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

In other words, musicians know that going back to the Spoonful, what we were doing was not copying.

Comedy is like music, and the way to make the best music is to have skilled musicians in your band.

When a lot of musicians change styles, their songwriting suffers because they want to be different.

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

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

There are a lot of musicians in my life. But movies came first for me. That was my original passion.

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

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

I've always been around musicians and always been the songwriter who doesn't end up playing the music.

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

You should play with real musicians; the best music comes from real people interacting with each other.

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

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

I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with others.

It's my fault in many cases because I don't initiate the contact to talk with a lot of other musicians.

I mean, look how many musicians have come through and played beside me, and I'm workin' and they're not.

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

I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent.

Lady Gaga is one of the most amazingly talented musicians to bring her gifts to humanity in a long time.

I wouldn't like to be in movies. Movie people are strange. They live a different life than musicians do.

I rather create better music and let that talk, than me going out and dissing other musicians in public.

Certain jazz musicians just copy what was done 100 years ago. The music won't grow if nobody takes a risk.

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

The best musicians or sound-artists are people who never considered themselves to be artists or musicians.

For years the Trio did nothing but play for musicians and other hip people. We practically starved to death.

If you look at the way people behave at shows, icons are now musicians; they are the people that we worship.

We're all continuing to grow up and get better as musicians, and the chemistry as a band continues to deepen.

Sometimes the simplest forms of music are the hardest to play. Especially for musicians that are accomplished.

I know of musicians who have played together for decades who hate each other. The Modern Jazz Quartet for one.

'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.

These people are artists. These people are musicians. They're taking it out and trying to express it that way.

Success breeds volume, and it's just amazing how many young writers, artists, and musicians there are in town.

There have been many great musicians that, Clifford Brown is one great example, I mean he died very early, 25.

I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped from labels was really frustrating and sad to me.

My father used to tell me about how musicians don't have respect from people and he was afraid about my future.

In the mid-1800s, they were known also as 'singsong houses,' and the courtesans were actually master musicians.

In The Doors we have both musicians and poets, and both know of each other's art, so we can effect a synthesis.

Musicians are so well covered in the press, it would be great to see more outspoken practitioners of green life.

I love working with different musicians in the studio, that's a real joy working with someone for the first time.

I think that dating other musicians can be complicated at times. Especially when they think highly of themselves.

Even though I have often recorded alone, I still feel the best music is made by musicians playing off each other.

The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do.

A lot of electronic musicians probably wouldn't be bothered making an album, which strategically makes total sense.

Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.

I was singing when I was two years old, and my parents were very supportive, but they weren't musicians themselves.

I can't fathom writers married to writers and musicians married to musicians. There's your enemy in bed beside you.

Music moves forward so quickly; music is an accumulation of knowledge, and musicians keep getting better and better.

I have one message for young musicians around the world: Stay true to your heart, believe in yourself, and work hard.

The kind of music or the kind of arrangements that I do, the kind of musicians I choose, is just what I like to hear.

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