“Indie record stores are as important to a touring musician as an incredible thrift store. I can't overstate how good it feels to place an original pressing of 'veedon fleece' in your most underused of shirts and pack it into your suitcase, anxiously awaiting the day you get home so that you can play it as though it was your reward or trophy from the long journey you had just finished embarking on.” FeelsLongI CanImportantPlayHomeRecordsJourneyMusicianOriginalsRewardsIncrediblesFinishedStoresShirtsPacksTouringTrophiesThriftSuitcasesLong JourneyRecord StoresFleeceEmbarking Author:Nate Ruess
“I think the labyrinth is an interesting metaphor for our lives as musicians. We're always being drawn toward the center of it because that's where the mystery is. What is music? It's a journey.” ThinkingInterestingMusicOur LivesMysteryJourneyMusicianMetaphorLabyrinth Author:Sting
“I know this might sound a little cliche but, I feel like everybody is searching for the same thing, and that is truth. I think that's sort of the journey to define that which is most inspirational. Even in acting, when I watch an actor who I find to be so truthful in their craft, or a musician who gets up there and sings so truthfully - I like that.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsLittlesMightActorsSoundActingWatchesJourneyMusicianGet UpCraftsTruthfulCliche Author:Tyler Blackburn
“After seeing what I have seen on my journey, my advice to upcoming musicians would have to be... always have your vision in sight. Do music the way you envisioned yourself doing music no matter what it cost.” WayMatterVisionSeeingJourneyAdviceCostMusicianSightNo Matter WhatMy Journey Author:Chronixx
“I knew a gentleman that I had worked with over the years, who is no longer with us, and was a great influence in my life named Cachao - a Cuban musician, composer, arranger, and creator of the Mambo. The integrity of the journey is what's important - how you conduct yourself in the process. That's what Cachao was always about. He had great integrity, great dignity, was very humble, and dedicated to his art.” ArtImportantJourneyInfluenceIntegrityMusicianDignityHumbleGentlemanDedicatedComposerCuban Author:Andy Garcia
“And what classical music does best and must always do more, is to show this kind of transformation of moods, to show a very wide psychological voyage. And I think that's something that we as classical musicians have underestimated.” ThinkingKindDoeShowsJourneyMusicianTransformationWideMoodPsychologicalClassical MusicVoyagesUnderestimatedClassical Musicians Author:Michael Tilson Thomas
“The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.” CoursesJourneyTruth IsMusicianArrivingDeparting Author:David Bowie