Top 1200 Greatest Musician Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

He's not a performer, he's not a composer, he's not even a musician, but Norman Granz is Mr. Jazz.

As a musician, you never understand why people connect with certain songs.

Most times, lyrics are the last thing I listen to, being a musician.

My dad was a musician who went to Berklee, and he made me learn piano when I was five.

Pushing yourself and digging into something new, that's what being a musician is all about.

As a musician, I hear the harmonic value of everything - I just enjoy music.

Good balance makes you a better dancer, musician, actor - anything.

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

I always thought that I was an important musician. If you don't have that confidence, why would you go on and do it?

It's always difficult to be a traveling musician and still keep things together.

I'm having fun just being a musician as well as an artist at this point.

I like to fancy myself more of a musician than anything else.

I have no such ambition of becoming an actor. I want to grow as a musician, singer and songwriter.

I've always wanted to be a musician. I love music; like, I probably sang when I was born.

I'm a horrible musician, but I've been fortunate enough to play great songs.

When I hear a great musician, I can feel his life inside the music.

I want to express my ideas through my music and on stage because I'm a musician.

I wasn't very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.

This is the greatest society in all of human history, the greatest country ever. Many of the decisions being made in Washington today by both parties are threatening that greatness. And if we stay on this road we're on right now, our children are going to be the first Americans ever to inherit a diminished country.

You are in a state of mixing, and you just live with it. There is not one musician who is completely happy with a mix.

Every record, you've got more experiences to draw on as a writer and a musician.

I think that some of the greatest muckrakers and some of the greatest investigative journalists of all time had strong feelings about civil rights. There is a role for the journalist-advocate. And as long as you play your cards on the table, I think thats a role that we should allow.

I’ve always considered it a great privilege to be a musician, I’ve never lost sight of that.

I can choose to be a serious musician, but the sex symbol part is not up to me.

As a comedian, you're kind of like a blues musician; you have to live a little bit.

Apart from being a playback singer for films, I'm also an independent musician.

I speak my mind and come from a place of conscience, as well as have fun as a musician.

Colorism and racism don't stop when you're a musician or when you have wealth or when you're in any given position.

That's the gamble that you make when you decide to become a rock musician. It's totally unpredictable.

When I look in the mirror, I don't see a person who's made the kind of impact that Mia Hamm made on the game. She's still my idol, the greatest player and the greatest teammate. She achieved so much in so many different ways. What she did for women's soccer can't be measured.

Only become a musician if there is absolutely no other way you can make a living.

Not to flatter myself, but I know that you can influence people's opinion as a musician, and I don't want to.

Why do you judge me as a musician, John? All I'm interested in is making money.

It was like an exponential weed. And people treated me as if I was an established musician. I wasn't.

I've been a musician for 52 years professionally. I do it because, for me, I love it.

One of the greatest things you have in life is that no one has the authority to tell you what you want to be. You're the one who'll decide what you want to be. Respect yourself and respect the integrity of others as well. The greatest thing you have is your self image, a positive opinion of yourself. You must never let anyone take it from you.

I always felt that the musician's job was to provide an alternative source of information.

If I get an idea for a song, I have a melody for it. I'm a musician first. I'm not limited by the fretboard.

I always see myself as much more of a musician than a celebrity.

I really wanted to just be a musician. I didn't want to be anything else, but I was funny and all that.

Every musician should announce the raga and the sahityam before performing.

I think that some of the greatest muckrakers and some of the greatest investigative journalists of all time had strong feelings about civil rights. There is a role for the journalist-advocate. And as long as you play your cards on the table, I think that's a role that we should allow.

You can't really label me as a musician, a comedian, or a rapper - you know, it's different.

I personally feel that acting is not totally different from singing and being a musician.

A musician's true talent is only tested through background music.

If you're going to call yourself a musician, you have to go out and make music.

The greatness of a musician is measured by the degree of fanaticism he brings to his playing.

Raftaar is a sensible musician and respects women, music, and his fans!

My dad was a musician. He was a singer and he played the guitar, so music was always around.

By the year 2000, I want to be the first Latin musician to play on the moon.

I'm always writing and learning. It's about growth. So I'm growing as a musician, as a guitarist.

I think of myself as a jungle musician because of my lack of formal training.

I have had some amazing experiences as a musician - even with my modest skills.

'SNL' is probably one of the premiere outlets that a musician can perform on that isn't obviously a music outlet.

My father was a musician, so I feel like falling into this career was a bit inevitable.

There's nothing better about being a musician than live performing.

The most rewarding experience as a musician is to know that I moved people personally.

I tried to be a musician for seven years and I'd given it my all, but no one was really interested or it wasn't enough.

A musician's biography is written wherever he performs; everybody hears what he is playing.

The most sophisticated pop musician that I knew of and liked was Paul McCartney.