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112 Playing Music quotes by 102 unique authors

Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music. — Bill Laswell
I've been playing music all my life, from being a choir soloist at Symphony Hall as a youngster to playing in bands through high school… — Arthur Godfrey
There's such a cynicism about the phrase 'I laughed all the way to the bank.' It's as though money is what you're doing, rather than… — Artie Shaw
I just thank God I can make a living doing something I enjoy as much as I do playing music. — Charlie Daniels
My health is wonderful. I work out. I'm working. Playing music. I have a beautiful wife, a nice home, a nice car, I got money… — Steven Adler
Going out and playing music - that's what I do. I don't do much else. — Dave Grohl
When I started DJ'ing, it was no big thing. There was no money in DJ'ing, and you did it purely for the love of playing… — Paul Oakenfold
When I tour I'm going to countries to play music for people. My presence in a country is not an endorsement or a condemnation of… — Moby
If I'm not on tour or in the studio, I'm in nature somewhere, usually some kind of ocean. Playing music has afforded me that. It's… — Eddie Vedder
I hated teaching composition. I was playing music I didn't particularly want to play, being on committees I didn't want to be on. — Richard Rodney Bennett
I'm not stupid enough to want to be famous. But I would like to be able to earn a living playing music. — T Bone Burnett
I want less and less control with music. Just playing music without any idea of composition or writing. — Yann Tiersen
There's no drug in the world that can compare with playing music. — Pete Doherty
So I came home and I had a resume and everything, but the only job experience I had was just playing in bars and clubs… — Mary Chapin Carpenter
I went to engineering school, I went to physics class. I said, 'Screw this, I don't want to be here. I'd much rather be at… — Huey Lewis
I just want to keep playing music and keep recording. I feel like my best days are ahead. — Ricky Skaggs
The No. 1 thing the people I have spent time with in my life have done for fun is playing music. — Ezra Miller
For me, playing music is like meditating - I just play and don't really think about what I'm doing, I just let it happen. — Rick Wright
I like to think that if it hadn't gone as well as it has, if I wasn't able to make a living off of playing… — Bruce Cockburn
You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music. — Zakk Wylde
I think the world is very much embracing this whole concept of musicians going out and playing their instruments and playing music for music as… — Les Claypool
There is a lot of work just in terms of traveling and logistics and people and gear and all that kind of stuff. But I… — James Iha
And I like music, too, I like playing music. — Beau Bridges
Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much. — Derek Bailey
I guess to just keep playing music; to just keep outdoing the last record. — Brody Dalle

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