Musician Quotes
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I love listening to other musicians and seeing what they do to gain their distinctive respective sounds and edge.
Bill Frisell
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Well the artists that inspire me were, first of all I would say Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, John Holt, Alton Ellis, Errol Dunkley, Delroy Wilson and Dennis Brown you know. They have unique voice and sweet melody and you know, good lyrics those time yeh. The music was very nice in that time still seen, because you find that even the musical part, the musicians concentrate more on the melody than everything, more than how they concentrate on the money that time you Know
Gregory Isaacs
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Selfishly, I make music for me. I like to make music. I like looking for songs. I like working with interesting musicians. I like producing records. It's something I will always do.
Herb Alpert
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I always was a rebel...but on the other hand, I wanted to be loved and accepted...and not just be a loudmouth, lunatic, poet, musician. But I cannot be what I am not.
John Lennon
The Beatles
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I was never interested in singing in the church choir or in school. I was more interested in becoming a musician.
Cassandra Wilson
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I was doing without for so long, not knowing the things that are normal for musicians. I was getting bookings regardless, people phoning or emailing me direct, and journalists were writing about me anyway.
Stormzy
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We have been working with Habitat for Humanity and we have built eighty homes, 80% of which are being lived in by New Orleans' musicians. It is called the Musicians' Village and at the center is the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music.
Harry Connick, Jr.
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I married a musician, music is everywhere I turn, thankfully. Yeah, a lot of times the ideas for a movie, or even the way I cast a movie, comes from driving around in my car and listening to tapes and thinking, 'Kate Hudson floating on a Joni Mitchell song.' That's a good scene.
Cameron Crowe
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One thing that you hope for when you want to be a musician is that you have that recognizable sound.
Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr.
Alice in Chains
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I knew that I was going to have a life as a musician, because I always felt the pull. I don't remember ever having to make a choice.
Steven Siro Vai
Alcatrazz
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I'm not a deaf musician. I'm a musician who happens to be deaf.
Evelyn Glennie
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It's hard to view myself sometimes as even in the same league as other musicians, mainly because there's so much music before me. I feel overinformed by different styles and different possibilities.
Ryan Adams
