“November 18. . . I dig musicians, I feel they have the most to offer me mentally and emotionally because they think basically along the same lines that I do; extremely creative people. Music is Life. As Captain Beefheart once said 'God is a perfect musical note.” PeopleThinkingFeelsSaidLinesPerfectCreativeOffersMusicianMusic IsNotesMusicalCaptainsCreative PeopleNovemberMusic Is LifeMusical NotesCaptain Beefheart Author:Pamela Des Barres
“I felt that with In A Perfect World I was still kind of finding myself - not just as a musician, but also in love and in life.” WorldKindStillsFeltPerfectFindingsMusicianA Perfect WorldFinding Myself Author:Keri Hilson
“I think musicians are perfect at knowing how to get the best out of other musicians. I can really relate to that communion.” ThinkingI CanPerfectKnowingMusicianRelateCommunion Author:Adria Petty
“It's hard to put into words the impact of the perfect lyric, melody or contagious beat that moves you in an unexpected way. Authors, composers and artists have tried - and here we've rounded up our favorite quotes that help to begin forming structure around such an unspoken universal force. Which are most meaningful to you? If you had to sum up the power of music and sound in one sentence, what would you say?"A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence."” IfsWayHardHelpingMovingArtistForceSoundPerfectSilenceMusicianBeatsUniversalImpactStructurePaintSentencesMeaningfulPainterUnexpectedMelodyComposerCanvasContagiousUnspokenPower Of MusicOne SentenceMost Meaningful Author:Leopold Stokowski
“Photography is not easy. You know it takes a painter or a sculpture or a musician years to perfect their technique. Then they're free to make an expression in a matter of moments. It takes moments for a photographer to perfect his technique. And then it takes years for him to make it into something that is truly creative and worthwhile.” KnowsYearsMatterMomentsEasyPerfectCreativeExpressionPhotographyMusicianPhotographerTechniquePainterWorthwhileSculpture Author:Paul Caponigro
“You may be perfect in playing the piano, and not be creative; you may play the piano most brilliantly, and not be a musician. You may be able to handle color, to put paint on canvas most cleverly, and not be a creative painter. You may create a face, an image out of a stone, because you have learned the technique, and not be a master creator. Creation comes first, not technique.” FirstsMayPlayAbleFacesPerfectCreativeCreationColorMastersMusicianStonesPaintCreatorTechniqueHandlePainterPianoCanvasBe Creative Book:The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti: 1948-1949, Choiceless awareness Source: The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti: 1948-1949, Choiceless awareness
“I have to perfect my beard every morning and it takes a long time. I think a lot of musicians are into graphic design and art. I decided to be a little bit of an artist on my face.” ThinkingLittlesLongArtFacesArtistBitsPerfectMorningDesignLittle BitMusicianLong TimeDecidedEvery MorningBeardGraphicGraphic DesignDesign And Art Author:Craig David
“I think every musician is different, every artist is different, and in a perfect world people would be able to pursue their own path and have the inspiration and the drive to, and the energy and dedication to take their path to its fruition. I don't really believe in formulas.” PeopleThinkingWorldBelieveDifferentInspirationWould BeAbleArtistEnergyPerfectPathMusicianPursueFormulasDedicationA Perfect WorldFruition Author:Emily Haines
“When I lived in New York, there wasn't as much TV or film around. I got asked to do a couple of indie films, just based on me being from The Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle. I did a couple of indie movies from Japan and one from Canada, and I thought it was an exciting, fun thing to do. I had a great time doing it, it was just that, in New York, there really wasn't as much. My studio in New York closed, so I moved out to L.A. and just started looking into composing as another thing to do, as a musician. I like it a lot. It's fun and it's a different way of thinking about music.” ThinkingWayDifferentFilmFunPerfectNew YorkTvsCoupleMusicianExcitingMovedStudiosCirclesDifferent WaysThings To DoCanadaJapanWay Of ThinkingGreat TimesComposingPumpkinFun ThingsSmashingHad A Great TimeIndie FilmsSmashing PumpkinsIndie Movie Author:James Iha
“I went to Havana, and I was like, "Wow, there's culture everywhere!" That was one thing that I did notice when I went to Cuba was that artists are paid to be artists, and poets are paid to be poets, and musicians are paid to be musicians by the government. The government - and I'm not saying that the Cuban government's perfect - but the government does place a value on culture.” ArtistValuesCulturePerfectPoetMusicianCuban Author:Aaron McGruder
“A lot of musicians are super - insecure and they take forever and they obsess over the minutia and it's really stifling. It's not that the band The Black Keys is that confident, it's that we're not striving for perfection. We are just trying to have fun. None of the music that we like is perfect. It's good. And real. We just want to make real records, flaws and all.” TryingRealFunBlackPerfectForeverMusicianPerfectionStriveHaving FunFlawsInsecure Author:Dan Auerbach
“I can't remember who it was - maybe Brian Eno - but some important musician guy said he recorded ambient noise from a city street and after he listened to these field recordings for the millionth time, it was like, "Oh yeah, at 1:23, that's where the car horn comes in." So when you're doing stuff like this, and you've been working on it for a year, you're like, "Oh yeah man, that makes perfect sense!" And then you forget when you give it to people, they're bewildered.” PeopleMenGivingImportantRememberGuyPerfectForgetCarMusician Author:Josh Jones
“If you're listening to a symphony, you're getting all the information, including the audience around you, the delay from the sides of the concert hall, the whole thing. If one of those musicians is sharply out of tune or starts to play a different piece of music than all the others in the orchestra, you immediately notice. When you analyze systems by listening, you can just listen, and you can tell whether the system is healthy or unhealthy. What I've created for you is a perfect model of how we should be listening to our stock market, rather than trying to see it graphically.” TryingDifferentPerfectAudienceListeningHealthyMusicianJust Listen Author:Gordon Hempton