“I was just glad to get the Grammy. I didn't know what the thing was. It's the honor what I loved.” KnowsArtMusicHonorMusicianGladPerformingPerforming ArtsGrammy Author:Elizabeth Cotten
“I hold my time with the Black Crowes with the utmost respect and sincerest appreciation. It is a huge swath of my life’s body of work. I couldn’t be more proud of what we accomplished and deeply moved by the relationships people created and maintained with my music. That alone is the greatest honor of being a musician.” PeopleLifeBodyBlackMusicHugeProudHonorMusicianMovedAppreciationMy TimeAccomplished Author:Rich Robinson
“The music is the imperative. It has the upper hand. I think all music, even though it's an abstraction, does motivate a particular meaning. Then it's the job of the musician to honor that meaning and to somehow implement lyrical material that can accommodate that emotional environment.” ThinkingDoeHandsJobsEnvironmentEmotionalParticularMaterialsHonorMusicianMusic IsAbstractionImperativesAccommodateLyricalUpper Hand Author:Sufjan Stevens
“We musicians, like everyone else, are numb with sorrow at this murder, and with rage at the senselessness of the crime. But this sorrow and rage will not inflame us to seek retribution; rather they will inflame our art. Our music will never again be quite the same. This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before. And with each note we will honor the spirit of John Kennedy, commemorate his courage, and reaffirm his faith in the Triumph of the Mind.” MindArtSpiritViolenceCrimeHonorSorrowMusicianMurderNotesRageTriumphNumbRetributionJohn KennedySenselessness Author:Leonard Bernstein
“Playing the Opry, when I get the opportunity - it's one of the coolest honors for any musician in any genre, but especially for a country musician.” CountryOpportunityHonorMusicianGenre Author:Charlie Worsham
“To be a musician is a great privilege but it is also a very great responsibility. One must think that to be a musician is a gift - a gift from Nature. There is no great merit in us except in loving this gift with respect and devotion and doing everything possible to honor that gift by work and more work. We must work with conviction and humility, searching for beauty, simplicity, and the Truth. And it is for us musicians to do all in our power for a better world. Music must carry the message of beauty, of love and of peace.” ThinkingWorldResponsibilityHumilityHonorMessagesMusicianSimplicityPrivilegeConvictionDevotionMeritWorld MusicGreat Responsibility Author:Pablo Casals
“For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians and strange animals from conquered territories, together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments. The conquerors rode in a triumphal chariot, the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him. Sometimes his children robed in white stood with him in the chariot or rode the trace horses. A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting.” YearsChildrenWarSometimesTogetherWhiteAnimalBehindsStrangeHonorWalkingThousandMusicianGloryEarsHorseSlaveTreasureGoldenChainsEnjoyedTriumphPrisonerTerritoryWarningCrownsThousand YearsFleetingCapturedWhisperingParadesConquerorCartsArmamentProcessionChariotsDazed Author:George S. Patton