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“What’d I tell you about musicians? That bad boy type will only break your heart.”

Heart Boys Break Type Musician Break Your Heart Bad Boy

Book:Lola and the Boy Next Door

Source: Lola and the Boy Next Door

“I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style.”

People Knows Certain Easy Break Style Theory Musician Songwriting Amused Writing Style Music Theory

Author:Black Francis

“Break windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell 'em to do that, they'll find a little pot of gold.”

Littles Break Advice Late Musician Window Gold Smoke Ems Pot Cigar Pot Of Gold

Author:Tom Waits

“I asked the head musician if I could go onstage during the next break and he said sure. I got two laughs in twenty minutes, and walked out feeling more elated than I had ever felt in my entire life. The glory of that triumph contented me for two full years.”

Ifs Years Said Two Feelings Next Felt Break Laughing Minutes Musician Glory Twenties Triumph If I Could

Author:Emo Philips

“When you're a musician and you break new ground it resonates into the common consciousness.”

Common Consciousness Break Musician

Author:Trey Anastasio

“Jonny Lang has the power to move the music into the next millennium by reaching the ears of a new generation. The great musicians have the power to break all of the 'isms'-race, age, sex, et cetera. Jonny Lang is one of those musicians.”

Age Moving Next Sex Race Break Generations Musician Ears Reaching Great Music New Generation Millennium Isms Great Musician

Author:Luther Allison

“Bourbon Street is like playing, a tourist, you know? It's just a tourist attraction ... those musicians on Bourbon Street, they play all day. They might start at 12 noon and end at 3 in the morning, like, it's like sets, like a job. You go play, take a break, play again, take a break, then later on that night, the club gets busier, then you play some more. There's pride. They're a group of great musicians- and they're holding it down.”

Knows Ends Play Might Jobs Night Break Morning Groups Streets Pride Musician Clubs Attraction New Orleans Tourists Noon Great Music Great Musician Bourbon Busier Bourbon Street

Author:Troy Andrews

“There was a time when hip-hop was its own musical principle, aside from sampling. Like the entire Wild Style break is instrumental. Kurtis Blow's earliest stuff was studio musicians playing. Whodini had a real clear sound, things like "five minutes of funk," stuff that you could write really beautiful, lush string and horn arrangements around, stuff that was just music.”

“As a musician you fall into certain patterns that you're not conscious of, unless you start listening to yourself on tape a lot. If you do that you start recognizing habits; then you have to try and break them.”

Trying Fall Break Listening Habit Musician Conscious

Author:Jerry Garcia

“I love anyone who breaks the rules, and musicians always break the rules - in an aggressive way.”

Way Break Musician Aggressive

Author:Donatella Versace