I'm just lucky to have the type of friends and musicians and people dedicated to my music that I do.

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

A lot of my friends are musicians or artists, and their talent always pushes me to think creatively.

Serious musicians are finding it harder and harder to have a voice in the world of music these days.

When I was 12, I decided to become a musician. 'Physical Graffiti' was the first album I ever owned.

I've always been music-oriented. My dad was a musician, and I listened to the radio all of the time.

I am a musician who stopped working with music. Now I work with visual music, or audio-visual music.

It's really nice to be able to do what I'm doing without having to compromise with another musician.

When I was younger, I was always a musician that could play by ear better than I could analytically.

I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a musician was actually very wonderful.

I am telling you what I know—words have music and if you are a musician you will write to hear them.

You can't just be a musician; you have to be an entertainer and perform and act just to hit the bar.

Just look at the Old Testament. They didn't go out with the army first. They sent the musicians out.

The world has lost a great musician who will always be an inspiration to me and those at OBEY GIANT.

It took time to really build myself a reputation as a good live performer, a musician and an artist.

Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that.

I'm much more of a musician than a poet. I just feel much more confident about my musical abilities.

Coltrane would do what you'd get a Roland Pro Tools module to do but with a group of jazz musicians.

It's probable that in the artistic hierarchy birds are the greatest musicians existing on our planet.

Art that only comes from the head isn't any good. Watch any good musician and you'll see what I mean.

I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar.

You know, I am just a musician and I have no idea these days what good and bad is in terms of labels.

I'm an engineer. I see myself as a toolmaker and the musicians are my customers... They use my tools.

A part of being a female musician is kind of getting past your looks and just honing in on the music.

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

As any jazz musician knows, it takes flexibility and adaptability for improvisation to create beauty.

It's interesting, because as a musician, I don't feel like I need to be on the top of the pop charts.

Elvis Costello had a brand new bag. He was a musician, but he knew all about the attitude part of it.

You know, my sister sings, my brother plays drums in my band. My whole family is a bunch of musicians.

So many policy decisions that effect musicians are being made without any input from musicians at all.

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

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

Break windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell 'em to do that, they'll find a little pot of gold.

I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts.

The great artist, whether he be musician, painter, or poet, is known for this absolute unexpectedness.

I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians.

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

The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.

Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.

'Cause I felt I didn't have anything else to prove as a musician... and boy was I wrong about that one.

As a musician, my job is incredibly easy, and it's a good one, but I've got to work at it occasionally.

I always joked with my parents. I told them, 'If I don't make it as an actor, my fallback is musician.'

I don't think I'm even a musician. I don't play a lot of instruments, not really a soloist or anything.

A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds.

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

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

Meeting actors and TV personalities is one thing, but I just feel like meeting musicians is the coolest.

You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works.

Musicians tend to get bored playing the same thing over and over, so I think it's natural to experiment.

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

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