“The musicians recommend that I sing a sing the way it is written the first time and then start to look for other notes that aren't in the melody.” WayFirstsLooksWrittenMusicianFirst TimeNotesMelody Author:Margaret Whiting
“Great stories, well written and heartfelt. Prisoner of SouthernRock is an engaging and entertaining celebration of southern music, musicians and characters.” WellsCharacterStoriesWrittenMusicianPrisonerSouthernCelebrationEntertainingEngagingHeartfeltWell Written Author:Chuck Leavell
“Unnur Birna is a Reykjavik-based violinist and singer. She has performed as a session musician with countless Icelandic and international artists while recording and appearing as a solo artist as well. Unnur has joined me as an unpaid guest on a few Icelandic shows in recent years, so it is a great pleasure to return the favour and appear on one of her songs at last. This new track, Sunshine, came about in Italy, written as an ode to sunlight and happiness after fleeing the dark winter in Iceland” YearsWellsShowsLastsArtistSongDarkPleasureWrittenReturnMusicianWinterInternationalTrackSingersSunshineGuestsSunlightSoloFavourSessionAppearingFleeingViolinistIcelandOdesReykjavik Author:Ian Anderson
“Grace Kelly was written after these musicians were trying to mold me into what I should be. I was really angry and so I wrote the song and mailed them the lyrics. They didn't call me back, but two years later it's come full circle.” ShouldTryingYearsTwoSongGraceWrittenMusicianAngryCirclesTwo YearsCall MeMoldFull Circle Author:Mika
“An actor and a [theatre] director are both what I would call interpreters of work. We interpret a work, just as a musician will interpret a composer's work, we interpret the work of a playwright. We are servants of the theatre and I've always believed that. We must serve what has been written, that's what we're there for.” Has BeensActorsWrittenDirectorsMusicianTheatreServantComposerAlways BelievePlaywrightInterpreterTheatre Directors Author:George Ogilvie
“We [musicians] are comfortable in front of the camera doing music videos, and it's almost a form of acting when we're doing music videos. We're acting out our own thoughts and what we've written down on paper.” FormActingWrittenFrontsPaperComfortableMusicianCamerasVideoActing Out Author:Ludacris
“As an audience member, I like the sound of something that's been written - I like it to sound written. And then, of course, you can't do it without the musicians who can play it.” PlayCoursesSoundAudienceWrittenMembersMusician Author:Aaron Sorkin
“Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev can no longer attend concerts by his favorite group Deep Purple without having to fear that the musicians will wear T-shirts with Pussy Riot written on them.” WrittenGroupsMusicianMinistersShirtsPrimeConcertsPrime MinisterT ShirtPurpleRiotPussyDeep Purple Author:Alexei Navalny
“What Muddy Waters did for us is what we should do for others. It's the old thing, what you want written on your tombstone as a musician: 'He passed it on.'” WantShouldWaterWrittenMusicianWhat You WantTombstoneMuddyOld Things Author:Keith Richards
“I play classical music almost exclusively. I never mastered jazz or gospel in the way that my mother did. She was a fine improvisational musician. I pretty much have to stick to what's written on the page.” WayPlayMotherWrittenFineMusicianPagesSticksJazzClassical Music Author:Condoleezza Rice
“I was co-editor of the magazine called The Jazz Review, which was a pioneering magazine because it was the only magazine, then or now, in which all the articles were written by musicians, by jazz men. They had been laboring for years under the stereotype that they weren't very articulate except when they picked up their horn.” MenYearsWrittenMusicianJazzMagazinesEditorsReviewsArticlesStereotypeHornsPioneering Author:Nat Hentoff
“I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier.” ClassWrittenMusicianHonestlySongwritersPassports Author:Robert Smith