660 Musician Quotes for You to Enjoy

My dad was a jingle writer, and my mom was a jewelry designer and musician. Reeve Carney

Mom Jewelry Musician Writer Dad Designer

As a musician, I don't wanna put out political soundbites. Richard Ashcroft

Political Musician Out Put Wanna

You know, when you're an actor, you want to go to Hollywood. When you're a musician, you want to go to Nashville. Richie Sambora

You Musician Know Nashville Go Want Hollywood Actor

I had joined Yes in 1971. I was a classically trained musician who had worked with numerous artists as a session musician. I played on David Bowie's 'Life On Mars,' Cat Stevens's 'Morning Has Broken' and even on some Des O'Connor records, though I kept that quiet. Rick Wakeman

Life Morning Broken Numerous Though Musician Mars Some Records Joined David Cat Had Bowie Yes Trained Quiet Artists Worked Who Even Played Kept Session

As a musician, I've accomplished what I hoped to accomplish. Rickie Lee Jones

Musician Hoped Accomplish Accomplished

I'm on my feet and I'm doing what I love to do, and I'm in a profession, as a musician, where we can go on for as long as we can go on. Ringo Starr

Love Long Musician Feet Doing Go Where Profession

I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline. Ritchie Blackmore

Good Discipline Technically Not Good Enough Enough Musician Classic Lack

Combing my hair doesn't make me a better musician. Ritchie Blackmore

Me Better Hair Musician Make

I think if I wasn't a musician, I would be a high-school band director or orchestra director. I like working with large groups of musicians and bringing out the dynamics and accomplishing something as a team. Rivers Cuomo

Musicians Director Band Think Musician Out Would Would-Be Something Like Accomplishing Orchestra Dynamics Working Team Large Groups Large Groups Bringing

When you're a musician, one of the things that comes to you in the beginning that is quite unexpected is the reaction from your fans, and to the way your music plays an important part in their life in figuring things out. Rob Halford

In a lot of groups, you can change a musician, and it doesn't mean anything. Robbie Robertson

You Change Musician Lot Anything Mean Groups

Chuck Berry told me if it wasn't for Louis Jordan, he wouldn't have probably ever even got into music. That Louis Jordan changed everything and made him want to become a musician. Robbie Robertson

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I'm into old-time music; I'm not very interested in modern, popular music at all. And if I'm really into some particular old-time musician, some fiddler or banjo player, I'm always dying of curiosity to see what they look like. So there's some connection between visual images and music. Robert Crumb

Music Musician Visual See Some Between Particular Like Look Always Very Curiosity Modern Banjo Dying Fiddler Interested Really Connection Old-Time Popular Popular Music Player Images

I have a lot of musician friends. I worked in radio as a music director, and I know everybody hears about the George Straits and the Garth Brooks and the Kenny Chesneys and all that, but for every major star, there are thousands who didn't quite make it. Robert David Hall

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Mendelssohn I consider the first musician of the day; I doff my hat to him as my superior. He plays with everything, especially with the grouping of the instruments in the orchestra, but with such ease, delicacy and art, with such mastery throughout. Robert Schumann

Art Day Superior First Consider Everything Ease Musician Hat Delicacy Throughout He Him Instruments Mastery Orchestra Grouping Plays

My father was indeed a musician, but he was a weekend warrior. He was a welder, actually, and worked all his life at the Ironworks in Beloit Wisconsin, and he played in a swing band on weekends. Robin Zander

Life Father Band Warrior Indeed Musician Weekend Weekends He Wisconsin His Worked Swing Actually Played

Once a musician, always a musician. Roger Taylor

Once Musician Always

I wanted to be a jazz musician. Ron Cephas Jones

Jazz Musician Wanted Jazz Musician

What I try to impart to a musician is to really try to practice the instrument in a really sincere way. Learn as much about music as you possibly can. Learn composition. Study to try to create compositions of your own and put your own personal touch on your music. Roscoe Mitchell

The fountain of youth with the youthful young musician is one meaning, and the fountain of youth with the youthful energy of the leader is another meaning. Roy Haynes

Youth Leader Young Energy Musician Another Meaning Youthful Fountain

Because fashion essentially is art, and as an artist and someone who is also a musician and an artist in regards to drawing and painting, anything I can do that expresses my feelings is something I'm really drawn to. Ruby Rose

Art Fashion Feelings Painting Drawing Drawn Musician Someone Something Also Because Artist Essentially Anything Regards Really Who Expresses

For me, what I learned is that I went for a long time without making music when I was married, and I think some of that was because - it was a little bit unfortunate - but it didn't make sense in the confines of my marriage for me to be the musician and the writer, which requires a lot of focus and attention. Ryan Adams

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My dad was a club musician. He was always playing guitar and playing loads of soul records and '60s rock n' roll. Whenever he used to cook, he used to play Donny Hathaway, Aretha Franklin, The Kinks, and the Spencer Davis Group - a lot of really earthy things. Sam Fender

Soul Guitar Club Group Spencer Franklin Musician Kinks Records Aretha Aretha Franklin Davis He Rock Always Rock-N-Roll Lot Roll Whenever Really Cook Used Dad Play Things Playing Loads

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