#musician

It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first musicians to play solos in a big band set-up. ↗

— Alvin Lee

#began #big #big band #charlie #christian

Strangely enough, through all those school years I decided at 13 or 14 I was going to be a musician and so school was just something to get out of the way, a waste of time and not to bother with it. ↗

— Alvin Lee

#decided #enough #get #going #i

I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out. ↗

— Geddy Lee

#every time #i #learning #musician #myself

But, I would be naive not to recognize the number of musicians who tell me they have been influenced by me and sight me - as well as Alex and Neil - as a musician who has been a positive influence on their playing. ↗

— Geddy Lee

#been #i #influence #influenced #me

Growing up, I fantasized about being a rock musician and that somehow it would be really easy. I didn't realize that it's so much work. ↗

— Sean Lennon

#being #easy #fantasized #growing #growing up

It's a radical time for musicians, a really revolutionary time, and I believe revolutions like Napster are a lot more fun than cash, which by the way we don't have at major labels anyway, so we might as well get with it and get in the game. ↗

— Courtney Love

#believe #cash #fun #game #get

The world is full of musicians who can play great, and you wouldn't cross the road to see them. It's people who have this indefinable attitude that are the good ones. ↗

— Nick Lowe

#cross #full #good #good ones #great

But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#bring #concerts #connect #each #festivals

The role of the musician is to go from concept to full execution. Put another way, it's to go from understanding the content of something to really learning how to communicate it and make sure it's well-received and lives in somebody else. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#another way #communicate #concept #content #else

It took me way beyond what I knew, into places of which I was totally scared, but as I became less frightened, I welcomed new ways of thinking and approaching something. It made me an infinitely richer person, and I think a better musician. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#became #better #beyond #frightened #i