“I'm not more than a musician that enjoys what he does and a Colombian that dreams and fights for peace in his country.” DoeCountryDreamFightingEnjoyMusician Author:Juanes
“Straight away, remove yourself from the field of spiritual progression , stay away from contemplation and skillful discourse, do not do research or meditate on the divinities, and stop concentrating and reciting textbooks! Tell me, what is the absolute nature of reality which allows no room for doubt? Listen carefully! Stop holding on to this or that, inhabit your true absolute nature, and peacefully enjoy the essence of what it is to be alive!” LifeWisdomRealitySpiritualFaithEnjoyRoomsDoubtMeditationAliveAwarenessHuman NatureFieldsInspirational LifeListeningMindfulnessMusicianResearchEssenceAbsolutesCarefulAwakeningBuddhistLive LifeContemplationDivinityRemoveAllowingSpiritual WisdomDiscourseStoppingLiving My LifeEnjoy LifeTheologianHolding OnProgressionSpiritual AwakeningTextbooksConcentratingSkillfulReciting Author:Abhinavagupta
“I'm not a politician, I'm a musician. I care about giving people a place where they can go to enjoy themselves and to begin to live again. To the man you have to give the spirit, and when you give him the spirit, you have done everything.” PeopleMenGivingDoneCareSpiritEnjoyHe ManPoliticianMusicianI Care Author:Luciano Pavarotti
“Playing is much, much harder than composing in my opinion, becoming a player. If you want to be a player for all your life either you decide not to do it professionally and just enjoy it and just do it every weekend, but if you want to be a professional musician- hardest thing I could imagine and I really wasn't capable of doing it.” IfsWantEnjoyOpinionImaginePlayerBecomingMusicianCapableHarderHardestWeekendHardest ThingJust Do ItComposing Author:John Powell
“Don't cheat yourself out of music. Music is one thing. The music business is another thing. Save enough of yourself to keep living anyway. Save enough joy in your heart to enjoy it. Let your reward be in the doing of it.” HeartEnoughJoyEnjoyBusinessMusicOne ThingMusicianMusic IsRewardsCheatingCheatMusic BusinessMusic IndustrySave YourselfCheating Yourself Author:Bill Withers
“As the musician straineth his strings, and yet he breaketh none of them, but maketh thereby a sweeter melody and better concord; so God, through affliction makes His own better unto the fruition and enjoying of the life to come.” EnjoyMusicianTrialsStringsMelodyAfflictionFruition Author:Daniel Cawdry
“I enjoy doing different kinds of things. I just enjoy being not tied too much. I feel that I'm tied to myself as a kind of traditional musician and a singer, and the history that I have ties me down.” FeelsKindDifferentEnjoyToo MuchMusicianSingersTraditionalTiesDifferent KindsTied Author:Mick Jagger
“I read to learn, tech myself stuff and teach myself math and do complex formulas, and it's very, very tough, but I enjoy doing that and keeping my mind active. It definitely comes in handy, I feel I have a pretty good grasp, at more than a lot of musicians, of the business and finance world.” WorldFeelsMindStuffEnjoyTeachMusicianToughComplexesActiveMathFinanceFormulasHandy Author:Jeff Kendrick
“I didn't have that intense ambition to be a musician or an actress. I just enjoyed it. And by enjoying it, because I loved it, it enabled me to get better at what I was doing, because there was a love behind it.” EnjoyLove IsBehindsAmbitionMusicianActressesIntenseEnjoyedGet Better Author:Lauryn Hill
“If your gig is not in an office for eight hours a day, its going to be somewhere. If you're a truck driver, you get on a road. If you're a musician, you go to where the people are going to show up and you take the gig. I enjoy it, so I don't and I'm not complaining. Its just the traveling can get to be a bit much.” PeopleIfsShowsBitsEnjoyHoursOfficeMusicianEightComplainingDriversTruckGigsTruck Driver Author:Joel Plaskett
“It's crazy to think of myself as a musician. It's ridiculous that I get to do it, and I don't necessarily mean music. Getting to do something you really enjoy as a job is an incredible privilege, I think. I still don't really feel like a musician outside of the actual music.” ThinkingFeelsMeanStillsJobsEnjoyCrazyMusicianIncrediblesPrivilegeRidiculous Author:Ben Rector
“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
