I tried to play anything people would hire me to play, because I was a musician.

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

Musicians exist independent of any of the marketing terms or the categorization.

The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest.

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

Some musicians are not great technicians, but they give you a rich point of view.

Backup dancers are completely respectable. They're the studio musicians of dance.

It's hard to find other musicians that push you to go somewhere new all the time.

The intentions of record companies are not good, from the musician's perspective.

I used to have a lot of envy for those musicians who have been universally loved.

Symphony musicians are not trained in improvising, certainly not in a jazz style.

You can't make a great musician or a great photographer if the magic isn't there.

A lot of times, jazz musicians try to educate people. What other genre does that?

You can always boil down the life of a musician to touring, playing, and writing.

The best musicians answer something in you when you don't even know the question.

When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.

I'm going to be a superstar musician, kill myself, and go out in a flame of glory.

Having played with other musicians, I don't even think The Beatles were that good.

As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.

To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.

And a musician has to learn to be frugal and to carefully manage financial affairs

If a musician wants to become a finer artist, he must first become a finer person.

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

I like to make films, but the only reason I do is because I'm a very bad musician.

As a musician, language is almost like another instrument. Every word has a sound.

To be up on stage and interacting with musicians, that was a huge epiphany for me.

We are musicians, entertainers. We can do it. We have the right tools. No worries.

The planet is asleep and it's the fault of musicians who are untrue to themselves.

What are we singers but the silver-voiced messengers of the poet and the musician?

And a musician has to learn to be frugal and to carefully manage financial affairs.

If you're a musician, you're a musician; you don't ever get that out of your bones.

Out of the ashes of the music business, comes the rebirth of the musician business.

Spirituality is worthless if it's not practical. Music is my work. I am a musician.

I'm a much better musician than astronomer. I think the world got the right choice.

I feel that musicians are in a fellowship, and that fellowship is a responsibility.

My name's Darren. I'm a musician, part time idiot. That's a full time job actually.

I come from a town of great musicians: Washington, D.C. It's no joke, that history.

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

Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.

It seems like bluegrass people have more great stories to tell than other musicians

We're musicians. We make music for a living. It's that simple. Nothing else matters.

The difference between noise and music is in what the musician does with the sounds.

My dad is my biggest influence on me as a musician, even though he's not a musician.

I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words.

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

I am a session guy and a studio musician and whatever you need me to do I will do it.

Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments.

Yes, I'm a musician. I also like to play with others, sometimes more, sometimes less.

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

The Internet has definitely opened doors and leveled the playing field for musicians.

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