“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'm not a politician, I'm a musician. I care about giving people a place where they can go to enjoy themselves and to begin to live again. To the man you have to give the spirit, and when you give him the spirit, you have done everything.” PeopleMenGivingDoneCareSpiritEnjoyHe ManPoliticianMusicianI Care Author:Luciano Pavarotti
“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
“I have more fun hanging out with my friends who are musicians and rock stars. You know politicians by and large are pretty stiff, pretty rehearsed.” KnowsFunStarsRocksPoliticianMusicianMy FriendsHanging OutRock Star Author:Jann Wenner
“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
“Strange people like chefs, musicians, and politicians affect me.” PeopleStrangePoliticianMusicianChef Author:Jason Flemyng
“I think right now is when we need to hear different voices coming out of all parts of the world. You can't just hear the politicians and the military leaders. You have to hear from the taxi drivers. You have to hear from the painters. You have to hear from the poets. You have to hear from the school teachers and the filmmakers and musicians.” ThinkingWorldNeedsDifferentSchoolVoiceLeaderTeacherMilitaryPoetPoliticianRight NowMusicianPainterFilmmakerDriversComing OutTaxiSchool TeachersMilitary LeaderDifferent Voices Author:Michael Franti
“Musicians and artists are not... it's not like politicians or something where you can't really affect them. There's not like this separate caste system where it's like, "I'm the musician, you're the audience. Never the two shall meet." It was a case where it was like, "Hey, you know what? I'm on your level, man."” KnowsMenTwoArtistLevelsCasesAudiencePoliticianMusicianHeyCastesHey YouCaste System Author:Bradford Cox
“Musicians have the power to influence people and along with movie makers, they can reach and influence more people than any group of people, more than scientists and certainly more than politicians.” PeopleGroupsInfluencePoliticianMusicianScientistMakersInfluencing People Author:Paul Watson
“That's the government. Having been a politician and a musician, I can tell you which one is a higher calling. If musicians ran the country, it would be a much different place. We wouldn't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'd work late.” IfsI CanDifferentCountryDoneGovernmentWould BeMorningHigherPoliticianCallingLateMusicianRanDifferent PlaceHigher Calling Author:Kinky Friedman