Top 1200 Famous Musician Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

I think that a musician is like a doctor, he's supposed to heal people and make them feel better.

A musician has to find a way to make his music mean something special - spiritually or however you can

I've never not been famous.

I have performed all over the world to packed audiences. I don't have to be a trained musician to prove my singing abilities to my critics.

I couldn't concentrate on music. So I made the choice to give up my career as a musician in the frontline to deal with the business.

All writers have the idea that they are famous.

I think all record companies should be run by a musician. Just as you wouldn't trust your health to an electrician.

I didn't get into skating to be famous.

The hardest thing for a musician to learn is how to play WITH people. That's what made the Basie rhythm section.

My father was a steelworker who'd come over from Abruzzi, in Italy. He played in the band and he encouraged me to be a musician.

The only thing I had in my mind [when I was 17 ] was that I was going to be a professional musician. So it was just the right environment.

I actually don't feel famous.

I've always loved music and held it as a sacred thing that I can't touch, as I don't really want to deconstruct it or be a musician.

Every musician knows your studio is like - it's a bubble for you. It's a personal space. This is where I work, where I create.

Edible names are what drives me as a musician. My next band will be called the Hot Dogs.

I mean, I'm not really famous.

You can expect nothing in being a musician, and you have to be just very thankful every time it goes positively for you.

I'm one of those controversial celebs or whatever you want to call it, but I am actually a musician - people forget this.

A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting.

I mean I was famous for nothing.

I'd been through crappy day jobs and stupid garage bands. I was determined to make it as a musician.

I've always written poetry and lyrics. My first husband, who was a musician, we wrote a bunch of songs together.

I don't have 'famous girls' that I like.

To be famous and broke is hard.

I didn't have any aspirations to be famous at all.

It's hard to be famous and alive.

I just consider myself lucky that I've been a musician this long and not had to find another job.

But I don't feel the need to be famous.

You can't choose what you're famous for in life.

To play the trumpet well, a musician can not let more than a few days pass without practicing.

I never had any desire to be famous. I find people who do really sad. I genuinely feel sorry for them because there is nothing of substancein their lives. I am happy when I am writing or performing. Not when I sit there being "famous". I like recognition for my work, but not recognition for being "that bloke off the telly". It is genuinely humbling when a woman comes up to me, as someone did recently, to say she wanted to commit suicide after her husband died, and my show cheered her up and made her feel better. That's great.

I suppose ultimately I'm interested in music. I'm a musician. I'm not a gunslinger. That's the difference between what I do and what a lot of guitar heroes do.

A musician has to find a way to make his music mean something special - spiritually or however you can.

As a kid, I wanted to be a musician but also aspired to be Andy Griffith's lawyer character, Ben Matlock.

I just get involved in things when people come to me: I'm not a musician-slash-activist, that's not the word.

Being a musician is very easy. My house is full of musical instruments. There's a lot of music, always.

I started as a jazz musician, not a singer, then I became a rock 'n' roll artist with Aphrodite's Child.

A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.

Yes, for me audio-visual performance has its roots in my experience working as an improvising musician and composer.

I just make videos and stuff. There's not much more to it than that. I'm a musician trying to express myself.

I don't come from a musical family at all, but I realized early on I was a musician. I started begging for a piano when I was 6 years old.

I'm a weird, bald musician who makes records in his bedroom and lives in the Lower East Side.

As a musician, I have always strived for my albums and live performance to render a sound as close as possible to perfection.

I want to be successful, not famous.

In Germany I am not so famous.

I have no desire to be famous, definitely not.

I'd rather give up my ears than my eyes, which might sound unusual for a musician.

I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out.

I'm Larry Sanders. I'm a person. I'm a father. I'm an artist. I'm a writer. I'm a painter. I'm a musician. And sometimes I play basketball.

I don't necessarily want to be famous.

When I was seven years old, I was leading a quartet and trio, and that really laid the groundwork for me as a musician.

Being a professional musician with Downhere for 11 years now, I feel completely at home on stage.

The creative process for a musician is very different than for a filmmaker. I have an idea, and I can pretty much execute it.

I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.

I had no aspirations to be a musician, but I picked up a guitar for two seconds and haven't put it down since.

I don't want to be famous, or recognizable.

It's not my goal to be a famous actor.

I'm not a good enough musician to like completely master something in a couple of days and turn it around.

I am a musician, a songwriter, music fan. I live in New York City and I love my job.

As a conductor I find the hardest tasks are to listen to the instinct of a musician and to hear the music behind the notes.