inspiration to me and those at OBEY GIANT. — Shepard Fairey
In my view a jazz musician is a great musician — Michael Parkinson
For about seven years. I really like it there. There are a lot of great musicians. The scene is very open. A lot of stuff… — John Zorn
I've been asked why does Ireland produce so many great musicians, and the answer is it doesn't. When you count the great musicians Ireland has… — Roddy Doyle
I think that what trips up a lot of great musicians is that they become involved with too many things that aren't where their strengths… — Will Oldham
There have been many great musicians that, Clifford Brown is one great example, I mean he died very early, 25. — Sonny Rollins
I'm always going to get more of a charge playing Chicago than I will Duluth or some place like that. Just because of the history… — Matt Cameron
People need to put my music in a perspective where they use other established artists from the past, and almost all the names I see… — Sondre Lerche
Pablo Casals is a great musician in all he does: a cellist without equal, and extraordinary conductor and composer with something to say. I have… — Albert Schweitzer
It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He's aware of where he… — Arnold Palmer

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