“There have been many great musicians that, Clifford Brown is one great example, I mean he died very early, 25.” MeanHas BeensExampleMusicianDiedBrownGreat MusicGreat Musician Author:Sonny Rollins
“I think a lot of people who want to be musicians terrify their parents because they don't have a living example of it in their families, and I did. So I always knew that it was possible.” PeopleThinkingWantParentExampleMusician Author:St. Vincent
“I'd always meant to become a musician. I'd just never gotten around to it. And my daughter being born, I was like, Okay, this is seriously the last chance. And also: Do you really want to be a dad who never did what he wanted to do? You've got to set an example now. You've got to do this.” WantWantedLastsBornChanceExampleDadMusicianDaughterOkayMy DaughterMeant To BeLast Chance Author:Jonathan Coulton
“Go find very early versions of things: the first TV pilot of a later-successful TV show; early audition tapes by famous actors; early demos by famous musicians. Focus on these early examples, not what they became over the next 20 years. Remember that what you're doing will constantly improve.” YearsFirstsShowsRememberNextActorsSuccessfulFocusExampleTvsMusicianVersionsPilotsTapeTv ShowsAuditionsDemosFamous MusicianFamous Actor Author:Derek Sivers
“I like the fans, but I don't feel an obligation that I have to be an example to them, like say maybe a baseball player would, or a football player or maybe some other type of musicians. I don't feel I have to really set an example that somebody else has to live up to.” FeelsPlayerFansExampleFootballTypeMusicianBaseballObligationBaseball PlayerFootball Player Author:Bob Dylan
“Basically, you're still sitting there using just the muscles of your hand, really. Of one hand, actually. It's another example of the transfer of literacy to making music because the assumption is that everything important is happening in your head; the muscles are there simply to serve the head. But that isn't how traditional players work at all; musicians know that their muscles have a lot of stuff going on as well. They're using their whole body to make music, in fact.” KnowsWellsStillsImportantWholeFactsBodyHandsStuffPlayerExampleMusicianMusic IsHappeningsSittingTraditionalAssumptionMusclesLiteracyTransfers Author:Brian Eno
“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
“I have a theory - if the music is good and you have good musicians, the name doesn't matter that much. There are a lot of examples of that. The name is just a calling card.” IfsMatterNamesExampleTheoryCallingMusicianMusic IsCards Author:Joey Tempest
“If being a gangster were a prerequisite to being a musician, there'd be a lot less cello music, for example.” IfsExampleMusicianGangstersPrerequisites Author:Greg Giraldo
“I think my biggest musical hero growing up was probably Ian MacKaye he set a great example for all of us local musicians. Still to this day I see him as the best example of a right-on musician.” ThinkingStillsGrowing UpGrowingExampleHeroMusicianMusicalLocalsThis Day Author:Dave Grohl
“Frank [Zappa] always wanted to do a sound library - he sampled so many great musicians. For piano, for example, he sampled every octave, not just one (that you could just transpose electronically), and he did all different types of attack, with and without pedals, all that kind of stuff.” KindDifferentWantedStuffSoundExampleTypeMusicianLibraryPianoJust OneFrankGreat MusicPedalsGreat MusicianZappa Author:Gail Zappa
“Music is a universal language insofar as you don't need to know anything else about a musician that you are playing with other than that they can play music. It doesn't matter what their music is, you can find something that you can play together, with what their culture is. The dialect part of it comes into play, but nothing like the differentiation that language sets up, for example.” KnowsNeedsMatterPlayTogetherCultureLanguageExampleMusicianMusic IsUniversalDialectUniversal LanguageDifferentiation Author:Jerry Garcia
“I'm an example of someone who never made it to university. I did have this dream to be a musician. I felt that this dream had an expiration date.” MadeDreamFeltExampleMusicianUniversityMade It Author:Eddie Vedder
“A game master or teacher who was primarily concerned with being close enough to the "innermost meaning" would be a very bad teacher. To be candid, I myself, for example, have never in my life said a word to my pupils about the "meaning" of music; if there is one it does not need my explanations. On the other hand I have always made a great point of having my pupils count their eighths and sixteenths nicely. Whatever you become, teacher, scholar, or musician, have respect for the "meaning" but do not imagine that it can be taught.” IfsNeedsDoeMadeSaidEnoughHandsWould BeGamesTeacherImagineExampleTaughtMastersMusicianConcernedExplanationScholarImagine ThatPupilsCandidBad Teacher Book:The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) A Novel Source: The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) A Novel