“There are street artists. Street musicians. Street actors. But there are no street physicists. A little known secret is that a physicist is one of the most employable people in the marketplace - a physicist is a trained problem solver.” PeopleLittlesProblemArtistActorsSecretKnownStreetsMusicianPhysicistMarketplaceProblem Solvers Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I feel the theatre is the most unique one of all [the arts] for collaboration. I feel very fortunate to be in a field where I really do get to have long conversations with the visual artists, the actors, the musicians. It's all art forms rolled into one and I feel very fortunate to be a part of it.” FeelsLongArtFormArtistActorsFieldsConversationMusicianUniqueTheatreFortunateVisualsCollaborationVisual ArtVisual ArtistLong Conversations Author:Susan Stroman
“I like to be in the zone. I like being in the studio with the artists, with the producers, with the musicians, feeling it, and going there. I feel like I have a lot of content to start writing about.” FeelsWritingFeelingsArtistMusicianStudiosProducersZone Author:LeCrae
“My parents are artists, so I grew up with my mom having bonfires, seven guitars, and talented musicians and artists around like Jack Hirschman.” ArtistParentGrewMomGrew UpMusicianSevenGuitarMy MomBonfireTalented Musicians Author:Amber Tamblyn
“Any true musician, true artist, knows that when they're in that point of total artistic creation, whether on stage or in the studio or writing or whatever, that's the closest moment [to creation]. And that's what keeps all these people addicted to getting back to that moment again.” PeopleKnowsWritingMomentsArtistStageCreationMusicianStudiosArtisticThat MomentClosestTrue ArtistsArtistic Creation Author:Richard Ashcroft
“There are any number of models artists can use to profit off of their talent and artistry. It is not up to the state to protect them from competition. Musicians can obviously get paid for performing and having their music copied and "pirated" helps them in this respect by making them more well known, more popular.” WellsStatesHelpingUseArtistNumbersKnownTalentProtectMusicianModelsPaidCompetitionProfitPerformingWell KnownArtistry Author:Stephan Kinsella
“Artists are just entrepreneurs. It's up to them to figure out how or if they can make a monetary profit from their passion − from their calling, as I discussed above. Sometimes they can. Musicians can sell music, even in the face of piracy. Or they can sell their services − concerts, etc. Painters and other artists can profit in similar ways. A novelist could use kickstarter for a sequel or get paid to consult on a movie version.” IfsWaySometimesUseFacesArtistPassionFiguresCallingMusicianPaidSellsEntrepreneurProfitVersionsPainterNovelistsEtcConcertsMonetarySequelsPiracyKickstarter Author:Stephan Kinsella
“It's hard to separate art from artists so transgender musicians will never be mainstream until transpeople are looked at as notable as maybe redheads.” ArtHardArtistMusicianMainstreamTransgenderNotable Author:Willam Belli
“As an artist I write about the world I want to live in. And as a musician and someone who is in the public eye, I think you have this responsibility to influence people. So I try influence people to live from their heart and make conscious decisions , and I try just inspire people to make positive change. That's purely the reason I do it. I want to see the world get better, you know?” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldWantWritingTryingHeartReasonEyeArtistDecisionResponsibilityInfluenceInspireMusicianConsciousGet BetterPublic EyePositive ChangeInfluencing People Author:Brett Dennen
“In fact, many musicians are the happiest when the artist and audience re-interpret or re-imagine the content of the songs.” FactsArtistSongAudienceImagineMusician Author:John Dyer Baizley
“Part of me believes that the completed record is the final measure of a pop musician's accomplishment, just as the completed film is the final measure of a film artist's accomplishments.” BelieveFilmArtistRecordsMusicianFinalsPopsAccomplishmentPop Music Author:Jon Landau
“As musicians and artists, it's important we have an environment - and I guess when I say environment, I really mean the industry, that really nurtures these gifts. Oftentimes, the machine can overlook the need to take care of the people who produce the sounds that have a lot to do with the health and well-being of society.” PeopleNeedsWellsMeanImportantCareArtistSoundInspiringEnvironmentProduceIndustryMusicianMachinesTake CareWell BeingNurtureReally Mean Author:Lauryn Hill
“The internet has a way of mainstreaming everything. Any artist, any musician, any sexual kink, any political view point, it's all there.” WayPoliticalArtistViewsInternetMusicianPolitical ViewKink Author:Arthur Jones
