“I always knew I wanted to be a musician, and I always knew I wanted to write, 'cause the people I was listening to all wrote. I never thought it was an option to sing anyone else's songs.” PeopleWritingWantedSongCausesListeningMusician Author:Emeli Sande
“I got a chance to work with Miles Davis, and that changed everything for me, 'cause Miles really encouraged all his musicians to reach beyond what they know, go into unknown territory and explore. It's made a difference to me and the decisions that I've made over the years about how to approach a project in this music.” KnowsYearsMadeCausesDifferencesChanceDecisionChangedProjectsApproachMusicianMilesTerritory Author:Herbie Hancock
“I'm trying everything I can not to be jaded 'cause I don't like jaded musicians.” TryingI CanCausesMusicianCan NotJadedTrying Everything Author:John Mayer
“There were so many bands in New Orleans. But most of the musicians had day jobs, you know -- trades. They were bricklayers and carpenters and cigar makers and plasterers. Some had little businesses of their own -- coal and wood and vegetable stores. Some worked on the cotton exchange and some were porters. They had to work at other trades 'cause there were so many musicians, so many bands. It was the most musical town in the country.” KnowsLittlesCountryJobsCausesBandMusicianTownsTradeMusicalWoodsStoresMakersVegetablesCoalNew OrleansCottonCigarCarpenterDay JobsBricklayers Author:Zutty Singleton
“Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.” GivingCausesCreationMusicianPerformancesHumanitarianOur TimeCharitable Author:Billy Joel
“Most musicians don't write about being a musician cause most musicians aren't writers.” WritingCausesMusician Author:Dan Bejar
“I think that it's fear. The musicians themselves don't seem to know enough about why they're in the positions they're in, so they're afraid to lose those positions. If you're 22 years old and you can't believe you're even in the position to have a career making music, the first thing you're going to think is: Maintain. Don't lose it. And that's precisely what causes you to lose everything.” IfsThinkingKnowsYearsFirstsBelieveEnoughSeemsCausesLosesCareersPositionMusician Author:Steven Soderbergh
“I think that artists and musicians can do as much harm as good for causes if they tie their names to lots of things, especially if they aren't really doing much to meaningfully push their causes forward.” IfsThinkingArtistNamesCausesCan DoMusicianHarmTies Author:Damian Kulash
“Then it evolved into more of a ballad style singer/songwriter thing. And there was a conflict in trying to merge the two styles with the same band behind me. 'Cause the musicians that I would need to do ballad-oriented tunes would require musicians who were more into jazz.” NeedsTryingTwoCausesBehindsStyleBandConflictMusicianJazzSingersTunesSongwritersSinger SongwritersBallads Author:Van Morrison
“Doin' music, musicians and artists, we have the advantage of doin' something that is our passion. At the same time it's fun, and it's like a dream to other people, and live off it, feed yourself off of it. 'Cause it's hard, you know what I"m sayin'? You really gotta grind and you really gotta love and enjoy what you do, if you're gonna make it. 'Cause if you don't believe in yourself, if you don't got people believin' in you, people aren't gonna buy it.” PeopleIfsKnowsBelieveHardDreamArtistPassionFunCausesEnjoyMusicianAdvantageDon't BelieveBelieve In YourselfBelieve In YouGrind Author:Tyga
“Cause I'm a musician, I'm not really good at posing and being a model, like, modeling.” CausesMusicianModelsModelingPosing Author:Amy Winehouse