#musician

Every musical movement that is big enough has to produce some good musicians who wouldn't have had the incentive to start playing without it. ↗

— Alexis Korner

#big enough #enough #every #good #had

Of course, I would be depressed sometimes, and my Mom would be worried about me because I would just sleep to escape. Cause I was so scared of being a musician or artist, or whatever you want to call it. ↗

— Chantal Kreviazuk

#artist #because #being #call #cause

In The Doors we have both musicians and poets, and both know of each other's art, so we can effect a synthesis. ↗

— Robby Krieger

#both #doors #each #effect #know

I never learned to verbalize an abstract musical concept. No thank you. The whole point of being a serious musician is to avoid verbalization whenever you can. ↗

— Virgil Thomson

#avoid #being #concept #i #learned

Favored Nations is a long-term commitment. Our hope is that those who are passionate about real musicianship will want to hear and own most of our albums. We will set out to attain the same direct relationship with our customers that we have with our artists. ↗

— Steve Vai

#albums #artists #attain #commitment #customers

Um, musicians are funnier you know, than actors on the whole. ↗

— Tim Curry

#know #musicians #than #um #whole

The real amazing thing about all of this is I think I've maintained the mentality of a musician throughout it all, which I'm proudest of. And I'm still playing on people's records and singing on people's records. ↗

— Vince Gill

#amazing #amazing thing #i #i think #maintained

And as I grew older, I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, and they said, well, no, we won't accept you, because we haven't a clue - you know - of the future of a so-called 'deaf' musician. And I just couldn't quite accept that. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#accept #auditioned #because #clue #deaf

Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments. ↗

— Benny Goodman

#instruments #learn #many #musicians #polls

I want them to come away with discovering the music inside them. And not thinking about themselves as jazz musicians, but thinking about themselves as good human beings, striving to be a great person and maybe they'll become a great musician. ↗

— Charlie Haden

#away #become #beings #come #discovering