“Sometimes I wonder if I shouldn't leaving being musician because I use to like it when noone came to see me playing, because I didn't feel any pressure. I can enjoy myself and probably play better. Sometimes when I play, people expect something of me, and I'm not always able to to that. Quite often. So I get totaly nervous” PeopleIfsFeelsI CanSometimesPlayUseAbleEnjoyWonderMusicianPressureLeavingNervousSometimes I Wonder Author:Allan Holdsworth
“When I'm alcohol-free now and even to see the world around me, I appreciate it, but I never truly enjoy too much of it maybe because I feel like I'm a working musician. There are some joyous moments, but I will not think a joyous moment.” ThinkingWorldFeelsMomentsEnjoyToo MuchMusicianAppreciateAlcoholJoyous Author:Stan Getz
“Jazz is not about getting and playing whatever notes you want. It is about reworking themes in a manner that sounds good, that can be followed by the other musicians and that the audience enjoys. You cannot do that without first acquiring skills.” WantFirstsEnjoySoundAudienceSkillsMusicianJazzNotesTheme Author:John Kao
“Art is my 'solo career' if you like. Musically, as a bass player, I depend on other musicians to play, whereas, with painting, I'm on my own. I find it quite easy to switch heads and I enjoy both the mayhem of being on tour and the serenity of being alone in my art studio.” IfsArtPlayEasyEnjoyMy OwnCareersPlayerPaintingDependsMusicianArt IsStudiosSerenitySoloBassMayhemBass Players Author:Horace Panter
“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
“I feel like there are moments where musicians may be more interested - or culture in general - to show roots and where one comes from. And later there comes a time where that has lesser importance for artists, and instead they become more interested in affiliating themselves with global or international trends. Fortunately, we were in the right place at the right time, and that allowed us to experiment, play and enjoy.” MomentsArtistCultureEnjoyMusicianImportanceRight TimeThere Comes A Time Author:Ruben Isaac Albarran Ortega
“I was not part of the golden age of the record industry, when musicians and producers were making real money. So I have no nostalgia about that time and I enjoy trying to build a new economy, a more humble one. And since I expect to sell only niche music, I feel quite solid, in this little economy. I know we will not become rich with this, but this is not the goal.” TryingRealAgeEnjoyGoalEconomyRichMusicianHumbleNostalgiaProducersNiche Author:Gaspar Claus
“Ironically, I must admit that I have an easier time (myself) playing games that are really simple and non-realistic - like the games I grew up with in the 80's - I tend to get lost and confused when the games get too complex! But I enjoy watching people who are good at playing games. I really enjoy playing games like Guitar Hero, where you feel like you're a great musician even if you're not.” PeopleEnjoySimpleLike YouHeroMusicianConfusedGreat Music Author:Mark Walton
“I'm definitely a frustrated musician, though it's more in terms of wishing I was a better guitar player and songwriter. But I've never regretted becoming an actor instead. I think it's been a more pure form of self-expression for me. I luckily found something that I could aspire to be good at, whereas I never... I think I'd never quite reach that level of artist that I enjoy in the music world.” ThinkingWorldArtistWishEnjoyTermPlayerMusicianBe GoodFrustratedNever QuitGuitar PlayerNever Regret Author:Cillian Murphy
“I'm not that type of musician where I can sit down at the piano and work out a song; I actually really enjoy that process of sitting with somebody and having nothing and then suddenly something starts appearing. You struggle with it, and then suddenly a song starts to appear. Then, you've got to try and muscle it - there's that word again - into something and you do. You tussle with it and play with it and roll around with it and suddenly, magically, something appears.” TryingSongEnjoyStruggleMusicianWork Out Author:Dave Gahan
“The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.” Life IsTimeEnjoySecretMusicianPassagesSecret LifePassage Of Time Author:James Taylor
“Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.” DoeLastsEnjoyListeningMusicianJazzRefugeJazz MusicianUntalented Author:Tony Wilson