Corporations Quote by John Lee Hooker

Ideally, musicians belong outside the Establishment. When they cross that line, it's like something in them has died.

— Alex Kapranos

Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.

— Louis Armstrong

As far as artists and musicians, they don't retire. They might tour less.

— James Hetfield

In theory, I'd like to work in a group. But the group I'd like to work in, all the musicians in them are long…

— Robert Wyatt

Musicians coming together at a time of need is one of the great traditions in this country. It's like people taking charge.

— Mark O'Connor

Maybe other musicians are interested in different things, maybe they have greater monetary concerns. I hear people who have not changed, who haven't elevated…

— Alice Coltrane

Musicians can look forward to playing with the best musicians that ever played. They can even have their own band!

— David Berg

The bricks and mortar of the music business, they don't exist any longer.

— John Oates

Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.

— Billy Joel

A lot of groups go out, and they make big bucks in a couple of years and they're gone. I would like a band…

— Randy Meisner

I think, in America, for a long time you had groups that wanted to be stars more than they wanted to make music.

— Tom Petty

We're not the corporation of Foster the People. We're a band.

— Mark Foster