Acumen Quote by Jessye Norman

The goal of serious musicians is to play outside of yourself. That's most likely with people who suggest things that are outside your musical…

— Chris Thile

When I work with different musicians, I draw a lot of things from them, and that has really expanded my musical thinking.

— Shruti Haasan

In reality everybody has got musical thoughts. If you are able to overcome the part of it which is muscle training, which is what…

— Jerry Garcia

Being able to take musical ideas through every iteration is attractive to me. Granted, not everyone's going to want to listen to that, but…

— Beck

Knowing how other people wrote music is a great tool, which can be applied into your own musical mindset.

— Max Cavalera

When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.

— John Coltrane

I work really hard to keep my life in music focused on what needs to be done and to allow myself the freedom to…

— Hardwell

I can't satisfy myself with just trying to tie all of my imagination into music, especially when music is not appreciated as an art…

— Marilyn Manson

When I do music, I have a hard time experiencing it like everyone else, because there's so much thought that goes into it. You…

— No I.D

I have to be involved. Whether it's me writing by myself or with other people, I definitely want to have my hand in the…

— David Cook

When I create music, it is a reflection of my soul, my experiences in life and my relationships with other people and cultures. Psychology,…

— Yanni

I allow my creativity to push me in directions that are simply interesting to me and I don’t worry about the likeness of the…

— Mark Applebaum