Quotes About Musicians

There was music in death. Actors and musicians knew this as true.

I wouldn't like to be in movies. Movie people are strange. They live a different life than musicians do.

But recently I began to feel that maybe I wouldn't be able to do what I want to do and need to do with American musicians, who are imprisoned behind these bars music's got these bars and measures you know.

I'm fortunate enough to socialize with some of the greatest musicians around.

Music's always been at the heart of Apple. It's deep in our DNA. We've sold Macs to musicians since the beginning of Macs.

There is no one like Toto in history in that we were both successful as session musicians and also had a band that sold so many million records.

Performing live on stage is such a community, whether it's my musicians or a cast of a show that I'm in. And then when you're in the studio or on set, it's a much more solitary experience. Both can serve me at different times in my life. And when I go back and forth from one to the other, it helps me appreciate all of them much better.

I can't even imagine how it must be to be a solo artist playing with session musicians.

New Orleans cats don't play a lot of solos unless they got something to say. It's not an ego thing like it is with some other musicians. You say what you gotta say and then shut up.

There are a lot of musicians who are still desperately trying to pretend that it's 1998 and by having a huge marketing campaign, they somehow believe that they can sell 10 million records. That's delusional. No one sells 10 million records. The days of musicians getting rich off of selling records are done.

I have nothing but respect for 1D. They are great lads.

I had a lot of luck in meeting great musicians who were kind enough to show me things.

I decided early on that I wanted to be Michael Bloomfield, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton - not George Harrison.

Gibson put out this cheap, really good guitar, and cats would tune it, since they were nearly all banjo players, to a five-string banjo tuning. Also, you didn't have to pay for the other string, the big string. Or you could save it for hanging the old lady or something.

THE GODS was my first professional band and I learned a lot during that time. It was very cool playing with so many great musicians as it helped me to learn.

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I liked Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin and the Eagles. Those were some of my favorites.

On Eye of the Zombie, I had so-called studio musicians.

When I came to New York after high school in 1959 and started to meet musicians, 'Hot House' was like a standard jam session tune.

I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character, while still going along with the tune in question.

In a jazz atmosphere, the audience members were so quiet and respectful of the musicians that you felt you were almost part of a meeting at a church or a temple, where everyone was completely in tune with the sermon and what the whole event was about.

I know colors like some people know a melody. And the tunes of my favorite musicians energizes me when I work.

We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour.

When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a musician allows you to pick them out without breaking them.