660 Musician Quotes for You to Enjoy

I am not a pop musician; I don't want to play bubble-gummy pop stuff. Neal Schon

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For me to call myself a musician, it's necessary to play live, and it rewards so much - not just in the pay cheque sense but what it does for my playing. I feel it through a tour - I feel it at the end of a tour - all that I've gathered, and especially now that I am improvising so much. Neil Peart

I really practiced hard and got to a certain level of technical proficiency. I overcame some of my limitations. I was a hard-working, dedicated bassoonist, but I have to say I'm not a natural musician. Nicholson Baker

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I'm a musician. I play instruments. I dabble in the hip-hop field. That doesn't take vocal ability necessarily. Nick Cannon

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I used to believe that if I could do certain things - write a book or be a successful musician - that I'd be transformed into a happy person, but it doesn't work that way. Nick Cave

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I've always felt like an imposter, in the whole, as a musician. Nick Cave

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When you're a musician and you come from a singing background, specifically one that focused a lot on a cappella music as I have, it's just a real joy to be around so many talented people and talented groups who have a passion for what they do. Nick Lachey

I went to Juilliard in New York and used to do cabarets just for fun. Occasionally, I would get together with a jazz musician and play at a restaurant for cash. And I've done some background vocals for recording artists. Nicole Beharie

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I enjoy people who have passion, whether it is as a musician or whatever they do. All people who have success keep it very basic. Try your best. But without passion, you will not have success. Nobu Matsuhisa

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I love film, and I would love to be a part of something that people universally love as a piece of film. Sure. Of course I would. And I would love to take acting lessons, and see that side of it someday. But I'm a musician. Norah Jones

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I'm a musician because I love it and it's supposed to be fun. Norah Jones

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Then I was lucky I met with my future husband, and I started new life with my husband, and I was happy again. He was a musician. I start to travel with him through Europe also and around the former Soviet Union. Olga Korbut

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Not to flatter myself, but I know that you can influence people's opinion as a musician, and I don't want to. Oliver Sim

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I went through a phase when I was 13 where I would only fall in love with people over the age of 19 or 20. I never had a real relationship with any of these people, but it was definitely the guy I wanted to hang out with and wanted to go on trips with. I would be like, 'But, Daddy, he's a musician!'. Olivia Wilde

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I'd be a chef if I wasn't a musician, that's for sure. Orianthi

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If you're going to call yourself a musician, you have to go out and make music. Paolo Nutini

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Maybe when I was a kid, when you have those crazy dreams about what music is going to be like - a string of No. 1 hits, a limo, and a fairground in your back garden - and then you start as a musician, and you realize very, very quickly, that's not how things work. So I just let go of all that stuff. Passenger

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Busking taught me so much on so many levels, not just about being a musician or writing songs - actually about growing up and being a human! Passenger

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I still have the mentality of a street musician, because I was one for five years. Every opportunity that comes my way, I feel like, 'Absolutely, let's do this.' Sometimes, it's to my detriment. But I don't think you become successful by not saying yes to opportunities. Passenger

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When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a musician allows you to pick them out without breaking them. Pat Metheny

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

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I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician. Patti Smith

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