“In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation. A jazz musician, if he plays someone else's song, has a responsibility to make a distinct and original statement.” IfsPlaySongLove IsResponsibilityMusicianOriginalsJazzStatementsInterpretationImitationClassical MusicJazz MusicMusic LoveJazz Musician Author:Todd Boyd
“There's a responsibility as a musician to do the music that you want to hear.” WantResponsibilityMusician Author:El-P
“I feel that musicians are in a fellowship, and that fellowship is a responsibility.” FeelsResponsibilityMusicianFellowship Author:Meshell Ndegeocello
“As an artist I write about the world I want to live in. And as a musician and someone who is in the public eye, I think you have this responsibility to influence people. So I try influence people to live from their heart and make conscious decisions , and I try just inspire people to make positive change. That's purely the reason I do it. I want to see the world get better, you know?” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldWantWritingTryingHeartReasonEyeArtistDecisionResponsibilityInfluenceInspireMusicianConsciousGet BetterPublic EyePositive ChangeInfluencing People Author:Brett Dennen
“Musicians ultimately are who they are, they aren't actors, so as a clipmaker you have a responsibility to protect them.” ActorsResponsibilityProtectMusicianResponsibility To Protect Author:Adria Petty
“Who should have children? Those who are responsible and completely dedicated to the responsibility which is actually a very small percentage of humans. Being a parent should be a career. Whereas some people are engineers, musicians, or lawyers, others with the desire and the skills can be fathers and mothers. Schools can be eliminated if the professional parent is also the educator of the child.” PeopleIfsShouldHumansChildrenSchoolMotherDesireFatherParentResponsibilityCareersSkillsMusicianShould HaveResponsibleLawyerDedicatedEngineersPercentagesEducatorBeing A Parent Author:Paul Watson
“To be a musician is a great privilege but it is also a very great responsibility. One must think that to be a musician is a gift - a gift from Nature. There is no great merit in us except in loving this gift with respect and devotion and doing everything possible to honor that gift by work and more work. We must work with conviction and humility, searching for beauty, simplicity, and the Truth. And it is for us musicians to do all in our power for a better world. Music must carry the message of beauty, of love and of peace.” ThinkingWorldResponsibilityHumilityHonorMessagesMusicianSimplicityPrivilegeConvictionDevotionMeritWorld MusicGreat Responsibility Author:Pablo Casals
“I don't think being a musician makes me a role model at all. But I do believe that I have responsibility to offer people a helping hand when and if I can, just the same way that others have helped me. I think that it's important to keep that cycle going, and to give back to whatever your personal definition of community is.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayGivingBelieveI CanImportantHelpingHandsCommunityResponsibilityRolesOffersMusicianModelsDefinitionsCyclesRole ModelsGiving BackHelping Hand Author:Thalia Zedek
“I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" - it's a big responsibility.” BigsResponsibilityPracticeMusicianJazzGet BetterJazz MusicJazz MusicianBig Responsibility Author:Esperanza Spalding
“It doesn't matter if you are a musician, a business leader, a president or a student. We all have a responsibility to give back.” IfsGivingMatterPresidentResponsibilityLeaderStudentsMusicianGiving BackBusiness Leaders Author:Shakira
“The idea that musicians/artists have a responsibility to be community leaders or "role models" is problematic to me because I really believe that some of the most exciting art is not community-minded at least in any obvious or direct way, which is not to say that it is not ethical or consciousness-changing.” BelieveArtArtistCommunityResponsibilityLeaderMusicianArt IsDirectExcitingObviousEthicalRole Models Author:Kathleen Hanna
“There has to be some mystery in life, because the joy of being a writer and the joy of being a musician is the joy of discovery. I don't want someone discovering for me what I should be discovering on my own. If a person is discovering for me, then they're living for me. It's my responsibility, indeed it's my privilege, to go out and discover the world for myself.” WorldJoyResponsibilityMysteryMusician Author:James McBride
“I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with others.” BelievePainI BelieveStarsResponsibilityMusicShareDutyMusicianMusicalReach Out Author:James Taylor