Top 1200 Famous Musician Quotes & Sayings - Page 16
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Last updated on December 4, 2024.
When a musician is conveying that fresh feeling, that's what appeals to me, even more so than the style.
There's nothing I like more than a writer who can sing, or a musician who has a book out.
I resent the implication that I'm less of a musician and a worse person for not appreciating certain works.
Like the musician, the painter, the poet and the rest, the true lover of flowers is born, not made.
I had abandoned my plans for priesthood and replaced them with dreams of being a musician.
A good musician can do more to change society than 30 average mayors.
A musician must lift up the souls of the listeners, and take them towards space.
I'm having to cope with the fact that some people might consider me a musician.
I love my job as a musician, and I am filled with gratitude that good people support my endeavors.
The beauty of being a musician is writing songs. That's the best part. It's therapeutic and honest and private.
I think if you're a painter, you paint; if you're a golfer, you golf; if you're a fisherman, you fish; if you're a musician, you play music.
I was worried that acting would somehow ruin any credibility I had as a musician.
My father was a musician, a songwriter and he played at bars and restaurants and my mom was a secretary for an insurance company.
I'd written songs since I was 16, but I never thought that I would be a musician full time.
I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar.
A lot of things inspire me. Music, for one; in addition to acting, I'm also a musician.
There is nothing normal about a musician's lifestyle; I don't have a nine-to-five job at the post office.
Once the jazz musician learns all the fundamentals they can keep track of a lot of choices in an instant.
You might have asked [about skill] of an artist or a musician or whatever... but with me it just happens.
It doesn't matter if you are a musician, a business leader, a president or a student. We all have a responsibility to give back.
I'm a self-taught musician aside from what I've been able to pick up from other players.
The goal as a musician, I think, is to be able to make music as a living for the rest of your life.
Of course the headspace for the young musician is whatever the guy who is paying you says, is right, but that's all.
A devastating culmination of the elegant and the funky, a really sensational musician with enormous depth.
I don't consider myself to be a great musician, but my first album was a record hit in Pakistan.
I regard myself as a true American musician, and I play every style that is my heritage.
I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words.
You know what you can gain when you sit down with the Moroccans. As a person and as a musician. That's how you grow.
All of the musicians when I was young used to always say you had to tell a story when you're a musician.
The pure mathematician, like the musician, is a free creator of his world of ordered beauty.
The great artist, whether he be musician, painter, or poet, is known for this absolute unexpectedness.
To me, as a musician, there aren't any boundaries genre-wise as far as what can you listen to to inspire you.
As both a musician and a former teacher, I feel that music is as important to kids as reading and writing.
Composers are in some ways the last frontier of musician that gets a paycheck for their musical services.
My wife, Gayle, is a wonderful musician and singer. We share music, so it's a deep bond.
So what, I'm living in a park. Parks are beautiful. I'm a musician. And I'm tired of dumb people who don't know where I come from.
I had to take a hard look at myself and my strengths and weaknesses as a singer, songwriter and musician.
I don't have to compete in the charts. I can just be myself as a musician, a songwriter and play with the musicians that I really love.
I was never totally sold on this idea that I'm just a musician. I wanted to be the Tim Burton of music.
I got by as a musician since day one. I don't live beyond my means. I have real cheap tastes.
Everybody knew James Brown. Every musician dreamed of being in his band.
Despite being a classical musician, I keep poking my nose in other genres of music.
I don't want to be defined solely by what I do as a jazz musician at a club or a festival. That's not all of me. It's not even close.
I don't think you can learn to be a complete musician. That has to come from within, and it entails a lot of sacrifice.
I'm a musician. I'm not, like, a personality. I've never really pretended to perform that kind of function.
I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
As a musician, I can conquer a lot of hearts through my voice, but as a personality, especially in India, there's little visibility.
Being a musician enables a person to bend the notes and express things that are inside you, no matter what.
Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks.
Cause I'm a musician, I'm not really good at posing and being a model, like, modeling.
Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that.
There's no musician who just wakes up one day and decides, 'This is what I want to do.' It takes some development.
I like to call myself a 360-degree artist. I'm a musician, but I have other things I do, too.
this is every musician's dream, to stand in front of an audience and not have to prove your credentials.
You know, I am just a musician and I have no idea these days what good and bad is in terms of labels.
It's emotional blackmail to say if you're a good businesswoman and a musician, you're betraying your music.
I came out to L.A. in '78 to be a musician. I didn't get into comedy until the mid-Eighties.
I did art; I made furniture. I didn't want to be a cliche - the Beatle's son who became a musician.
I'm going to be a superstar musician, kill myself, and go out in a flame of glory.
Of course, you have to have a good reputation, especially as an artist, as a musician, so that other musicians would like to play with you.
