Musicians Quotes
854 quotes by 657 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 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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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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All rock musicians are deaf... Or insensitive to mellow sounds.
— Marc Bolan
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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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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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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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The wage for most musicians is a modest amount, and that includes me some of the time.
— David Byrne
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Musicians are at the bottom of the creative pyramid and authors are at the top, and many people think it's unacceptable for someone to attempt…
— Nick Cave
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I'm not a big fan of lead vocalists, people who sing but don't play. I never wanted to be in a band where the guy…
— Eric Clapton
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I try not to date musicians. It's all I've dated. Every guy I've dated is a musician. Obviously, it's not working.
— Kelly Clarkson
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I'm the perfect amount of guarded. I don't reveal too much, and I never reveal who the songs are about. They are real life. People…
— Kelly Clarkson
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I've dated a couple of guys who were awesome, and the celebrity part of my life and the traveling part are hard to get around.…
— Kelly Clarkson
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When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of…
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Musicians from the beginning of time have been there to express the mood and the musical feelings in the air for whatever's going on in…
— Trey Anastasio
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