“I don't want to be some actor talking about how he wants to be a musician. It's something I'm really passionate about and I don't want to be spouting off at the mouth about something before it's out there and can speak for itself.” WantActorsSpeakTalkingMusicianMouthsPassionate Author:Jared Leto
“I think having a vision can make someone an influential man. I'm not talking about acting or anything like that, I'm talking about people I admire, whether it's a writer or a musician or a sports figure or a politician, whatever.” PeopleThinkingMenSportsActingTalkingVisionFiguresPoliticianMusicianAdmireInfluentialNot Talking Author:Benicio Del Toro
“Most people define themselves by what they do - 'I'm a musician.' Then one day it occurred to me that I'm only a musician when I'm playing music - or writing music, or talking about music. I don't do that 24 hours a day. I'm also a father, a son, a husband, a citizen - I mean, when I go to vote, I'm not thinking of myself as 'a musician.'” PeopleThinkingWritingMeanFatherHoursTalkingSonCitizensOne DayHusbandMusicianVotePlaying MusicWriting Music Author:Herbie Hancock
“I could sing and play as well. I've got some brothers; one of them is the drummer in the band. They're good musicians. I play for fun. They play properly. Music in general, I grew up in a house of musicians. Everybody's life has a soundtrack, I'm sitting here talking to you but there are horns beeping outside. I know I'm in New York. That's an element in the film as well. How strong that sense can be.” KnowsWellsPlayFilmHouseStrongFunTalkingNew YorkBrotherGrewBandElementsGrew UpMusicianSittingHornsDrummerSoundtracks Author:Jonathan Rhys Meyers
“Once you lose that musician part -not just the playing, I'm talking about musician attitude- then you're lost, man. Especially if you started out that way. It feels so good to be back, starting from the ground up.” IfsMenWayFeelsLostLosesAttitudeTalkingMusicianStarting Author:Bootsy Collins
“Well you can see that I'm still in motion. It happens that you share the music with the audience. That is the best happiness an artist can have. I'm not alone on stage but with a group of musicians. So the more the music is successful, the more the audience feel happy about the music. It's the responsiblity of an artist to make his fans happy. That is proposition. I'm always talking about proposition.” FeelsWellsStillsHappensArtistTalkingAudienceSuccessfulGroupsShareFansStageMusicianMusic IsPropositionsNot Alone Author:Manu Dibango
“I still have a hard time just calling myself a musician. If I'm talking to somebody and they ask me what I do, I say I play music.” IfsStillsHardPlayAsksTalkingCallingMusicianAsk MeHard Times Author:Grant Evans
“I'm not talking about what came later [after the American underground punk scene], indie music, or whatever you want to call it, but the music that came before that - that's an important story. So many interviews with musicians get the time or context wrong. You have these older bands, usually men, who tell stories about "Oh, we got into this huge fight, this guy punched that guy," that's the wrong sort of story. My view of the time is truly pioneering.” MenWantImportantStoriesGuyFightingViewsTalkingHugeBandMusicianInterviewsThis GuyThat GuyNot TalkingPioneeringIndie Music Author:Ian MacKaye
“Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.” ArtFunnyTalkingMusicHumourMusicianMusic IsDancingJazzDanceArchitectureComedianArchitectMonkClassical MusicJazz MusicRock MusicJust DanceJazz MusicianWriting MusicDance MusicArt And MusicFunny MusicMusic And DanceModern ArchitectureClassic MusicSound And MusicFunny DancePiano MusicMusic WritingPlaying BassMusic Producer Author:Steve Martin
“I can't think of any musician or producer who has influenced me more than Brian Eno. From when he was in Roxy Music, producing Devo, the Talking Heads and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts.” ThinkingI CanTalkingMusicianGhostProducersBrianTalking Heads Author:Moby
“As a musician, you want the music in as many hands as you can get it into. More importantly, I want people to get the music for the fairest price, and in the most convenient way. And that's really turned into iTunes when you're talking about selling albums.” PeopleWayWantHandsTalkingMusicianAlbumsSellingConvenientItunesMany Hands Author:Kid Rock
“Artists use frauds to make human beings seem more wonderful than they really are. Dancers show us human beings who move much more gracefully than human beings really move. Films and books and plays show us people talking much more entertainingly than people really talk, make paltry human enterprises seem important. Singers and musicians show us human beings making sounds far more lovely than human beings really make. Architects give us temples in which something marvelous is obviously going on. Actually, practically nothing is going on.” PeopleGivingHumansImportantBookPlayUseShowsSeemsFilmMovingArtistReligionSoundHuman BeingsTalkingWonderfulAtheismMusicianSingersLovelyDancerEnterpriseTemplesFraudArchitectMarvelousPeople TalkingTalking Much Author:Kurt Vonnegut