657 Musician Quotes for You to Enjoy

May not music be described as the mathematics of the sense, mathematics as music of the reason? The musician feels mathematics, the mathematician thinks music: music the dream, mathematics the working life. James Joseph Sylvester

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I cannot write poetically, for I am no poet. I cannot make fine artistic phrases that cast light and shadow, for I am no painter. I can neither by signs nor by pantomime express my thoughts and feelings, for I am no dancer; but I can by tones, for I am a musician. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

When you have a sense of calling, whether it's to be a musician, soloist, artist, in one of the technical fields, or a plumber, there is something deep and enriching when you realize it isn't just a casual choice, it's a divine calling. It's not limited to vocational Christian service by any means. Charles R. Swindoll

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

Worth Musician Some Remembered Dead Substance Want

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

Myself Training Think Musician Because Jungle Lack Formal

I wanted to definitely be a musician or a good preacher or a heck of a baseball player. I couldn't play ball too good - I hurt my finger, and I stopped that. I couldn't preach, and well, all I had left was getting into the music thing. Muddy Waters

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Music is there for us to explore. To intentionally limit yourself to one, two, or three genres is limitation at its worst. Music is huge; it's a gigantic history lesson, and if you are true music fan or a musician, you should explore it. It's all right there in front of us. Phil Anselmo

When I decided to be a musician I reckoned that that was going to be the way of less profit, less money. I was sort of giving up the idea of making a lot of money. It was what I loved to do. I would have done it anyway. If I'd had to work at Taco Bell I'd have still been out at night trying to play music. Tom Petty

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I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder. Wadada Leo Smith

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I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet. Bob Dylan

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I just kind of went into the blue-collar workforce at a really young age and discovered music, in terms of being a musician, around the same time. The good news is, I was probably 17 when I knew that's what I was going to do with the rest of my life, no matter what that meant. Chris Cornell

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The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Louis Armstrong

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I made one rule for myself, and I really try to live it: Play music you love, with people you love, for people you love. If I can't be that kind of musician, I'll drive a cab. Arturo O'Farrill

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I like having my hair and face done, but I'm not going to lose weight because someone tells me to. I make music to be a musician not to be on the cover of Playboy. Adele

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I have always wanted to become a musician and a singer. Arijit Singh

Become Musician Singer Always Wanted

The true musician is to bring light into people's hearts. Bobby McFerrin

People Light Musician True Hearts Bring

I was going to be a musician, no matter what it took. I supported myself with blue-collared jobs so I could write music and be in a band and play shows. I even got into an underground art scene. I was going to do whatever. Chris Cornell

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If it takes me 10 years to be the musician I want to be, great. Demi Lovato

Great Me Musician Takes Years Want

I taught myself to play the guitar by listening to Paul Simon records, working it out note by note. He is an incredibly intelligent musician. He's not someone who has a natural outpouring of melody like McCartney or Dylan, who are just terribly prolific with musical ideas. Douglas Adams

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I'm not a deaf musician. I'm a musician who happens to be deaf. Evelyn Glennie

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