Musician Quotes
1450 Musician quotes by 976 unique authors
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Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.
— Louis Armstrong
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The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician.
— Louis Armstrong
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The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.
— Roy Ayers
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I have a buddy of mine who's a musician, and I play guitar and sing quite a bit with him.
— Jensen Ackles
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My brother is the lifelong musician; he made the choice to do that when we were very, very young kids. I remember him playing in…
— Kevin Bacon
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The kind of music or the kind of arrangements that I do, the kind of musicians I choose, is just what I like to hear.
— Erykah Badu
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A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing.
— Travis Barker
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I like having my hair and face done, but I'm not going to lose weight because someone tells me to. I make music to be…
— Adele
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Being a musician is very easy. My house is full of musical instruments. There's a lot of music, always.
— Bjork
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All rock musicians are deaf... Or insensitive to mellow sounds.
— Marc Bolan
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I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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As a musician and a songwriter, it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in your point of…
— Bono
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I went through all the musicians in my life who I admire as bright, intelligent, virtuosic players.
— David Bowie
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To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that I've worked with have done…
— David Bowie
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I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won't believe how many musicians are sports fans. We…
— Garth Brooks
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I would love to interview Dave Grohl. I just think he's an amazing musician, and I grew up listening to Nirvana, so I have so…
— Malin Akerman
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Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist…
— Dave Brubeck
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The worst thing about the life of a jazz musician on the road is getting to the gig. Once you're there and playing, it's marvelous.
— Dave Brubeck
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My parents were opera singers and voice teachers, so growing up, I admired musicians and dancers.
— Sandra Bullock
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I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things…
— Carol Burnett
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I try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but it's a lot more fun hanging out with musicians and friends,…
— David Byrne
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I resent the implication that I'm less of a musician and a worse person for not appreciating certain works.
— David Byrne
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The wage for most musicians is a modest amount, and that includes me some of the time.
— David Byrne
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I'm a musician. I play instruments. I dabble in the hip-hop field. That doesn't take vocal ability necessarily.
— Nick Cannon
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A rock musician's career is short-lived. To extend it, you need to do other things to keep yourself fresh.
— Nick Cave
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