Musician Quotes

On Eye of the Zombie, I had so-called studio musicians.

I've also become much more the musician I've always wanted to be.

Companies have to take risks to get new knowledge, in a manner similar to how jazz musicians take risks when they go after a new approach to a tune or a performance.

In the end it is the musician who actually plays the notes. The impresario - or the project leader - is only there to make sure that happens. That is a very different type of management mind-set.

I don't feel like that many musicians are competitive with each other.

The so-called alleged 'art' of the video - well, the video has killed the radio star, but the video star killed the live musician, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

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

I'm trying everything I can not to be jaded 'cause I don't like jaded musicians.

Interplay and interaction are the integral parts of music - they're as important as the notes.

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 think that my past stands me in good stead in that it does have a certain strength for musicians.

My father was a classical musician and my mother was a writer.

First of all I think that is true, if you are a musician, particularly on the comeback that you do have to end up in one of these musical centers somewhere to be viable, salable and so on.

There's nothing I like more than a writer who can sing, or a musician who has a book out.

I think some musicians can almost forget that the stage is something to do something on, even if that thing is standing still.

I really had a great time working with Modest Mouse, just because of the people. I loved writing songs with Isaac Brock, and Jeremiah Green is probably my favorite musician that I've worked with.

It was so much fun conducting an orchestra and watching the musicians' faces as some of Kanye's lyrics went by. They couldn't believe what was going on.

I had a really nice association with Richie DeRosa, a great musician, a great drummer and composer and arranger. And I had a number of classes with him.

Part of me believes that the completed record is the final measure of a pop musician's accomplishment, just as the completed film is the final measure of a film artist's accomplishments.

[Loco De Amor is] a euphoric, melodic romp across the hemisphere... A joyful, fun musician's record from a really good guitarist

I had abandoned my plans for priesthood and replaced them with dreams of being a musician.

I just like dealing with scientists for awhile and then going over and dealing with musicians for awhile. They both have qualities that kind of counterbalance each other.

It's amazing to hear proficient musicians play your music. It's a once in a lifetime kind of experience.

I'm a painter first, and a musician second.

But I needed to prove to everyone that I was a serious musician.

I think you have to know exactly what you want. Whether you want to be a guitar player or a musician, you have to be really focused on it if you really want to do it.

I always knew I wanted to be a musician.

For me, the difference between a musician reading an arrangement on a piece of paper, and them closing their eyes and listening to what's happening around them and responding to it, is huge.

The painter paints, the musician makes music, the novelist writes novels. But I believe that we all have some influence, not because of the fact that one is an artist, but because we are citizens.

When a musician is conveying that fresh feeling, that's what appeals to me, even more so than the style.

I grew up in a musical family, but nobody was a professional musician.

Not everyone deserves to be a musician, you get lucky enough to be one.

I'm a semi-failed writer, but I'm a capital-F Failed musician.

When you have the opportunity to make music with great musicians, take it. That's it. That's the only reason I need, really.

As a musician, you write and make music as you go. It's definitely in a great sequence. When you release songs, you think, "Let me make sure this goes with this so it's like a story."

I want to paint. That is probably going to sound so pretentious coming from someone who's been a musician.

I wouldn't even begin to presume that the talent of an able actor is anything like the talents of a prodigious musician.

All the musicians that I know want to act.

I wasn't making music consciously when I was younger. I was a musician, but that has its own stigmas. Anywhere on the planet, it's one of the more undervalued positions.

I am not, and have no interest in being, a musician of any kind.

If I was not a film-maker I'd probably be a musician. I like Kanye West, Jay-Z, R&B, classical, jazz and all kinds of music, but I'd say soulful World Music is my favorite.

And I think that's why I was going to be a musician. I was very rebellious. And I didn't want to be an actor. My father used to say to me you should be an actor if you want to be in the arts.

I feel like what I'm best at is being a musician and a performer. I want to use that to help people who are good at starting nonprofits.

People expect you to be this weird cartoon sometimes when you're a musician. I hate that. I hate standing out. I hate people looking at me. I just want to be part of the crowd.

I realized that improvisers should probably always have time off. But musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute - unless something drastic occurs.

I've dated a couple of guys who were awesome, and the celebrity part of my life and the traveling part are hard to get around. You never get to see each other, especially if you're both musicians.

I try not to date musicians. It's all I've dated. Every guy I've dated is a musician. Obviously, it's not working.

When it comes to touch and feel as a musician, style is infinitely more important than chops.

THE GODS was my first professional band and I learned a lot during that time. It was very cool playing with so many great musicians as it helped me to learn.

I lived in an area where there were a lot of rock musicians, and we got together regularly in our studios.