Musician Quotes - Page 42

Yes, I'm a musician. I also like to play with others, sometimes more, sometimes less.

I mean, I don't even think of myself as a musician, really.

It hurt me to be away from him. Some days I went crazy wondering what he was doing. And when I couldn't handle it, I practiced music. I really had Aspen to thank for me being the musician that I was. He drove me to distraction. And that was bad.

As a comedian, you're kind of like a blues musician; you have to live a little bit.

Serious musicians are finding it harder and harder to have a voice in the world of music these days.

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.

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.

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

When it comes to touch and feel as a musician, style is infinitely more important than chops.

I try not to date musicians. It's all I've dated. Every guy I've dated is a musician. Obviously, it's not working.

I've dated a couple of guys who were awesome, and the celebrity part of my life and the traveling part are hard to get around. You never get to see each other, especially if you're both musicians.

I realized that improvisers should probably always have time off. But musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute - unless something drastic occurs.

The second album was like being on a completely different planet compared to when we were making the first album. ... Even though it was the same musicians, the same artist, the same studio, the same producer, - it felt like a completely different piece of a puzzle.

I feel like what I'm best at is being a musician and a performer. I want to use that to help people who are good at starting nonprofits.

If I was not a film-maker I'd probably be a musician. I like Kanye West, Jay-Z, R&B, classical, jazz and all kinds of music, but I'd say soulful World Music is my favorite.

I am not, and have no interest in being, a musician of any kind.

You need to understand that a skilled professional songwriter can accelerate your success as an already talented musician. These people are writing every single day, so their craft is really sharp, and it's the best songwriters who consistently get on the radio.

I wasn't making music consciously when I was younger. I was a musician, but that has its own stigmas. Anywhere on the planet, it's one of the more undervalued positions.

I think the best thing an artist can do is not hang out with other artists. I really dislike hanging out with musicians, for the most part, except for a few select friends, because I don't like to talk about music all the time.

Going to the Sahara Desert and meeting the Touareg band Tinariwen was a life-changing experience. All through that time, I have just carried on learning and meeting musicians, and I keep finding links between different forms.

All the musicians that I know want to act.

I wouldn't even begin to presume that the talent of an able actor is anything like the talents of a prodigious musician.

I want to paint. That is probably going to sound so pretentious coming from someone who's been a musician.

I get the most starstruck around musicians. I get tongue-tied and don't know what to say. I'm so jealous of them. When you make a movie, you're constructing something - it's a little bit like making an album. But after musicians make an album, they get to perform it live and experience it in front of a crowd.

When you have the opportunity to make music with great musicians, take it. That's it. That's the only reason I need, really.