“I can change the arrangements on stage while I am playing or singing, doing signs to the musicians to change things because the audience is dancing or singing with us. That's the interesting part of the live show, actually, because everything is possible and everything can change.” I CanShowsInterestingAudienceStageMusicianSingingDancingArrangements Author:Rokia Traore
“Scientists contribute in a variety of ways and I don't think I can singular one even including [Albert] Einstein, that I can say that he's the best. We don't work like the best basketball player and the best musician and so on. Science is a collective effort.” ThinkingWayI CanEffortPlayerBasketballMusicianScientistIncludingVarietyCollectivesBasketball PlayerBest BasketballCollective Effort Author:Ahmed H. Zewail
“I’m not saying that maybe there isn’t a kid out there whose behavior hasn’t been influenced by me in some way. I’m sure there is. But I can only speak for myself, and if you’d asked if my behavior had ever been affected by people I’d admired from afar, like musicians or footballers, that’d be a yes, totally.” PeopleIfsWayI CanKidsSpeakBehaviorMusicianAffectedFootballerAfar Author:Pete Doherty
“I just hope that I'll stay around musically for as long as I can. I love to think that I will still be satisfying myself and other people as a musician until the day I die.” PeopleThinkingLongStillsI CanDiesMusicianSatisfying Author:George Michael
“That's the government. Having been a politician and a musician, I can tell you which one is a higher calling. If musicians ran the country, it would be a much different place. We wouldn't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'd work late.” IfsI CanDifferentCountryDoneGovernmentWould BeMorningHigherPoliticianCallingLateMusicianRanDifferent PlaceHigher Calling Author:Kinky Friedman
“I don't wanna talk about Teo [Macero]. He's a helluva musician, a brilliant musician, but he's just not for me, that's all. I can elaborate on it, but I don't want to do that.” WantI CanMusicianBrilliant Author:Miles Davis
“I can't think of any musician or producer who has influenced me more than Brian Eno. From when he was in Roxy Music, producing Devo, the Talking Heads and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts.” ThinkingI CanTalkingMusicianGhostProducersBrianTalking Heads Author:Moby
“The good thing about working alone is I get a lot done and I can experiment more. The bad thing is I miss out on the gregarious, social way that most musicians work.” WayI CanDoneSocialMissingMusicianGood ThingsExperimentsBad ThingsGregariousWorking Alone Author:Moby
“I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It's not like I'm cashing in on a false concept. This is what I do.” I CanShowsMusicianConceptsJazzJazz Musician Author:Carlos Santana
“I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar.” I CanRealPlaySkillsSixMusicianGuitarIntuitiveChordsTechnical Skills Author:Patti Smith
“I've never been able to sit round on my own and play drums, practice in the back room, never been able to. I've always played with other musicians. It's how I play, there's no joy for me in playing on my own, bashing away. I need a bass, a piano, guitar, whatever, and then I can play.” NeedsI CanPlayAbleJoyMy OwnRoomsPracticeMusicianGuitarRoundsPianoBass Author:Ringo Starr