Musician Quotes - Page 33

• It's just a joy to be able to work with a lot of different musicians. When you play with great musicians, whether they're schooled or self-taught, they keep you on your toes.

  Cass McCombs

  Self, Play, Joy

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Musicians more than most people are in the moment. That's the dual nature of that job.

  Gail Zappa

  Jobs, People, Dual Nature

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I'm in a position I never imagined I'd be in as a musician. Bob Dylan built an audience through recording and live shows. The opportunities for an artist today are totally different.

  Ben Sollee

  Artist, Opportunity, Different

  "Ben Sollee Interview | Activism by cello? On a bike?". Interview with Amanda Taylor, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• If I wrote something just for a musician and not for a soundtrack I would have no inspiration from scenes or from the story. It's like if a painter sees a beautiful scene and he paints it. If he's in his home it's not the same.

  Claudio Simonetti

  Beautiful, Inspiration, Home

  Source: thequietus.com

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• Mostly, the people in "the room" are paid lobbyists representing interests that could afford to pay them. No wonder policy isn't being made that helps smaller, independent musicians or those unaffiliated with a larger entity.

  Erin McKeown

  Independent, People, Lobbyists

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I don't think that those things [so called common practice] ever truly existed in the way that we like to believe that they do, the way we learn about them in music history class. Those things are defined at least decades after they happen. And even then, it's a fallacy because when you're in the moment, when you're in a thriving scene of musicians, inevitably everyone is going to be doing something completely different from everyone else

  Missy Mazzoli

  Believe, Thinking, Practice

  Source: therumpus.net

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• The person I would trust the most is my mom. She's just really creative... She's a playwright and she's a musician.

  Jazmine Sullivan

  Mom, Creative, Playwright

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I think every touring musician sacrifices aspects of their life to do it.

  Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi

  Sacrifice, Thinking, Touring

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• I realized, that the life of a musician, even of a very lucky, very successful musician, wasn't really the life I wanted: I hate travel, I hate living out of suitcases, I hate the constant anxiety of being on stage.

  Garth Greenwell

  Hate, Successful, Anxiety

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I'm not a corny-ass booty freak! I'm the greatest musician of all-time.

  Kanye West

  Booty, Freak, Corny

  Source: uproxx.com

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• I really like Katy Perry and the music she does. She's an amazing musician and it's an honour to be opening for her in London.

  Aino Jawo

  Doe, London, Opening

  "Interview: Icona Pop's Aino Jawo On Their New Album, 'this Is... Icona Pop'". Coup De Main Interview, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. November 25, 2013.

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• It's usually important to me to get my idea out first because a lot of times my ideas will seem weird to musicians.

  Boots Riley

  Ideas, Important, Firsts

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Being a part of the crowd with incredible musicians onstage summoning the muse and delivering that to us - doesn't matter if it's an orchestra, two bluegrass banjo pickers, a solo singer, piano player, or Bruce Springsteen - when it all comes together, you can just feel as if you are a part of something bigger and grander than yourself.

  Patrick Fabian

  Player, Two, Piano

  "Actor Patrick Fabian: The power of live music and being connected to emotions". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, patrickfabian.com.

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• The only way that Hollywood ever skews toward liberal is because part of what we make out of Hollywood involves writers, actors, directors, musicians, set designers, and photographers. In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.

  Adam McKay

  People, Directors, Hollywood

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• My father, Arinze Ejiofor , was a musician and a doctor. Nobody's ever asked me about that combination and what growing up in that environment was like.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Growing Up, Father, Doctors

  Source: aalbc.com

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• Music was literally in the air at the time, the Vienna of 1780. Everybody played music, classical music. There were in fact so many musicians that in apartment buildings people had to come up with a schedule - you practice at 5 p.m., I'll practice at 6 p.m. That way the music didn't collide with one another.

  Eric Weiner

  Air, Practice, People

  "How your neighborhood coffee shop is brewing geniuses". Interview with Paul Solman, www.pbs.org. January 21, 2016.

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• I want longevity; I love music, being a musician is the greatest gift in the world to me, and if I were to get signed to a label, my family and team around me are always gonna be there to make sure they want the very best for me. My fans are what it's all about.

  Christina Grimmie

  Team, Fans, Labels

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It was more about getting together with other musicians and playing live. I needed to suss out a full set [for the Last Summer tour], and I didn't want to play Fiery Furnaces material. So half of our set was new songs that we ended up recording for this album. And that made such a huge difference - going into the studio after playing a song for two years, knowing it inside-out and having sung it millions of times, and then recording it is a totally satisfying experience. You're suddenly in this controlled environment and you can make it sound exactly as you've been imagining it.

  Eleanor Friedberger

  Summer, Song, Years

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• If there is any selfish angle, then it would probably be me just knocking myself in the head, thinking "Is there anybody here? Am I still able to communicate with other musicians?"

  Daniel Lopatin

  Selfish, Thinking, Able

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Now, by and large, people are recording material to put on YouTube. I have a theory that YouTube is, in the end, the #1 media for musicians. Which is strange, because there's a visual associated with it.

  Travis Morrison

  Media, People, Strange

  "The Dismemberment Plan". Interview with Lindsay Zoladz, pitchfork.com. June 27, 2013.

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• My daughter Meredith Moon from my second wife has a band that does Appalachian music, with five-strong banjo, clawhammer style. I may have to direct her somewhere. Meredith was my middle name. I would have to direct her because I am always directing something. She's in the musician's union and she is only 21. Your kids surprise you.

  Gordon Lightfoot

  Daughter, Strong, Kids

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• Any musician with a slight level of self-awareness can be taught to write a 'good' song. A great song is completely original. It feels as if the performer is the only person who could bring it to life.

  Greta Salpeter

  Song, Writing, Self

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• When I decided to be a musician I was hoping that it would be one of my contributions in having a positive impact on the world. That's always what I wanted to do.

  Goapele

  Impact, Would Be, World

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

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• I feel like I'm struggling now, and nearly every musician I know feels that way - even the most successful ones. I realize that I'm very lucky, but I still feel like I could be doing so much better.

  Eleanor Friedberger

  Struggle, Successful, Lucky

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I just look up to anyone who made music back then because you really had to be a musician. There were no samples or drum machines. Those people back in the day paved the way for people like me.

  Rahki

  People, Looks, Machines

  Interview with Brian Hughes Kasoro, www.livefromplanetearth.org. 2011.

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