Quotes About Musician

Not to flatter myself, but I know that you can influence people's opinion as a musician, and I don't want to.

I'm a failed musician rather than a successful writer.

A long time ago, Prince said that no musician is ever gonna make money off the Internet, and he was right.

I'm a jazz musician, and I really wanted to not miss an opportunity to have the full connection to jazz.

You don't want to make records so you can win a Grammy. You make records because you want to be a musician.

If I could be a musician, I'd do it. I love singing.

I was a musician for years before I started doing this stuff. Show business was the only thing I ever considered.

When I met my wife Vicky's family, I had to go out of my way to convince them, to show them, that I wasn't anything like their idea of a musician.

I'm a country musician. I know how to play jazz, and I can play rock. But I've had to fight my entire career to get a little respect from people who don't understand where I come from.

The artist is the consciousness of society... but musicians' role is very special.

I think my biggest musical hero growing up was probably Ian MacKaye. He set a great example for all of us local musicians. Still, to this day, I see him as the best example of a right-on musician.

The fact that I'm not a good musician - I throw it around, tell people that - it doesn't matter that much. It only matters to me, because I idolized good musicians. I absolutely worshiped them.

Any musician - I would say 99% of musicians - needs some help along the way. Most people, even if they're self-produced, have someone else mix it, or they'll have someone else master the record. Inevitably, it's like somebody else's personality being put into your art.

I guess fortunate that I'm still around and I emphasize I guess because you never can tell what musicians would be playing had they been around as long as I have.

Cheech and I used to call ourselves musicians; we never called ourselves comedians. We were musicians that were funny.

Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.

Well I'm a third-generation musician. My Grandfather's a musician and my father and mother were both musicians and so I'm a musician. It was just natural that I should be a musician 'cause I was born into the family.

I mean, look how many musicians have come through and played beside me, and I'm workin' and they're not.

I mean, I could just go round and use session musicians for every song, but I don't find that helps when it comes to setting up a band for live. Derrick has been with me for donkey's years.

I always dream about other musicians. And they're never interested in hanging out with us. It's like being at school and the bigger boys don't want to play with you!

When it comes to musicians, I'm like the daddy of musicians here in Cuba.

All musicians need a day job in the beginning. Unless they still live with their parents, I guess. I'm just lucky that my day job is simply another form of art.

Folk musicians have a lot of the same self-importance, but they're way more cruel and jealous than rock musicians - I know this for a fact because I used to be a folk musician.

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