“I want to change and try new ideas - allowing your sonic identity to evolve in your music and not being afraid of that. You see musicians hit upon something that works, and then go, "Let's keep doing that for 10 years." And that idea kind of terrifies me a little bit. It becomes like a day job then.” TryingKindIdentityMusicianEvolveBeing Afraid Author:Alex Kapranos
“Because I was a chemistry student and was never supposed to be a musician, I always felt like I was an outsider looking at music going "Why is this interesting to me? Why should I be doing this?" and I never felt like I was a natural musician. It came into my life, kind of, as a conceptual problem and I think all my pieces are, in a way, looking at some issue and sometimes veering toward an inside baseball model of classical music.” ThinkingKindSometimesProblemNaturalInterestingStudentsMusicianBaseballChemistryOutsidersClassical Music Author:David Lang
“I think there's a difference between the type of folk music that people put into the box of "folk music" and then there's the kind of folk music that I aspire to and am in awe of, and that is the kind of folk music where it's very limited tools - in most cases a guitar, in a self-taught style that is idiosyncratic and particular to that musician.” PeopleThinkingKindStyleMusicianAweFolk Music Author:Christopher Paul Stelling
“In general, the musicians we met that made the most sense just said to do what feels right and try not worry about what other people think. I know that sounds stupid and simple. I feel like Neil Young has done that and he's still making albums. He's one of the people I really look up to as someone who has kind of stuck to their guns their whole career. Just making music for music.” PeopleThinkingTryingKindDoneSimpleWorryStupidMusicianGunStuckLook Up Author:Andrew VanWyngarden
“My mom was a musician, and my dad had this passion for music. That's kind of how a lot of their relationship was built. When I came around, I was constantly exposed to music.” KindPassionMomDadMusicianMy DadMy Mom Author:Eldar Djangirov
“I was raised around a lot of artists, musicians, photographers, painters and people that were in theater. Just having the art-communal hippie experience as a child, there wasn't a clear line that was drawn. We celebrated creative experience and creative expression. We didn't try and curtail it and stunt any of that kind of growth.” PeopleTryingKindChildrenArtArtistGrowthLinesCreativeClearExpressionMusicianTheaterRaisedPhotographerPainterHippieCreative Expression Author:Jared Leto
“As a musician I'm kind of nomadic, Waldo-like. I show up in different places, and I'm witness to unbelievable things.” KindDifferentShowsMusicianWitnessUnbelievableDifferent PlaceNomadicUnbelievable Things Author:Yo-Yo Ma
“Of course, it does depend on the people, but sometimes I'm invited places to kind of brighten up a dinner table like a musician who'll play the piano after dinner, and I know you're not really invited for yourself. You're just an ornament.” PeopleKnowsKindDoeSometimesPlayCoursesInspiringDependsMusicianTablesDinnerPianoInvitedOrnamentsDinner Table Author:Marilyn Monroe
“I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer.” IfsKindRecordsCarMusicianSellsSingersEmsTrunks Author:Dolly Parton
“And what classical music does best and must always do more, is to show this kind of transformation of moods, to show a very wide psychological voyage. And I think that's something that we as classical musicians have underestimated.” ThinkingKindDoeShowsJourneyMusicianTransformationWideMoodPsychologicalClassical MusicVoyagesUnderestimatedClassical Musicians Author:Michael Tilson Thomas
“It's so easy to laugh, It's so easy to hate, It takes guts to be gentle and kind.” KindHateEasyEmotionKindnessLaughingStrengthMusicianLaughterHatredGentleGutsGentlenessHateful Author:Steven Morrissey