Many of our greatest musicians abandoned all of their aesthetic objectives to try to become pertinent. And, at the end of the day, they never became pop stars. I counter stated that very strongly, and I continue to do that.
Wynton Marsalis
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We've now got a whole generation of jazz musicians who have been brought up with hip-hop. We've grown up alongside rappers and DJs; we've heard this music all our life. We are as fluent in J Dilla and Dr Dre as we are in Mingus and Coltrane.
Kamasi Washington
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It would have been more obvious to go into film, based on the generation before me, but the generation before them were all composers or classical musicians.
Robert Coppola Schwartzman
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As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something that's never been before, the art form of jazz will flourish.
Charlie Haden
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I pride myself on working with great musicians.
Prince
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The musicians I really looked up to as a kid were the ones who could play everything.
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I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped from labels was really frustrating and sad to me.
Rosanna Arquette
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Thelonious Monk was one of the musicians I most connected with early on. I'm a huge Betty Carter fan, and the way that Abbey Lincoln and Shirley Horn grew immensely from the time they were young is so inspirational.
Cecile McLorin Salvant
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I think musicians oftentimes have the right skill set to be good actors. And with Rihanna, I noticed her and knew of her obviously, and was very taken with her charisma and her confidence.
Peter Berg
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The intensity of being in front of all these incredible musicians and tremendous conductors in these elaborate halls can be overwhelming.
Idina Menzel
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As musicians, and as people who sell material for people to hear and absorb, it's important that we use that voice wisely.
Roberta Flack
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Part of what I enjoy about writing classical music is communicating through the score and collaborating with such amazing musicians.
Bryce Dessner
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If I write for myself, I write a song and I bring in the musicians that are best suited to play it. There's a freedom there.
Paul Stanley
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I grew up in a farm town in Indiana. In the early years I played by myself, because there were no other musicians around.
Gary Burton
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I always have felt that most people don't have the first idea about what musicians, in the traditional sense - I don't mean in the modern media fake way, but traditionally - what they went through, what their lives were like.
Ry Cooder
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
Billy Joel
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From chain gangs to folk songs to intelligent soul, America has created musicians dedicated to truth, justice, and a better American Way.
Shawn Amos
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Whenever I visited China in the past, the relationships always felt superficial; there was no time where I felt those moments of conflict and delight that make you feel close to another person. But since I started touring there in 2004, I would always collaborate with local musicians, and that opened up a new level of intimacy.
Abigail Washburn
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When I listen to music, there's usually some aspect of that music that I like, and that's what I take and try to bring into my own music. Bringing in other musicians to collaborate with is a good way for me to test out new ways or make music that I might have not discovered on my own.
Matisyahu
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Whatever I do, I attempt to do it fully. I try, and don't always succeed, to be thorough. There are musicians who do not know their worth, and if they knew it at one time, it has eluded them. I know my worth. You try not to dwell in the past.
Bill Dixon
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I love song writing, so I'm always happy to write for other musicians.
Sean Kingston
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There are a lot of musicians in my life. But movies came first for me. That was my original passion.
Damien Chazelle
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I was drawn to it much to my father's dismay. He wanted me to be a pianist like he was, but I had coarser tastes - like that old joke: What do you call a guy who hangs around with musicians? A drummer.
Miguel Ferrer
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Ideally, musicians belong outside the Establishment. When they cross that line, it's like something in them has died.
Alex Kapranos
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