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		The kind of music or the kind of arrangements that I do, the kind of musicians I choose, is just what I like to hear.
	
	  Erykah Badu Erykah Badu
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		When I was seven years old I played the flute, then by 11 I quit being a musician and got into Djing.
	
	  Jonas Blue Jonas Blue
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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 Stormzy
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		Today all sounds belong to a continuous field of possibilities lying within the comprehensive dominion of music. Behold the new orchestra: the sonic universe! And the musicians: anyone and anything that sounds!
	
	  R. Murray Schafer R. Murray Schafer
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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 John Lennon
			
			
				The Beatles
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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 Cameron Crowe
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		I'm not a martyr, just a musician who dies for your sins. Oh, that's what a martyr is? Very well then, I am a martyr, if you insist.
	
	  Thomas Edward Yorke
			
			
				Atoms for Peace Thomas Edward Yorke
			
			
				Atoms for Peace
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		I always thought that pop groups were going to be made up in the 21st century. It wouldn't be four musicians, as such. Especially in the online world, with the worlds that are opening up.
	
	  Paul Robert Morley
			
			
				Art of Noise Paul Robert Morley
			
			
				Art of Noise
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		I used to go to Bourbon Street when I was a kid and there would be club after club after club of people who were around when the music started. I mean these are legendary, maybe not so well known, but legendary musicians.
	
	  Harry Connick, Jr. Harry Connick, Jr.
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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. Harry Connick, Jr.
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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 Ryan Adams
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		When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
	
	  Billy Joel Billy Joel