Musician Quotes - Page 2

• A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.

  Abraham Maslow

  Inspirational, Music, Peace

  Abraham Harold Maslow, Edward Hoffman (1996). “Future visions: the unpublished papers of Abraham Maslow”, Sage Publications, Inc

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• I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time.

  Bonnie Raitt

  Music, Real, Thinking

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• Regarding jam sessions: Jazz musicians are the only workers I can think of who are willing to put in a full shift for pay and then go somewhere else and continue to work for free.

  George Carlin

  Music, Thinking, Somewhere Else

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• I know that I'm capable of moving around on the guitar. I can express myself the way I want to and feel good about it. But as far as technical chops, I'm not a learned musician.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Moving, Guitar, Feel Good

  "Hot Tracks: Gary Clark Jr". Interview with Lisa Robinson, www.vanityfair.com. December 2012.

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• If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.

  Robert Schumann

  Teamwork, Play, Team Work

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• Creativity is not simply a property of exceptional people but an exceptional property of all people.

  Ron Carter

  Music, Art, Creativity

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• 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.

  Billy Joel

  Safety, Wire, Different

  FaceBook post by Billy Joel from Jul 25, 2012

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  You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• Works of art make rules but rules do not make works of art.

  Claude Debussy

  Art, Classical Music, Composing

  "Companion to Contemporary Musical Thought". Book by John Paynter, 1992.

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  I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

  Kurt Cobain

  Love, Inspirational, Tattoo

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When you hear music, after it's over, it's gone, in the air. You can never capture it again.

  Eric Dolphy

  Music, Air, African American

  Holiday magazine, Vol. 58,p. 13, 1977.

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• It seems like people get afraid of a certain music if they can't pigeonhole it to their satisfaction... Good music is good music, and that should be enough for anybody.

  Bradley Nowell

  Music, People, Singers

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• I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.

  Jack Lemmon

  Funny, Music, Morning

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• If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.

  Frank Zappa

  Funny, Education, Sex

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• Don't let the same dog bite you twice.

  Chuck Berry

  Dog, African American, Biting

  Chuck Berry (1987). “Chuck Berry: The Autobiography”, Random House Value Publishing

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• Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.

  Charlie Parker

  Motivational, Music, Humorous

  "Words of Wisdom". Book edited by William Safire and Leonard Safir, p. 435, 1990.

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• Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like

  John Zorn

  Great Music, Accepting, Great Musician

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• I don't believe in geniuses, I believe in hard work.

  Michel Petrucciani

  Motivational, Music, Work

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• There are only two things: love, all sorts of love, with pretty girls, and the music of New Orleans or Duke Ellington. Everything else ought to go, because everything else is ugly.

  Boris Vian

  Love, Music, Beautiful

  Boris Vian (2001). “I spit on your graves”, Canongate Books

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• It's so easy to laugh,
  It's so easy to hate,
  It takes guts to be gentle and kind.

  Steven Morrissey

  Strength, Laughter, Kindness

  "Song: 'I Know It's Over'". 1986.

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• Artists like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights. I only wantedto build dwellings for men in which they might feel happy and at home

  Edvard Grieg

  Music, Art, Home

  Edvard Grieg, Richard Yates (2010). “Edvard Grieg: 16 Lyric Pieces”, p.36, Mel Bay Publications

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• Musicians should never forget that we're blessed. We have a special gift that people can enjoy through us. We've had the good fortune to receive this and pass it along to others.

  Ed Thigpen

  Music, Blessed, People

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• As a musician, I hear the harmonic value of everything - I just enjoy music.

  Darren Criss

  Enjoy, Values

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• I love music more than I love people.

  Jeff Mills

  Love, Music, People

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• Musical ability is not an inborn talent but an ability which can be developed. Any child who is properly trained can develop musical ability just as all children develop the ability to speak their mother tongue. The potential of every child is unlimited.

  Shinichi Suzuki

  Inspirational, Music, Mother

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