“Musicians can run this state better than politicians. We won't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'll work late and be honest.” StatesDoneRunningFunnyWorkMorningHonestPoliticianLateMusicianBeing HonestGoverningSinger SongwritersHumorists Author:Kinky Friedman
“And I think musicians can better run this state than politicians. And, hell, beauticians can better run the state than politicians.” ThinkingStatesRunningHellPoliticianMusicianBeauticians Author:Kinky Friedman
“I think an artist can fit under a few different categories depending on how much you explore your creativity. It can vary from artist to artist from musician to performer to vocalist. I thrive on creativity. So in the long run I want to be an all around entertainer.” ThinkingWantLongDifferentRunningArtistCreativityFitMusicianThriveCategoriesPerformersLong RunsVaryEntertainersVocalist Author:Christina Aguilera
“It is really sad for the new artists. Where's the next Elvis, where's the next Beatles, where's the Zeppelin? They're out there but they don't have a chance because once upon a time we [musicians of the 60s] had record companies, and they would support you and have point of purchase material and they would give you advances. In other words, they gave you the air to breathe to find yourself and spend the time to learn how to run.” GivingRunningArtistNextChanceCompanySupportRecordsAirMaterialsMusicianBreatheFinding YourselfOnce Upon A TimeRecord CompaniesSupport YouZeppelinsReally SadNew Artists Author:Gene Simmons
“Time and persistence has shown me that I can succeed at sharing my art with others as a musician while running my own music business. And that kind of success is as good as I could have ever wished for.” KindArtI CanRunningMy OwnSucceedMusicianPersistenceMusic Business Author:Bradley Joseph
“Musicians ought to reclaim some of the power in the houses of production. The opera houses are run either by managers or by stage directors, never by musicians.” RunningHouseStageOughtDirectorsMusicianProductionsManagersOperaOpera House Author:Laurence Equilbey
“I had to run away from home in order to be a musician. Because I came from a family of... my father was a health inspector; my mother was a social worker. And I was pretty smart in school. So they expected me to be some kind of academic - schoolteacher, or doctor, lawyer - and they were very disappointed when I told them I wanted to be a musician.” KindHomeRunningWantedSchoolMotherOrderFatherSocialMusicianSmartDoctorsWorkersExpectedLawyerDisappointedRunning AwayAcademicSocial WorkerAway From HomeInspectors Author:Hugh Masekela
“God didn't give you the strength to get back on your feet so that you can run back to the same things that knocked you down.” GivingGodRunningChristianFeetStrengthMusicianGet BackPastor Author:Marvin Sapp
“Musicians are like politicians. They're the last people who should be making music, just like politicians are the last people who should be running things.” PeopleShouldRunningLastsPoliticianMusician Author:Nigel Godrich
“I was raised a musician and I played classic music, violin, in orchestras and music comedy theaters, I have music running around in my head all the time, and if I hear music that's too interesting, I have to pay attention to it.” IfsRunningInterestingPayAttentionComedyMusicianTheaterRaisedPay AttentionClassicOrchestraViolinClassic Music Author:Larry Wall
“Basically, this industry is mostly run by men, and I think women have a harder time...I've had enough of the "Women in Rock" issues of magazines and all of that. There's no reason why we should have our own separate little genre; that's just ridiculous. Besides, what is the genre? I certainly don't fit into the whole "Lilith" thing (thank God), but I am a female musician. And there are enough other great females in music that don't have to fit into it, either.” ThinkingMenShouldLittlesReasonEnoughWholeRunningIssuesRocksIndustryFitMusicianFemaleShould HaveHarderRidiculousMagazinesGenreReason WhyNo ReasonThank GodHad EnoughLilithGreat FemaleFemale Musicians Author:Princess Superstar
“People run away, pull their hair, go off in different directions, nodding their heads and going, "Oh, God." I am slightly disheveled, I think. I'm really pleased that I am, because otherwise I could be in a really, really dull and boring place now, as a musician, at least.” PeopleThinkingDifferentRunningHairMusicianBoringDullRunning AwayDifferent DirectionsNodding Author:Robert Plant
“You can choose not to be a performing musician. You can choose to just be a recording artist. But then you run into the problem of trying to earn a living and balancing the time that you spend working on your creative efforts to just getting the bills paid. You can go off the grid and live in a cabin and make whatever art you want and also provide all the sustenance you need and not interact with anybody else.” WantNeedsTryingArtProblemRunningArtistEffortCreativeMusicianPaidBillsPerformingSustenanceCabinsGrids Author:Mirah
“My priorities now a a musician are so different now than they were as a kid. Everyone wants to be a rock star, and I wanted that too; I wanted to be on magazines and be running around the world and having all the fun.” WorldWantDifferentRunningKidsWantedFunStarsRocksMusicianPrioritiesMagazinesAround The WorldRock Star Author:Blake Judd
“There's something I have about being Canadian - there's a distance it gives you when you live in the States and operate in American culture. You approach familiar things a different way; you come at it from a different angle. It's a trait that runs through a lot Canadian artists' work and actors' work and musicians' - that kind of special remove.” WayGivingKindDifferentStatesRunningArtistCultureActorsSpecialApproachMusicianDistanceFamiliarDifferent WaysRemoveTraitsAngleAmerican CultureDifferent AnglesFamiliar Things Author:Michael J. Fox
“Of course I'm trying to trick you! That's the way of the world, Baudelaires. Everyone runs around with their secrets and their schemes, trying to outwit everyone else.” WorldWayTryingRunningCoursesSecretMusicianTricksNovelistsSchemesCunningTrickeryBaudelaireGuileOlafOutwittingCraftiness Author:Daniel Handler