“Most musicians remain poor. But the music that they make, even if it does not bring them millions, gives millions of people happiness.” PeopleIfsGivingDoePoorMillionsMusician Book:Works for Children and Young Adults: Biographies Source: Works for Children and Young Adults: Biographies
“Shyness is a curious thing, because, like quicksand, it can strike people at any time, and also, like quicksand, it usually makes its victims look down.” PeopleLooksMusicianVictimStrikesCuriousNovelistsShyShynessQuicksandBashfulness Author:Daniel Handler
“Someone once wrote that musicians are touched on the shoulder by God, and I think it's true. You can make other people happy with music, but you can make yourself happy too. Because of my music, I have never known loneliness and never been depressed.” PeopleThinkingKnownLonelinessMusicianShouldersTouchedTrue YouMake Yourself Happy Book:Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Source: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
“Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people’s brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead. When independent-thinking people (and here I do not include the corporate media) begin to rally under flags, when writers, painters, musicians, film makers suspend their judgment and blindly yoke their art to the service of the “Nation,” it’s time for all of us to sit up and worry.” PeopleThinkingFirstsArtUseGovernmentFilmNationsBitsBrainWorryMediaJudgmentMusicianIndependentPainterCorporateMakersFlagsShrinksWrapsYokeShroudsIndependent Thinking Author:Arundhati Roy
“I think the music reflects the state that the society is in. It doesn't suggest the state. I think the poets and musicians and artists are of the age - not only do they lead the age on, but they also reflect that age. [...] Like The Beatles. We came out of Liverpool and we reflected our background and we reflected our thoughts in what we sang, and that's all people are doing.” PeopleThinkingStatesAgeArtistPoetMusicianBackgroundsOur ThoughtsLiverpool Author:John Lennon