Playing Music Quotes - Page 11

• There's something beautifully friendly and elevating about a bunch of guys playing music together. This wonderful little world that is unassailable. It's really teamwork, one guy supporting the others, and it's all for one purpose, and there's no flies in the ointment, for a while. And nobody conducting, it's all up to you. It's really jazz__that's the big secret. Rock and roll ain't nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.

  Keith Richards

  Teamwork, Rocks, Rock And Roll

  "Life". Book by Keith Richards, 2010.

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• You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.

  Zakk Wylde

  Real, Guy, Musician

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

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• The Flutie Bowl is a great event that brings together people who really care about the autism community. We always have a great time bowling and playing music.

  Doug Flutie

  Autism, People, Community

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• I like to think that if it hadn't gone as well as it has, if I wasn't able to make a living off of playing music, I would still be playing the music. But, of course, I wouldn't likely have had the opportunity to travel, and a lot of the places have inspired songs.

  Bruce Cockburn

  Song, Opportunity, Thinking

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• So I came home and I had a resume and everything, but the only job experience I had was just playing in bars and clubs on my summers off. So, I was temping and stuff during the day and playing music at night.

  Mary Chapin Carpenter

  Summer, Jobs, Home

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• Many, many years ago, I was one of the few conductors who talked to the audience and now a lot of classical conductors have figured it out... otherwise, you just get the back of someone's head playing music you could hear on a CD. It's not enough anymore.

  Marvin Hamlisch

  Years, Cds, Enough

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• The Tinted Windows shows were very fun but it's very different for me as a performer. I'm not playing music - I'm just singing and I missed that. I miss rocking out on keys, drums, guitar... whatever it is.

  Taylor Hanson

  Fun, Keys, Guitar

  "Taylor Hanson Isn’t Burning Down Any Hotel Rooms". Interview with Jon Chattman, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2009.

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• For me, playing music is like meditating - I just play and don't really think about what I'm doing, I just let it happen.

  Rick Wright

  Thinking, Play, Music Is

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• I want less and less control with music. Just playing music without any idea of composition or writing.

  Yann Tiersen

  Writing, Ideas, Want

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• The No. 1 thing the people I have spent time with in my life have done for fun is playing music.

  Ezra Miller

  Fun, People, Done

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• I just want to keep playing music and keep recording. I feel like my best days are ahead.

  Ricky Skaggs

  Want, Feels

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• I went to engineering school, I went to physics class. I said, 'Screw this, I don't want to be here. I'd much rather be at a club playing music.

  Huey Lewis

  School, Engineering, Class

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• Playing music is the best thing in the world. It makes show business almost bearable.

  David Johansen

  World, Music Is, Bearable

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• I was addicted to playing music.

  Hunter Hayes

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• I can understand how some people might resent me for having the audacity to continue playing music, but it'd take a lot more than that to stop me from doing it. I started Foo Fighters because I didn't want to retreat.

  Dave Grohl

  People, Audacity, Want

  "I've never gotten off on chaos". Interview with Keith Cameron, www.theguardian.com. September 14, 2007.

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• You don't have to set aside a time for meditation. You can do it while you're driving your car,while you're at work, while you're playing music. Just be aware of yourself, of who you really are,and realize the rest is a projection of your mind.

  Robert Adams

  Car, Meditation, Mind

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• I just thank God I can make a living doing something I enjoy as much as I do playing music.

  Charlie Daniels

  Thank God, Enjoy, I Can

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• When I started DJ'ing, it was no big thing. There was no money in DJ'ing, and you did it purely for the love of playing music.

  Paul Oakenfold

  Bigs, No Money, Big Things

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• We started playing music from an early age and so we wasn't really aware of that side of it, the weird thing is the more successful you get the more free booze and drugs you get, they should be given to the bands who don't have the money.

  Ville Valo

  Successful, Drug, Age

  The eFestivals Interview, www.efestivals.co.uk. February 6, 2004.

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• I still love playing music. It was all I ever wanted to do, and I got the chance to do it.

  Paul Weller

  Chance, Wanted, Stills

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• There is a lot of work just in terms of traveling and logistics and people and gear and all that kind of stuff. But I never really have problems playing music. That never seems like work.

  James Iha

  People, Gears, Logistics

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• I have often said to the orchestra, especially to the younger players, 'Do your best, and love what you are doing, because you are allowed to do this thing.' By this I mean, they can do what millions of people cannot do. Many people cannot think of playing music or listening to it until six o'clock in the evening. To be involved professionally in a thing as creative as this is a great privilege and we have a duty to make it in such a way that we can help bring pleasure and a sense of fulfillment to those who are not so fortunate.

  Herbert von Karajan

  Mean, Thinking, Player

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• Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues -- communicating with an audience.

  Casey Kasem

  Men, Talking, Issues

  "Casey Kasem's Reflections on the Power of Radio and Music" by Colleen Curry, abcnews.go.com. June 15, 2014.

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• I didn't think we would ever make enough money to pay rent by playing music.

  Gregg Allman

  Thinking, Pay, Enough

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