“I find it hard to work with other musicians because I know from experience that when they play, they play with their feeling, and that restricts me because I know I want to play in my own particular way.” KnowsWayWantHardPlayFeelingsMy OwnParticularMusician Author:Enya
“I've always had a problem within myself of feeling that people didn't really see me as a musician and I'm out to get a bit of musical credibility.” PeopleFeelingsProblemBitsMusicianMusicalCredibility Author:Phil Spector
“An actor can do a play on Broadway for three years. Every night he's expressing the same emotion in exactly the same way. He has developed a technique to convey those feelings so that he can get the ideas across. Or a musician may not want to play that damn music at all, but he has a booking and has to do it.” WayWantYearsMayIdeasPlayFeelingsNightThreeActorsCan DoEmotionMusicianTechniqueDamnThree YearsEvery NightBroadway Author:Richard Estes
“I've always considered myself a failure: I feel I've never done anything wholly right. [...] Everybody will tell you, "Oh no, how can you say that, because ten thousand people clap you on a night?" But part of that is reflex action and part of it is because you're reasonably good. But if you're great, that's a different thing.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsDifferentDoneFeelingsActionNightFailureThousandTenMusicianSingersReasonableGreat MenDifferent ThingsConsideringReflexesFeeling SadClapping Author:Ronnie Drew
“That certain feeling happened to me in a big way quite often with the first King Crimson. Amazing things would happen-I mean, telepathy, qualities of energy, things that I had never experienced before with music. You can't tell whether the music is playing the musician or the musician is playing the music.” WayFirstsMeanFeelingsBigsHappensCertainEnergyQualityHappenedKingsMusicianMusic IsAmazing ThingsCrimsonTelepathyKing Crimson Author:Robert Fripp