“SPEAK OF TROUBLE highlights the abilities of Lowell Sostomi as singer/songwriter and brings together a talented band of musicians with amazing dexterity, loads of energy, and very original arrangements. Im impressed.” TogetherEnergySpeakAbilityTroubleBandMusicianOriginalsSingersLoadImpressedSongwritersArrangementsSinger SongwritersHighlightsDexterity Author:Gordon Lightfoot
“I'm much more of a musician than a poet. I just feel much more confident about my musical abilities.” FeelsAbilityPoetMusicianMusicalMusical Ability Author:Mary Timony
“You always feel like rock critics are frustrated musicians. I envy musicians their ability to live their art and share it with an audience, in the moment.” FeelsArtMomentsAbilityAudienceShareRocksMusicianCriticsEnvyFrustrated Author:Todd Haynes
“When I came to New York, to Brooklyn, I met Alvin Ailey and Stanley Crouch and August Wilson. They were always putting things in a philosophical context. All the great jazz musicians did, too. There was always a sub-context to what they were saying about music even though they would be very down home and earthy. So I started to develop, in addition to my power and ability to simply hear, a way to place myself in a time.” WayHomeWould BeAbilityNew YorkMetsMusicianPhilosophicalJazzJazz MusicBrooklynAugustWilsonStanleyJazz Musician Author:Wynton Marsalis
“Of course, it's not the technique that makes the music; it's the sensitivity of the musician and his ability to be able to fuse his life with the rhythm of the times. This is the essence of music.” AbleCoursesAbilityMusicianEssenceTechniqueRhythmSensitivityFuse Author:Herbie Hancock
“I am first, and foremost, an actor. That's what I am. To me, a song is a mini-drama. My musical ability informs the actor as well because it gives me a sense of timing that non-musicians don't have. So, one hand washes the other.” GivingFirstsWellsHandsSongActorsAbilityDramaMusicianGive MeMusicalTimingMusical Ability Author:Theodore Bikel
“It feels like we've grown enough as musicians over the last few years to go new places, and our conceptual and compositional abilities have developed along with it, so we're pushing all the envelopes we can at the same time and it still feels like cutting edge work to us. It seems to resonate with people.” PeopleFeelsYearsStillsEnoughSeemsLastsAbilityCuttingMusicianEdgesPushingEnvelopesNew PlacesCutting Edge Author:Bent Saether
“Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are.” TryingKindAbilityDoubtMusicianMisgivings Author:Billy Joel
“It's definitely about the rhythm of the words and how they sound together, writing one sentence and then another and another and cutting something immediately if it doesn't feel true. I come from a family of musicians and - while I have no musical abilities of my own - I think I inherited a good ear.” IfsThinkingFeelsWritingTogetherSoundMy OwnAbilityCuttingMusicianEarsMusicalSentencesRhythmOne SentenceMusical Ability Author:Mary J. Miller
“Like the ability of all the musicians to end the song at the right time. Or when it's time for a chord change, but nobody knows what the chord should be, and you all, you know, it all just changes, magically, at the same time. It's when you pick up your phone to call someone and that person is calling you.” KnowsShouldPersonsEndsSongAbilityCallingMusicianPicksPhonesRight TimeChordsNobody KnowsKnow It All Author:Larkin Grimm
“The fact of playing an instrument and singing... that I can try to make my dream of singing and becoming a professional musician come true is linked probably to the fact that I traveled a lot, which gave me an open mind and an ability to push my limits.” TryingMindI CanFactsDreamAbilityBecomingLimitsMusicianSingingInstrumentsTraveledLinkedOpen Mind Author:Rokia Traore
“I certainly know guys in comedy, I know some actors, and I definitely know some musicians, who have survived to a certain age and make a good living doing what they do, but nobody knows who they are. They wake up every day and they have the ability to get paid practicing their art, but underneath it all, if you scratched the surface, you still get, "If I only had my own show . . .," or "If I only had my own band . . ." It's what people always do when they want to be their own star.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantArtStillsShowsAgeGuyCertainActorsStarsMy OwnAbilityComedyBandMusicianWake UpPaidSurfaceSurvivedNobody KnowsGood Living Author:Denis Leary
“Business today is all about improvisation, which is the essence of jazz. Perhaps in the past we could just follow the operating manual and do what we were told, but today the world is too complex and fast. Today it's all about real-time innovation and creativity. Individuals may get hired based on their resumes, but they'll get promoted and reach their dreams based on their ability to create. In that context, being a jazz musician was the best MBA I could have ever received.” WorldDreamTodayPastIndividualAbilityCreativityMusicianInnovationJazzJazz MusicImprovisationJazz Musician Author:Josh Linkner
“On tour things go wrong all the time, I mean that's live music, that's what it's all about. I think one of the things I'm learning is that when stuff goes wrong, really brilliant musicians have the ability to turn this into something interesting and unique. I think good people in any sphere of anything know how to deal with problems, how to take it in your stride. We are learning this by touring, by being put in these positions when we need to focus and deal with it.” PeopleThinkingMeanProblemAbilityInterestingFocusMusicianUniqueBrilliantGood PeopleSomething Interesting Author:Joey Badass
“I envy musicians their ability to live their art and share it with an audience, in the moment. From a filmmaker's standpoint, that's so rare and pure in a way that I'm sure is way more complicated than it appears.” ArtMomentsAbilityAudienceShareMusicianComplicatedEnvy Author:Todd Haynes
“Back then, I was really into composing the entire solo, beginning to end. I wanted to have it at least 80 to 90 percent complete before going into the studio. I didn't improvise in the studio. I was young, and I didn't really have the development in my playing or the ability to show up with nothing and then put down 500 ideas. I can do that now because I'm so much more of a musician now.” AbilityMusician Author:Lars Ulrich
“The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.” MenLifeInspirationalHumansWealthAbilityInfluencePositiveGreatnessInspirational LifeIntegrityMusicianPositivityAcquireAffectedLife And LoveOne LovePositivelyPositive EnergyReggaeJamaicaHonesty IntegrityPositive ImpactHonesty And IntegrityPositive InspirationalHonest And IntegrityJamaicansMan Of IntegrityLive LoveInterpersonal RelationshipGreatness Of Man Author:Bob Marley
“It's much easier to have a diversified career as an electronic musician than it is as a drummer. Nothing against drummers. If you're a drummer, you just wait around for people to ask you to play drums. But if you have your own studio and can make music, you have the ability to approach music a lot differently.” PeopleIfsPlayAsksWaitingAbilityCareersEasierApproachMusicianStudiosDrummerPlaying Drums Author:Moby
“Once a musician has enough ability to get into a top music school, the thing that distinguishes one performer from another is how hard he or she works. That's it. And what's more, the people at the very top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.” PeopleHardEnoughSchoolSuccessAbilityMusicMusicianHarderPerformersOutliers Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“I'm a musician. I play instruments. I dabble in the hip-hop field. That doesn't take vocal ability necessarily.” PlayAbilityFieldsMusicianInstrumentsHip HopHipsHopsVocal Author:Nick Cannon