“other artists - poets, painters, sculptors, musicians - produce something which lives after them and enshrines their memories in positive evidences of their divine mission; but we, - we strut and fret our hour upon the stage, and then the curtain falls and all is darkness and silence.” ArtistFallActorsHoursMemoriesSilenceDarknessStageProduceDivinePoetMusicianEvidenceTheaterMissionsPainterCurtainsSculptors Author:Charlotte Saunders Cushman
“I don't view myself as a musician anymore - I view myself as a human being that functions as a musician when I'm functioning as a musician, but that's not 24 hours a day. That's really opened me up to even more perspectives because now I look at music, not from the standpoint of being a musician, but from the standpoint of being a human being.” HumansLooksHoursHuman BeingsViewsPerspectiveMusicianFunctionStandpoint Author:Herbie Hancock
“Most people define themselves by what they do - 'I'm a musician.' Then one day it occurred to me that I'm only a musician when I'm playing music - or writing music, or talking about music. I don't do that 24 hours a day. I'm also a father, a son, a husband, a citizen - I mean, when I go to vote, I'm not thinking of myself as 'a musician.'” PeopleThinkingWritingMeanFatherHoursTalkingSonCitizensOne DayHusbandMusicianVotePlaying MusicWriting Music Author:Herbie Hancock
“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
“My advice for young people is that, if you want to be a musician, the thing to do is practice eight hours a day.” PeopleIfsWantYoungHoursPracticeAdviceMusicianEightThings To Do Author:T Bone Burnett
“I think people don't realize how many hours of practice goes into becoming a musician and getting better.” PeopleThinkingRealizingHoursMusicianGet Better Author:Emeli Sande
“I don't spend a lot of time thinking of what they'll do musically, I try to imagine being locked into a windowless room with this person for twelve hours at a time. If you can look at that and think it might be fun then maybe you've got the right musician.” IfsThinkingTryingLooksPersonsMightFunHoursRoomsImagineMusicianTwelveLocked Author:Leo Kottke