“Making music videos, I try to bring musicians into the logistics of filmmaking, and I try to preserve whatever's of value and achievable in their idea. If it's something I can't achieve, I tell them straight. You want to make sure that the artist really loves the idea and is committed to it, otherwise they're not going to feel great when they're up there miming it.” IfsWantFeelsTryingI CanIdeasArtistValuesAchieveMusicianCommittedVideoPreservesFilmmakingLogistics Author:Adria Petty
“I don't think that there's much that sets me apart from other musicians, but I think there are definitely things that set me apart from other kinds of artists.” ThinkingKindArtistMusician Author:Ed Sheeran
“My only concern about art collaborations is that I never thought of myself as an Artist. My tax forms say Musician/Songwriter.” ArtFormArtistTaxesMusicianConcernCollaborationSongwriters Author:Sufjan Stevens
“Every musician I have ever heard has influenced me. I often find I emulate micro-aspects of an artist, and combine it to form something new and unique.” FormArtistHeardMusicianUniqueAspectSomething NewEmulate Author:Alan Cohen
“Artists, whether they're classical musicians or pop musicians, they have always been the reflection of society, and in many ways a healing part of whatever is wrong in society, and I think it's important for us to continue to do that, and I don't see enough of it today.” ThinkingWayImportantEnoughTodayArtistHealingMusicianReflectionPopsClassical MusicPop MusicClassical Musicians Author:George Duke
“I think so much of our society is geared towards mainstream media and pop culture and so forth. And there's a huge divide between the artist and the fan. And with indie culture that wall is removed. You actually do see the musicians walking around enjoying the show. It's a distinctly different culture and for the 99% of Nirvana fans that caught up with them with Nevermind, my book is gonna give them a whole different take on Kurt [Cobain] and the band.” ThinkingGivingBookDifferentWholeShowsArtistCultureEnjoyFansMediaHugeWallWalkingBandMusicianCaughtPopsOur SocietyDividesMainstreamCaught UpPop CultureDifferent CulturesMainstream MediaCobainNevermind Author:Bruce Pavitt
“It's hard to put into words the impact of the perfect lyric, melody or contagious beat that moves you in an unexpected way. Authors, composers and artists have tried - and here we've rounded up our favorite quotes that help to begin forming structure around such an unspoken universal force. Which are most meaningful to you? If you had to sum up the power of music and sound in one sentence, what would you say?"A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence."” IfsWayHardHelpingMovingArtistForceSoundPerfectSilenceMusicianBeatsUniversalImpactStructurePaintSentencesMeaningfulPainterUnexpectedMelodyComposerCanvasContagiousUnspokenPower Of MusicOne SentenceMost Meaningful Author:Leopold Stokowski
“I worked really hard to develop me as an artist and as a musician. I have so many different influences and play so many different instruments, I don't think anyone knew what to do with me!” ThinkingDifferentHardPlayArtistInfluenceMusicianInstruments Author:Elle King
“As a journalist, I never critiqued anyone. I never review books. I've never felt qualified as a musician to say whether someone is a good musician or a bad musician. What happens with Black writers and Black artists is that if you're critiqued, for example, by a Black historian who wants to get his name on the cover of "The New York Times," and he says something, like, wacky, well, he'll get his name on the cover of "The New York Times" and he might get tenure, and your career suffers.” IfsWantWellsBookMightHappensArtistSufferingNamesFeltBlackCareersNew YorkExampleMusicianJournalistReviewsHistorianQualifiedNew York TimesTenureWacky Author:James McBride
“Being an artist and a musician, I have witnessed the previous generation taking the art form, not as a way of making a living, but as a belief, an almost maniacal, sometimes insane devotion and commitment to communication.” WayArtSometimesFormArtistBeliefGenerationsCommunicationMusicianCommitmentDevotionInsaneBeing An ArtistMaking A LivingPrevious Generations Author:David Finckel
“I would say that for the younger musicians, technical proficiency is necessary and a given these days. But the study and the way you function in society, your beliefs and the way you live, that is where you will find a real musician, a real artist.” WayRealArtistBeliefGivenStudyMusicianFunctionThese DaysProficiencyReal Artists Author:David Finckel
“Much of my writing has taken the form of a pilgrimage: to sacred places that represent the best of America, to musicians and other artists who represent the best of their art.” WritingArtAmericaFormArtistTakenMusicianSacredPilgrimageSacred Places Author:William Zinsser
“I have to perfect my beard every morning and it takes a long time. I think a lot of musicians are into graphic design and art. I decided to be a little bit of an artist on my face.” ThinkingLittlesLongArtFacesArtistBitsPerfectMorningDesignLittle BitMusicianLong TimeDecidedEvery MorningBeardGraphicGraphic DesignDesign And Art Author:Craig David
