Music Quote by Nicholas Sparks

“It’s genius simmering, perhaps. I’ll let it simmer, and see what comes of it,” he said, with a secret suspicion all the while that…

— Louisa May Alcott

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent.

— Willa Cather

To be an outstanding musician, you have to be very attentive to the smallest detail and willing to have infinite patience in the pursuit…

— Yehudi Menuhin

“His music gave no lesser joy than a vacation. Creativity in his music and its success stood out as an example to all kinds…

— Amit Kalantri

“He had a theory that musicians are incredibly complex, and know far less than other artists what they want and what they are; that…

— E.M. Forster

For many artists fame complements the value of creative self-expression. Ludwig van Beethoven loved composing music, but he probably would have enjoyed it less…

— Tyler Cowen

My interactions with musicians have been simply that: interactions with musicians. Issues of gender, or anything else beyond the music-making, have in my experience…

— Michael Hersch

“An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along; he must…

— Evelyn Waugh

“Talent was merely the underpinnings. To be an artist, you also had to have nerve. And to maintain nerve, you had to have drive.”

— Tom Robbins

Some musicians feel they have to provide what their audiences expect. They lose the distinction between an artist and an entertainer. I am not…

— Steven Wilson

“It was clear that the composer no longer consoled himself with the thought that music could express everything and did not require verbal commentary.”

— Solomon Volkov

A young pianist & composer who has demonstrated an exceptional creativity, in both his playing & his writing, as well as showing us all,…

— Steve Lacy