Character Quote by Wynton Marsalis

The sign of a mature musician is knowing what not to play.

— Dizzy Gillespie

People unfortunately think that if you progress as a musician you are wimpy. I don't get that.

— Chuck Schuldiner

Being a musician enables a person to bend the notes and express things that are inside you, no matter what.

— Neil Young

Everyone is a virtuoso on his own instrument, but together they add up to an intolerable cacophony.

— Thomas Bernhard

Drugs and sex go hand in hand when you're a rock and roll musician. Whereas if I were a violinist, it might be a…

— Slash

When a guitarist can evoke a certain mood through his playing, that's what's most important to me.

— Rick Nielsen

I'm fine with being thought of as a guitar player, and if I can get any recognition or respect for doing that, that's a…

— Paul Weller

As a musician, you are all the music that you absorb into your mind; that just subconsciously connects.

— Kali Uchis

Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others,…

— Diogenes

If people are given the right circumstances and the right track and the right melody, it's about the conviction. It's not necessarily about being…

— Scott Storch

Always as a musician you must have one thing you do well.

— Mick Jagger

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