Bass Quote by Rostam Batmanglij

My belief is that the music is always stronger than the performer: there is always something new, something we learn, whether at a performance…

— Helene Grimaud

I must say Ive always composed music from the point of view of the performers.

— Walter Piston

In order to do a musical now, a style must be developed that works for today's audience.

— Randal Kleiser

At the upper echelon of musicians in general, I guess performers in general, you have to have this kind of live-or-die, cutthroat mentality.

— Damien Chazelle

As a performer, the thing you want the most is to be your authentic self.

— Yvonne Orji

Who you are as a performer is one thing, but when you're making records, you're dealing with musicians' tastes, their goals, their wants, their…

— Scott Weiland

I bring to the music industry something that isn't over-complicated. What you see is what you get. But, I feel every performer has something…

— Nikki Yanofsky

When people come together around music, there's something ancient going on. It has to come from a genuine place and that's part of the…

— Stephan Jenkins

People of talent resemble a musical instrument more closely than they do a musician. Without outside help, they produce not a single sound, but…

— Franz Grillparzer

Although music comes from a very personal place, talent is meant to be shared.

— John Petrucci

When you have performers, there's the uniqueness of live performance and what performers do in concerts.

— Paul Lansky

The more people who come from musical backgrounds and go into promotion, production, songwriting, A&R, plus get their business head together, the better. They'll…

— Harvey Mason, Jr