Being Quote by James Tenney

The musicians I really looked up to as a kid were the ones who could play everything.

— Kamasi Washington

Musicians more than most people are in the moment. That's the dual nature of that job.

— Gail Zappa

Composers are very individual creatures.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

I think the reason composers aren't valued is because many act as servants rather than music directors. Instead of taking a stand based on…

— M. Jayachandran

The problem with composers is that they are the most unrequired job in America.

— Gail Zappa

All musicians and artists - we all got quirks that have to be put up with at certain times.

— Dickey Betts

There's always been good and bad music. Many composers hide behind modern music in order to not make music.

— Pepe Romero

It's so interesting, you know, whenever you read the accounts of composers playing their own music, that they had very different priorities than performers.…

— Helene Grimaud

It's easy for people to mistake most musicians as living the easy life. It takes a while to get to that point. I'm sure…

— Chaz Bundick

I grew up in a musical family, but nobody was a professional musician.

— Joshua Bell

Musicians always come off sounding a little bit pretentious, and a little bit... I don't know, hypocritical, from what they do, talking about strong…

— James Iha

I always have felt that most people don't have the first idea about what musicians, in the traditional sense - I don't mean in…

— Ry Cooder