“I feel like as musicians we need to fight the Spotify thing. I feel that in some ways what's happening in the mainstream is the last gasp of the old industry. Once that does finally die, which it will, something else will happen.” WayNeedsFeelsDoeHappensLastsDiesFightingIndustryMusicianHappeningsMainstreamSpotify Author:Thom Yorke
“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
“An animal can learn to fight, but to sing beautiful things and make people believe them.” PeopleBelieveBeautifulFightingBeliefAnimalMusicMusicianBeautiful Things Author:Dalton Trumbo
“I do not believe, as do so many musicians, that genius should be left to fight its way to the light. Genius is too rare, too precious, to be permitted to waste the best years of life--the years of youth and lofty dreams--in a heart-breaking struggle for bread. To starve the soul with the body is to do worse than murder. Think, too, of what the public loses!” ThinkingWayShouldYearsBelieveHeartSoulDreamBodyLightFightingLeftLosesStruggleYouthGeniusWasteMusicianMurderBreadLoftyBest YearHeart BreakingYears Of Life Author:Ignacy Jan Paderewski
“I'm not talking about what came later [after the American underground punk scene], indie music, or whatever you want to call it, but the music that came before that - that's an important story. So many interviews with musicians get the time or context wrong. You have these older bands, usually men, who tell stories about "Oh, we got into this huge fight, this guy punched that guy," that's the wrong sort of story. My view of the time is truly pioneering.” MenWantImportantStoriesGuyFightingViewsTalkingHugeBandMusicianInterviewsThis GuyThat GuyNot TalkingPioneeringIndie Music Author:Ian MacKaye
“To me, groups of musicians playing together, not fighting each other, but playing a groove together is one of the most exciting things to listen to.” TogetherFightingGroupsMusicianExcitingGrooveExciting ThingsPlaying TogetherFighting Each Other Author:Phil Collins
“I think that female musicians are constantly fighting an uphill battle in general. Even when I'm not writing heartbreak songs... the fact that songwriting is so difficult and music criticism has become so content driven means that sometimes critics can go for the easy descriptors rather than an in-depth analysis.” ThinkingWritingMeanSometimesSongFightingEasyDifficultBattleMusicianFemaleCriticismCriticsDrivenSongwriting Author:Marissa Nadler
“Christian musicians today, minus about ten bands, have never had to fight to be accepted or heard like general market bands have to make a living. It's just overlooked that the Christian market is safer and more lucrative, but requires musicianship that applies to the lowest common denominator.” TodayChristianFightingCommonMusicianAcceptedLowest Author:Reese Roper