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Musicians Quotes

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.

People Me Writing Musicians Doing

Musicians were always coming and going in our house. My parents didn't play much, but they were forever arranging these parties for artists. As a result, they didn't have to play that many records.

Parents Musicians Result House Play

The lion's share of what I hear right now are people who, intentional or accidental, have avoided all jazz prior to 1960. And all the musicians who were successful in the '60s spent their entire lives, prior to 1960, listening to all the musicians these people avoid.

Branford Marsalis

Lion People Listening Musicians Jazz

I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.

Family Day World Society Musicians

Sometimes, musicians worry too much about how beautifully they are playing.

Musicians Worry Too Much Sometimes

I don't know the names of any pop musicians. Pop music is standardised; it's made to please the largest audience possible. I also compose to please a large audience, but when you listen to my music, you understand that I have studied and applied the whole history of composition.

Ennio Morricone

Music History Musicians You Possible

I love working with different musicians in the studio, that's a real joy working with someone for the first time.

Love Time Joy Musicians Someone

I don't listen to music, actually. Obviously I go to clubs; I stand in elevators; a lot of my friends are musicians; I hear music all the time. But I don't have my own collection of music.

Music Time Stand Musicians Friends

Actually, I started off playing by ear and being around a bunch of musicians playing in the streets in the different parades.

Trombone Shorty

Musicians Streets Playing Started

Various different people have inspired me throughout my career. From Francis Bacon to Vassareli, Coco Chanel to Christian Dior, Cecil Beaton, musicians, architects... the list is endless.

Dries van Noten

People Me Musicians Christian Career

The older I get, the more I think birds are the best musicians on the planet.

Best Birds Think Musicians More Get

It's an endless proving of myself, that I really am a musician, that I have something to offer in the room. That women can be musicians, women can be rock stars, women can be more than an objectified idea of a pop star.

Stars Women Myself Musicians Rock

Today jazz is still very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians.

Toots Thielemans

Today Generation Musicians New Jazz

There's nothing wrong with becoming a role model, nothing wrong with inspiring people to become musicians, to become actors.

People Musicians Wrong Role Model

As I grew up, I wasn't a great buyer of albums, but I really liked 'The Jam.' I like good musicians and loved the energy of their songs.

Good Great Energy Loved Musicians

I've always had money because of my early success with Cream, so I tell young musicians to aim to write their own material, because owning the composition rights makes a very big difference.

Success Money Musicians Early Young

I've met a lot of jazz musicians in my day, and they're all funny.

Funny Day Musicians Jazz Met Lot

To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that I've worked with have done their best work by far with me.

Work Best Me Musicians You Find

Musicians like to converse. There's always interesting conversation with musicians - with classical musicians, with jazz musicians, musicians in general.

Wynton Marsalis

Musicians Interesting Conversation

There were two things I discovered when I toured with Snoop. One was that the band was all jazz musicians. The second was to instil in me a respect for other styles of music. From then on, whenever I played a new kind of music, I came with the same kind of open mind. What are they trying to do? What are they hearing? How do they see music?

Kamasi Washington

Music Respect Mind Me Musicians New

I do covers for CDs and LPs of music that I like, reissues of old-time music, and then I'm inspired to make some kind of drawing based on this love of the music. I don't do album covers or CD covers for groups or musicians I don't like or have no interest in.

Love Music Musicians Drawing Kind

That's the thing about musicians: The priority is to create something new that's never been before. And you put your life on the line every time that you play.

Life Time Musicians You Create Play

People don't understand real musicians anymore. Jack White is great - he's the real thing - but he isn't having hits.

Great People Musicians White Real

In chamber music, the audience can hear each instrument and understand (and feel) what the composer and the musicians have in mind as they play.

Music Mind Feel Musicians Play Hear

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