“When I write stuff that's provocative, I want people to think about that, too. I'm in between a pop musician and an artist in that way. I want people to be part of the music as they listen, but I also want them to think: What was that?” PeopleThinkingWayWantWritingArtistStuffMusicianPopsPop MusicProvocative Author:Jenny Hval
“I don't think successful musicians were really put on this planet in order to have a great time, pat themselves on the back and say, 'Oh, what a clever boy I am!' I think that, like most artists, we were put on the planet to suffer just a little. And we do.” ThinkingLittlesArtistSufferingOrderBoysSuccessfulPlanetsMusicianCleverGreat Times Author:Ian Anderson
“The artist must be a philosopher. Socrates the skilled sculptor, Jean-Jacques [Rousseau] the good musician, and the immortal Poussin, tracing on the canvas the sublime lessons of philosophy, are so many proofs that an artistic genius should have no other guide except the torch of reason.” ShouldReasonPhilosophyArtistGeniusLessonsMusicianShould HavePhilosopherGuidesProofArtisticImmortalCanvasSublimeTorchesSculptorsTracingArtistic GeniusJean Jacques RousseauJacques Rousseau Author:Jacques-Louis David
“Of course, you have to have a good reputation, especially as an artist, as a musician, so that other musicians would like to play with you.” PlayArtistCoursesMusicianReputationGood Reputation Author:Airto Moreira
“Give me the artist who breathes it like a native, and goes about his work in it as quietly as a common man goes about his ordinary business. Mozart did so; and that is why I like him. Even if I did not, I should pretend to; for a taste in his music is a mark of caste among musicians, and should be worn, like a tall hat, by the amateur who wishes to pass for a true Brahmin.” IfsMenGivingShouldArtistWishCommonTasteMusicianMusic IsOrdinaryGive MeMarkBreatheNativeHatsTallWornCommon ManCastesI Like HimBrahmins Author:George Bernard Shaw
“Berlin seems like a place of healing to me though: you have both the Holocaust Memorial and Hiroshima Strasse side-by-side there. You have the whole last century libraried and you can see exactly what we did. Now there's lots of artists and musicians moving there because they can't afford the rent in London and New York, and they're having children and making it a gentle place. It seems to be a place of hope now.” ChildrenWholeSeemsLastsMovingArtistSidesHealingCenturyNew YorkMusicianLondonGentleHolocaustMemorialBerlinHaving ChildrenHiroshimaHolocaust Memorial Author:Robert Montgomery
“Well the artists that inspire me were, first of all I would say Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, John Holt, Alton Ellis, Errol Dunkley, Delroy Wilson and Dennis Brown you know. They have unique voice and sweet melody and you know, good lyrics those time yeh. The music was very nice in that time still seen, because you find that even the musical part, the musicians concentrate more on the melody than everything, more than how they concentrate on the money that time you Know” KnowsFirstsWellsStillsArtistVoiceNiceInspireSweetMusicianUniqueMusicalBrownMelodyVery NiceWilsonUnique VoicesSam CookeGood Lyric Author:Gregory Isaacs
“My best business decision was to be independent as a musician and artist. My worst was compromising on certain aspects of a deal for the sake of other members of my group when I shouldn't have, because I was right in the end.” EndsArtistCertainDecisionDealsGroupsWorstMembersMusicianAspectIndependentSakeCompromiseBest BusinessBusiness Decisions Author:Ziggy Marley
“One thing about Kurt [Cobain] is before he was a musician, and before he was a rock star, he was an artist, and an artist with a capital A. What that means is that he had to create. It wasn't something that he chose to do - it chose him.” MeanArtistStarsOne ThingRocksMusicianRock StarCobain Author:Brett Morgen
“I started off playing by ear, and being around a bunch of musicians and playing in the streets and in the different parades and, then, I got accepted to go to New Orleans Center for Creative Artists ... it's where Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick, Jr. and all those guys went out.” DifferentArtistGuyCreativeStreetsMusicianEarsAcceptedBunchNew OrleansParadesCreative ArtCreative Artists Author:Troy Andrews
“A lot of my friends are artists or musicians or single parent families and I'm totally aware of how difficult it is for them to make ends meet.” EndsArtistParentDifficultMusicianMy FriendsSingle Parent Author:Shirley Manson
“When I lived in Seattle and Oregon, we partied, which is a large reason I don't know drugs or alcohol now because I saw the Destruction of so many great musicians and artists.” KnowsReasonArtistSawsDrugMusicianDestructionAlcoholGreat MusicSeattleOregonGreat Musician Author:Meredith Brooks
