- Nov 07, 2020
Musicians Quotes
Most Famous Musicians Quotes of All Time!
Musicians often describe their craft as more than a job, a soulful calling shared among bandmates who dedicate their entire lives to the sound they love. This collection captures that spirit, alongside reflections on how touring abroad can be far tougher than it looks, themes you'll find echoed throughout our Always quotes.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Orchestras are not used to playing the kind of stuff jazz musicians like to play. It requires a lot of rehearsal and recording time, so it's much easier to do on a synth or sampler. So, we came up with that idea.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no difference in a lot of people's minds between good musicians and popular musicians.
- Christian
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Various different people have inspired me throughout my career. From Francis Bacon to Vassareli, Coco Chanel to Christian Dior, Cecil Beaton, musicians, architects... the list is endless.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is some sampling on my records and a lot of what I call replays, where I'd have musicians come in the studio and replay the sample from the original record. But mainly, we'd come up with our own music.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We live in a world where art exists in galleries and museums, and musicians have to play the same venues over and over.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It might be argued that genuine spontaneity is not really possible or desirable so long as printed scores of great works exist. All modern musicians are, for better or worse, prisoners of Gutenberg.
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I got to play with incredible musicians, but it happened really fast. I couldn't believe it was all happening, and so by the time I was, like 18, 19, I sort of took a break and was just like, 'I'm not ready for this.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a lot of unreleased blues stuff I did with the Apollo Theater musicians, and there was of experimenting going on for me in the mid-'60s in that studio, which I think frustrated Columbia.
- Nov 07, 2020
Musicians tend to get bored playing the same thing over and over, so I think it's natural to experiment.
- Nov 07, 2020
All musicians and artists - we all got quirks that have to be put up with at certain times.
- Nov 07, 2020
The Musicians Hall of Fame is chosen by thousands of your peers. So it's the real thing.
- Jazz
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jazz musicians have always taken the standards of their time and performed them with a jazz sensibility.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from a family of musicians.
Artists have long been called the conscience of society, and no group embodies that role quite like musicians who live for their craft. Discover more on stage life and rhythm in our Great, Jazz, and Like quotes collections.