#music

To say that an artist sells out means that an artist is making a conscious choice to compromise his music, to to weaken his music for the sake of commercial gain. ↗

— Ken Burns

#choice #commercial #compromise #conscious #gain

I started trying to do my own music at home, and I was like, 'You know what, I can play the guitar, sort of. And I can do these things, sort of. And I can make these crazy noises on my computer, sort of. But I need a ridiculously good drummer. I need someone to help me with string arrangements.' ↗

— Steve Burns

#computer #crazy #drummer #good #guitar

Most people are fascinated to see someone play an instrument in an inspired way. We are moved by witnessing musical brilliance, and it was this notion that led me to purchase the GuitarTV domain 10 years ago. ↗

— Steve Vai

#brilliance #domain #fascinated #inspired #instrument

I don't like that, because there are a lot of people whose works I admire as actors or actresses, or musicians. And you know, I've been a big fan of different musicians or actors. ↗

— Laura Bush

#because #been #big #big fan #different

My father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats. ↗

— Yancy Butler

#about #any #beats #father #i

I knew I'd just done one of the most amazing things that I will ever get a chance to do. Just to be part of a musical that's not your background and to pull it off and to think that we've done something that's really special. ↗

— Gerard Butler

#amazing things #background #chance #done #ever

The wage for most musicians is a modest amount, and that includes me some of the time. ↗

— David Byrne

#includes #me #modest #most #musicians

When I was 17-years-old, I was in the music business. ↗

— Scott Caan

#i #music #music business

I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other genres. ↗

— Carrie Brownstein

#does #genres #good #good job #hip-hop

I've never understood people who play up the artifice of music. ↗