#music

I think it's just an awkward time right now to be a musician. ↗

— Trent Reznor

#i #i think #just #musician #now

I claimed identity as Jewish musicians for political reasons, because most of us were touring in Germany and, at this time, twelve years ago, there was a strong resurgence of Nazism in the places we were touring and part of that was on the music scene. ↗

— Marc Ribot

#because #claimed #germany #i #identity

Jazz is a music of great achievements but speed and chops serve a different function in jazz. ↗

— Marc Ribot

#chops #different #function #great #great achievements

Arranging is the way I put my stamp on my music as much as my guitar playing. ↗

— Lee Ritenour

#guitar #guitar playing #i #much #music

Jazz is a very democratic musical form. It comes out of a communal experience. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing of beauty. ↗

— Max Roach

#collectively #comes #communal #create #democratic

Napster is essentially using the music to make money for themselves and that's the part that's both morally and legally wrong. That I think is more relevant than whether or not I'm losing money. ↗

— Hilary Rosen

#essentially #i #i think #legally #losing

Now the music industry is sort of like a Craigslist venture, right? Where you're making your own records and selling them online. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#like #making #music #music industry #now

My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly. ↗

— Carlos Santana

#cry #dance #decently #did #ecstasy

I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It's not like I'm cashing in on a false concept. This is what I do. ↗

— Carlos Santana

#african #blues #concept #every #false

I'm not technical. When I listen to music, I gravitate more toward the sonic aspect of it. The technical stuff of it, I get bored with it. These long solos? OK, already. You know your scales, big deal. I know it, too, but I don't want to do that. ↗

— Joey Santiago

#aspect #big #big deal #bored #deal