Musician Quotes - Page 33

• Composers are in some ways the last frontier of musician that gets a paycheck for their musical services.

  Cliff Martinez

  Musical, Way, Lasts

  "Neon Melodies: Composer Cliff Martinez Interviewed". Interview with Adam White, thequietus.com. July 1, 2016.

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• That’s why I make music. When I listen to my favorite music made by other people, that’s what it does to me. So as a musician, I’m just trying to do the same thing with music I make. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. But when someone comes to me and says the music I’ve made has affected them emotionally, that’s the most gratifying part of my job.

  Moby

  Jobs, People, Trying

  "Moby | Inside the brain of a genius. Meditator. Vegan. Outlaw". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• The only thing I had in my mind [when I was 17 ] was that I was going to be a professional musician. So it was just the right environment.

  John Petrucci

  Mind, Environment

  Source: thehub.musiciansfriend.com

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• I know this might sound a little cliche but, I feel like everybody is searching for the same thing, and that is truth. I think that's sort of the journey to define that which is most inspirational. Even in acting, when I watch an actor who I find to be so truthful in their craft, or a musician who gets up there and sings so truthfully - I like that.

  Tyler Blackburn

  Journey, Thinking, Acting

  "Interview with Tyler Blackburn from Pretty Little Liars". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I think that artists and musicians can do as much harm as good for causes if they tie their names to lots of things, especially if they aren't really doing much to meaningfully push their causes forward.

  Damian Kulash

  Artist, Thinking, Names

  "Damian Kulash of OK Go: On Creativity, Design, and Activism". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Musicians have the power to influence people and along with movie makers, they can reach and influence more people than any group of people, more than scientists and certainly more than politicians.

  Paul Watson

  People, Groups, Influence

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• Musicians have made incredible contributions to the conservation and environmental movement and continue to do so, more than ever.

  Paul Watson

  Environmental, Movement, Incredibles

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• I wasn't really that good at being a musician. And then I tried being a standup. I was an actor. I was a photographer. I tried everything. Nothing was particularly working for me, but then, as a musician, I wrote jokes for comics. And they started to buy my jokes, and that's where I thought maybe that might work.

  Garry Marshall

  Actors, Might, Photographer

  "Fresh Air Remembers Garry Marshall, Creator Of 'Happy Days' And 'Laverne & Shirley'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. July 20, 2016.

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• I play classical music almost exclusively. I never mastered jazz or gospel in the way that my mother did. She was a fine improvisational musician. I pretty much have to stick to what's written on the page.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Mother, Play, Sticks

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• I've speculated about what my life might have been like as a musician, but I'm afraid I came to the conclusion that I probably would've either been teaching piano or maybe gotten to play at Nordstrom's department store.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Teaching, Piano, Play

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• If an ensemble - I don't care if it's a duet or a forty-piece orchestra - the musicians, the two of them or the forty of them, are all trying to play as tight as possible, as one person. They're trying to play like they are one person.

  John Densmore

  Play, Two, Trying

  "John Densmore on Life, Love, Meditation and His New Book, 'The Doors: Unhinged'". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Maybe the idea of being a rockstar or being the one who's recording or playing, sort of doesn't really matter as much anymore, when you're surrounded by great musicians who bring their spirit, their own talent.

  Adrian Grenier

  Ideas, Matter, Spirit

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I once had a young musician come to me and say that he wanted to be a professional musician. I asked him to write his list. When he came back to me, the three things in his life he most wanted were: to be paid for his music; to travel around the world; to meet new people. We came to the decision, after thinking really creatively, that if he got a job on a cruise ship, he would fulfill those goals.

  Phil Keoghan

  Jobs, Writing, Thinking

  "Adventurer. Storyteller. Host of the Amazing Race". Interview with Zoe Kors, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 5, 2013.

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• We wouldn't be artists, writers, painters, musicians, if we weren't sensitive.

  Wayne Coyne

  Artist, Sensitive, Painter

  "Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I'm a self-taught musician, so I never really had the restrictions of any one instrument. I would always just sort of pick up instruments and make noise with 'em.

  Adrian Grenier

  Self, Noise, Taught

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• With just one musician, you can really do an unlimited number of things on the inside of the piano, if you have at your disposal an exploded keyboard.

  John Cage

  Piano, Numbers, Keyboards

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• My guys studied music from a young age and I did not so I think, like, adding the idiot to the table of very talented musicians gave us a unique rub.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Unique, Thinking, Guy

  "Anthony Kiedis Interview Radio 2". Interview with Chris Evans, thechilisource.com. June 17, 2016.

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• I didn't finish high school, but I went to a special school for producers and musicians, a three year course for engineering, producing and learning all the tricks. So now I have my producing degree and certification.

  Martin Garrix

  School, Engineering, Years

  Source: www.tristateindie.com

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• Scientists contribute in a variety of ways and I don't think I can singular one even including [Albert] Einstein, that I can say that he's the best. We don't work like the best basketball player and the best musician and so on. Science is a collective effort.

  Ahmed H. Zewail

  Basketball, Thinking, Player

  Source: www.nobelprize.org

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• My father was a musician, and I've always loved writing. I grew up in New York City during a time when hip hop music was surrounding you with the hip hop culture, and it felt natural. I was a really huge fan of the music.

  El-P

  New York, Father, Writing

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Even in acting, when I watch an actor who I find to be so truthful in their craft, or a musician who gets up there and sings so truthfully - I like that.

  Tyler Blackburn

  Acting, Watches, Actors

  "Interview with Tyler Blackburn from Pretty Little Liars". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I saw so many amazing musicians struggling to build something good. They would play and play... and play some more, but it seemed like there was something missing. I wanted to go someplace higher myself, and go there with the people who come to hear me play. So I began to envision events with their own gravity, that would pull a community of people together for a meaningful experience.

  Dave Madden

  Meaningful, Struggle, Play

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• I think I've always felt as a band and as a musician and a music business person, I've always felt like an outsider, period.

  Amanda Palmer

  Thinking, Band, Outsiders

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• A lot of things inspire me. Music, for one; in addition to acting, I'm also a musician.

  Josie Ho

  Inspire, Acting

  "Actress, Producer, Musician Josie Ho: Support from Family (and Puppies)". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Some people don't listen to my music because they say that I am an artist. And some don't want to go to my gallery shows, because they say I am a musician.

  Yoko Ono

  Artist, People, Want

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