“I think that what trips up a lot of great musicians is that they become involved with too many things that aren't where their strengths lie.” ThinkingLyingInvolvedMusicianGreat MusicGreat Musician Author:Will Oldham
“Today a record producer is even more involved and is often the production's sole musician, one person playing all the instruments one-by-one.” PersonsTodayRecordsInvolvedMusicianInstrumentsProductionsProducersSole Author:Tony Visconti
“MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.” PeopleWorldArtArtistActorsFashionIndustryInvolvedMusicianMtvArt WorldFashion Industry Author:Karlie Kloss
“Musically, though, you're a character and you're singing a song. If you're not your own character, you're the character in the song, most of the time. Even blues musicians, a lot of them who were the most realistic, at times, they were singing a song and portraying a character in the song. There's something to be said for getting involved in the emotion of a song, too, with the characters.” IfsSaidCharacterSongEmotionInvolvedMusicianSingingRealisticPortrayingBlues Music Author:Jack White
“I went to art school and never thought I'd be a musician, but then punk rock came along in the late 70s and kind of ruined my life. So I quit art school to get involved in music and I've been doing it ever since.” KindArtSchoolRocksInvolvedLateMusicianQuittingPunkRuinedGet InvolvedPunk RockI QuitArt School Author:Michael Gira
“If you're allowed to make your mistakes, I think you should. But people don't really like hearing you admit them. Although I'd never wanted to dump on the musicians that were involved in that... Because it was not their fault.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldWantedMistakeInvolvedMusicianFaultsHearingDump Author:Joe Strummer
“[Too many musicians are] too involved with doing and not listening.” ListeningInvolvedMusician Author:Ray Still
“I've been collaborating with Ira Schickman on some songs, and there will be many other, great musicians involved.” SongInvolvedMusicianGreat MusicCollaboratingIraGreat Musician Author:Chaka Khan
“I just want to continue developing as a musician. I love playing. I also want to be more involved in composing, doing my own thing, I hope to continue to be in different situations that I can nurture and that will nurture me.” WantI CanDifferentMy OwnSituationInvolvedMusicianDevelopingNurtureComposing Author:Vinnie Colaiuta
“There's really no reason for any musician, writer, actor to ever take themselves seriously. If you work in a needle exchange, take yourself seriously. You're doing good work. If you're involved in hostage negotiations and saving lives, you can have a sense of entitlement.” IfsReasonActorsInvolvedMusicianSavingNo ReasonGood WorkNegotiationDoing GoodNeedlesEntitlementHostageSave A LifeSense Of Entitlement Author:Moby
“Usually, I think it's best to play the song for them once and have them mix it up on the spot, because when the logical mind gets too involved, I think it kills a lot of magic. I just think the subconscious mind is so much smarter, and unfortunately, people do not trust their subconscious. A lot of people just don't access to all of that, the secret genius that's inside of them. And it's so much easier to get it out of a musician if you don't give them a chance to overthink.” PeopleIfsThinkingGivingMindPlaySongChanceSecretMagicGeniusInvolvedEasierMusicianAccessSpotsLogicalSmarterSubconsciousSubconscious Mind Author:Larkin Grimm
“Musicians always want to sacrifice our creativity to get involved in environmental issues or political activism of some sort - to reduce it to something more populist in terms of sing-alongs or guitar songs with a message.” WantPoliticalSongTermCreativityIssuesSacrificeInvolvedMessagesMusicianEnvironmentalGuitarActivismGet InvolvedPopulistEnvironmental IssuesPolitical Activism Author:Eyvind Kang
“I have a hard time even calling myself a musician, but I still have to be involved in music in some capacity in my life.” StillsHardInvolvedCallingMusicianCapacityHard Times Author:James Paxton