Mediocrity Quote by Varg Vikernes

I feel like musicians have such a precarious place in the political discourse, because musicians are, sort of just by nature, people-pleasers.

— John Flansburgh

It has always seemed slightly uncomfortable, the idea of politicised musicians. Very few of them are clever enough to do it; if they're good…

— Robert Smith

Commercial success won't come to us from a change in the music. It will gradually be the result of a change in the appetite…

— Black Thought

I can tell for sure, the technologists have made it clear that they don't care about musicians. The arts have been sacrificed on the…

— T Bone Burnett

I think musicians are always very generous in promoting anything good they hear. It's just kind of in our nature.

— Emmylou Harris

So many musicians are coming to the forefront and are becoming household names.

— Jonita Gandhi

The music business will be revitalized by musicians, not the labels or Live Nation. When the musicians decide to put music first, instead of…

— Bob Lefsetz

I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts. We can either be ugly and…

— Hazel Scott

Sometimes, I think the way the music business has been destructive and the way the fans are been put through it and try to…

— Beck

I think that there should be more artists that want to be the escape for people, for the fans, for the public.

— Poppy

Musicians are affected by the audience just as much as audiences are affected by the musicians. The only problem is that often times musicians…

— Hamid Drake

There are thousands of great artists that wouldn't be doing the same kind of work if there were no music business machine. The ones…

— Jeff Buckley