- Collaborating
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- 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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Musicians are hungry for new music.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both of my parents were musicians.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a lot of good musicians who are unheard of. Get it down before they pass away.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of musicians put diamonds on things to show they had money. I on the other had felt that Daytona showed I had style and I didn't need to be flashy.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The lion's share of what I hear right now are people who, intentional or accidental, have avoided all jazz prior to 1960. And all the musicians who were successful in the '60s spent their entire lives, prior to 1960, listening to all the musicians these people avoid.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother's a singer and my mother's father is a singer, and everyone on both sides are all country-western bluegrass musicians.
- Every Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
What we do every day onstage, there's lights, there's lots of other musicians, there's an audience, there's a microphone and mic stands - layers of the onion we have to kind of hide behind.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
- Find
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- Nov 07, 2020
Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
- High Wire
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- Nov 07, 2020
Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Artists - musicians, painters, writers, poets - always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
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.