“We must face the fact that many today are notoriously careless in their living. This attitude finds its way into the church. We have liberty, we have money, we live in comparative luxury. As a result, discipline has disappeared. What would a violin solo sound like if the strings on the musician's instrument were all hanging loose, not stretched tight, not disciplined?” IfsWayFactsTodayChristianFacesSoundChurchResultsAttitudeLibertyDisciplineMusicianInstrumentsLuxuryStringsPreacherSoloCarelessViolin Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“The attitude of foreign to English musicians is unsympathetic, self-opinionated and pedantic. They believe that their tradition is the only one (this is specially true of the Viennese) and that anything that is not in accordance with that tradition is "wrong" and arises from insular ignorance.” BelieveSelfAttitudeIgnoranceMusicianTraditionAriseOpinionatedPedanticUnsympathetic Author:Ralph Vaughan Williams
“Once you lose that musician part -not just the playing, I'm talking about musician attitude- then you're lost, man. Especially if you started out that way. It feels so good to be back, starting from the ground up.” IfsMenWayFeelsLostLosesAttitudeTalkingMusicianStarting Author:Bootsy Collins
“I suppose musicians have the kind of arrogant attitude that they can actually offer the world something, because through their passive power, they're able to be the strongest arms that they can be, incredibly strong. That's what keeps us going.” WorldKindAbleStrongAttitudeArmsOffersMusicianStrongestArrogantPassive Author:Lisa Gerrard
“What stood me in good stead was my upbringing. I had a musician father, a very religious mother who totally supported us. My mom gave me my moral code which, even if I was bad, I wasn't bad for very long. If you're born and raised Catholic, it stays with you a lifetime. It's a good thing to have. My dad gave me a very professional attitude to the music business, and for that I thank them 100%.” IfsLongMotherFatherBornReligiousAttitudeMoralMomDadMusicianCatholicGood ThingsLifetimeRaisedMy DadMy MomCodeUpbringingMusic BusinessBorn And RaisedMoral Code Author:Suzi Quatro
“My attitude towards my time as a musician, is that I really wanted to completely reinvent myself and not be one of these people who, twenty, thirty years later, is trying to recreate something that happened. I'm glad that Neil Young still makes records, but I don't know that everybody needs to be frozen in time forever. I think it's good that pop music is ephemeral.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsTryingYearsStillsWantedYoungAttitudeForeverRecordsHappenedMusicianMusic IsTwentiesPopsGladThirtyMy TimeFrozenPop MusicThirty YearsMy AttitudeEphemeralFrozen In Time Author:Kurt Ralske
“The source of inspiration can be any of the things:deep emotional experiences - say, romantic love or spiritual contemplation.I think such rare moments come only when you have total concentration. You are consumed in and by the music. I guess you could say that it is akin to contemplation. In order to reach this desirable state of mind you have to rise above the environment you're in at that particular time - a bad piano, glaring stage lights, or the attitude of the audience. Sometimes the inspiration of the other musicians you're playing with helps you reach this stage.” ThinkingMindSometimesMomentsHelpingInspirationSpiritualAttitudeAudienceEnvironmentEmotionalMusicianContemplationConcentrationState Of MindRomantic LoveRise Above Author:Dave Brubeck
“We as the band are passionate and energetic musicians. We have minimised the amount of self-criticism. Fear of death, total impatience and an unconcerned attitude to weary notions of good and bad is what's making us exceed speed limits. We're hijacking the holy inspiration from otherness, and we don't spoil it with personal aesthetic preferences. We are panthers and gazelles, not slugs and tortoises. Though it must be said that after turning forty I've started to resemble a sloth more and more.” InspirationAttitudeHolyMusicianPassionateSpeedFortyAestheticGood And BadFear Of DeathSpoilImpatienceEnergeticSloth Author:Jussi Lehtisalo
“Poetry can explain individuals to ourselves, and change our attitudes, and help us see the complexity of the world, but the kind of poetry I follow isn't going to change public opinion directly. Other art forms can - if you're a TV writer, you have some interesting challenges, or if you're a country musician, somebody like Brad Paisley. But poetry not so much.” WorldKindArtCountryHelpingIndividualChallengesInterestingAttitudeOpinionMusicianComplexitySome Interesting Author:Stephen Burt
“I find myself being quite cynical - and I think we all kind of are - towards the idea that it's associated with being a musician; you know... the kind of rock-star attitude. So, I hope that people know it's a joke.” PeopleThinkingKindAttitudeMusicianJokesAll KindsCynical Author:Thomas Powers