“The second album was like being on a completely different planet compared to when we were making the first album. ... Even though it was the same musicians, the same artist, the same studio, the same producer, - it felt like a completely different piece of a puzzle.” FirstsDifferentArtistFeltPiecesPlanetsMusicianAlbumsStudiosProducersPuzzles Author:Katie Melua
“Well you can see that I'm still in motion. It happens that you share the music with the audience. That is the best happiness an artist can have. I'm not alone on stage but with a group of musicians. So the more the music is successful, the more the audience feel happy about the music. It's the responsiblity of an artist to make his fans happy. That is proposition. I'm always talking about proposition.” FeelsWellsStillsHappensArtistTalkingAudienceSuccessfulGroupsShareFansStageMusicianMusic IsPropositionsNot Alone Author:Manu Dibango
“It would be inadmissible if I would vent my opinion publicly. Not only could I harm the artist concerned seriously because people have so much respect for me and believe in me because of my musical accomplishments. And I could also antagonize people against me, because everyone has his own taste. We all make music, people can choose from that what they like. Every musician likes his own music the best, man. I don't want to attack that. I don't mind criticism, I can handle it, but most people can't".” PeopleIfsMenWantMindBelieveI CanWould BeArtistOpinionTasteMusicianConcernedCriticismMusicalHarmLikesHandleAccomplishmentBelieve In Me Author:Fela Kuti
“I feel like when you're an artist and you first come out - people don't want you to be as creative as you could possibly be as a musician. More so they really want you to stick to something.” PeopleWantFeelsFirstsArtistCreativeMusicianSticks Author:Kid Ink
“When I was 14-15 years old I was able to earn a little money from time to time but I'm not complaining since, very soon I could provide a normal living. I was discovered also by other musicians and they asked me to work with them. Even in my early age several well-known artists asked for my services both on the stage and in the studio. This experience proved to be very useful, musicians showed me various musical situations and various music experiments.” YearsWellsLittlesAgeAbleArtistSituationKnownStageNormalMusicianMusicalVariousStudiosComplainingExperimentsWell KnownLittle Money Author:Richard Clayderman
“A lot of musicians are good cooks, and a lot of cooks are musicians, but I think that may just be a result of the creative impulse finding several means of expression. Probably an equivalent number are visual artists, woodworkers or compulsive liars.” ThinkingMayMeanArtistResultsNumbersCreativeExpressionFindingsMusicianCooksImpulseVisualsLiarsVisual ArtGood CookVisual ArtistCompulsive Liar Author:Steve Albini
“As a filmmaker‚ like any artist‚ when something affects me emotionally I think about it in those terms. It's my way of dealing with my thoughts‚ my fears and my hardships. I think the same can be said with any artist. For a musician‚ you're going to write a song about something that affects you emotionally.” ThinkingWayWritingSaidArtistSongTermMusicianMy WayFilmmakerHardshipMy Thoughts Author:Ryan Coogler
“When I was growing up, I fetishised New York City. It was the land of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, it was where Leonard Cohen wrote 'Chelsea Hotel', it was CBGBs and all the punk rock clubs. Artists and musicians lived there, and it was cheap and dangerous.” ArtistCitiesGrowing UpGrowingLandRocksDangerousNew YorkMusicianClubsHotelNew York CityPunkPunk RockVelvetReedsChelseaVelvet UndergroundCbgb Author:Moby
“I stopped drinking and realised New York still has a lot of charm, but it has become so bourgeois and affluent - and I can't really complain because I'm sort of bourgeois and affluent myself, but I like living in a place where artists and musicians and writers can actually pay the rent.” StillsI CanArtistPayNew YorkMusicianDrinkingComplainingCharmRealisedBourgeoisAffluent Author:Moby
“Pretty much every artist in Scotland - musician, writer, poet, actor - they're all part of a thing called the National Collective.” ArtistActorsPoetMusicianCollectivesScotland Author:Roddy Woomble
“You can choose not to be a performing musician. You can choose to just be a recording artist. But then you run into the problem of trying to earn a living and balancing the time that you spend working on your creative efforts to just getting the bills paid. You can go off the grid and live in a cabin and make whatever art you want and also provide all the sustenance you need and not interact with anybody else.” WantNeedsTryingArtProblemRunningArtistEffortCreativeMusicianPaidBillsPerformingSustenanceCabinsGrids Author:Mirah
“I'm African American, I'm a lot of other things, a musician and an artist. But that woman part holds the most pain for me. And therefore, obviously, the most lessons.” PainArtistLessonsMusicianAfrican American Author:India.Arie