#musician

I want to be taken seriously as the type of musician that plays stuff like an electric rake. I mean, how seriously do you take someone like Spike Jones? They take him pretty seriously - a really good musician who made a great contribution in terms of humor, which is part of what I try to do too. ↗

— Eugene Chadbourne

#electric #good #great #him #how

I remember once, we got an interview, and he said, 'Dad, these people are writing about me like I'm an adult. Don't they know I'm a kid?' I have never tried to encourage him to get a music image like other musicians have. ↗

— Ornette Coleman

#adult #dad #encourage #get #got

Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician. ↗

— Jeff Cooper

#armed #guitar #handgun #make #makes

I just play the music that I love with musicians that I respect, and fortunately, I'm in a position where people are willing to play with me, and perhaps I can do something to help them. ↗

— Bonnie Raitt

#help #i #i can #i love #just

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear. ↗

— Ralph Ellison

#creates #ear #him #his #i

Musicians can run this state better than politicians. We won't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'll work late and be honest. ↗

— Kinky Friedman

#done #get #honest #late #lot

I didn't decide to become a musician until the age of 15, which is quite late. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#become #decide #i #late #musician

MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world. ↗

— Karlie Kloss

#art world #artists #fashion #fashion industry #general

I've always thought that actors wanted to be pop musicians and pop musicians wanted to be actors. ↗

— Gary Kemp

#i #musicians #pop #thought #wanted

He didn't want me to become a musician, he wanted me to be a doctor, because he said singing was too hard. ↗

— Nusrat F. A. Khan

#become #doctor #hard #me #musician