#musician

If a musician wants to be an actor, everyone thinks that's pretty cool. But if an actor wants to play a song, even if they've been doing it for 40 years, that's bad news. ↗

— John Hawkes

#bad #bad news #been #cool #doing

I lived in an area where there were a lot of rock musicians, and we got together regularly in our studios. ↗

— Ken Hensley

#got #i #lived #lot #musicians

I'm just opening the doors. And a lot of this is new to me - thinking about it, and letting go again and again and again, trusting that if I'm meant to continue working as a musician, it'll happen. If I'm not, then pull out the life support. ↗

— Jane Siberry

#again #continue #doors #go #happen

I have always felt I was more accurately a Hard Rock musician. ↗

— Geddy Lee

#always #felt #hard #hard rock #i

I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician. ↗

— Patti Smith

#i #know #musician #performer #strong

And it's a lot harder to hide with four musicians than it is with eight. ↗

— Valerie Simpson

#four #harder #hide #lot #musicians

I suppose I am a frustrated musician so I annoy my family by playing guitar in the house. I used to be into acoustic stuff but my son Joseph is learning drums, so now I have an electric guitar and we play Metallica. We have an amp and a PA in the garage with his drum kit. ↗

— Kevin McKidd

#am #amp #annoy #drum #drums

Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don't abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the book." (Acceptance speech, National Book Award 2010 (Nonfiction), November 17, 2010) ↗

— Patti Smith

#materialism #musicians #pure-awesome #technology #beauty

When they say the sky's the limit to me that's really true ↗

— Michael Jackson

#dreaming #inspirational #musician #wisdom #dreams

There have been two great revelations in my life: The first was bepop, the second was homeopathy. ↗

— Dizzy Gillespie

#homeopathy #musicians #life