#musician

Most of my arguments with musicians through the years have had more to do with their attitude about music, or their attitude about their own lives, or their personal responsibility. Music has never really been the big centerpiece of the fight. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#attitude #been #big #fight #had

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

I am a musician, but I'm another type of musician. ↗

— Sun Ra

#another #i #i am #musician #type

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

— Valerie Simpson

#four #harder #hide #lot #musicians

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

Performers should realize they not only have to prepare themselves for concert purposes as far as memorizing their programs goes, but for the business of just walking out before the people …. It is important to play before an imaginary audience too. Before I play in public I very often play a program three or four times as though I were seated before a actual audience. ↗

— Leonard Rose

#nervousness #performing #public-speaking #business

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

— Dizzy Gillespie

#homeopathy #musicians #life