Group Quote by Ian Gillan

You can't criticize Bob Dylan's singing. You have to respect Billy Joel as a brilliant poet. You can't tell me there's a better rock…

— Charlie Sheen

I know a lot of great musicians that don't know they're even great, because mangers try and make them feel belittled like they're not…

— Jim "Dandy" Mangrum

You always feel like rock critics are frustrated musicians. I envy musicians their ability to live their art and share it with an audience,…

— Todd Haynes

As a musician, I have always refrained from criticizing another artist.

— Jill Sobule

I don't want to be the cranky old guy, but a lot of critics are too forgiving of mediocre artists. When you see these…

— Robert Hilburn

For anyone approaching any one of the cast albums, if they don't like what they hear, it's not the performer's fault.

— Stephen Sondheim

You can never deny the immense talent, rock credibility and iconic historical contribution that Van Halen made.

— Steve Vai

The rock critics, they didn't like our audiences. It made the whole thing seem irrelevant, like we were nothing, and in no time at…

— Richard Carpenter

I made the decision back in 1984 to never play with Black Sabbath unless it was the original line-up. And I stuck to it…

— Bill Ward

I don't really mind criticism in music or in shows and stuff like that at all. I mean, it doesn't really worry me even…

— Mick Jagger

I don't get involved in criticizing or extolling really good artists who do their job. That's for other people.

— Neal Adams

I don't really care very much if I don't think that the critics really understand music.

— Andrew Lloyd Webber