“I first came to London as a musician, and when my group broke up, I did 'Guys and Dolls' at the Watford Palace theatre. After that, Ned Sherrin found me and brought me to the West End to do one of his shows. The work went from strength to strength, so I thought: 'This is where the world wants me; I'll stay.” WorldWantFirstsEndsShowsGuyFoundGroupsMusicianWestLondonTheatreBrokeWant MePalacesDollsBroke UpWest End Author:Clarke Peters
“I knew that going on 'One Tree Hill' was going to be an incredible vehicle for the record. What is amazing about it is that my role on the show is, you know, basically playing a musician, and all the songs she plays are off my record.” KnowsPlayShowsSongRolesRecordsTreeMusicianIncrediblesHillsVehicleTree Hill Author:Kate Voegele
“We're better than Metallica. We're better musicians, better players. Put it this way, they can try to walk onstage after an Iron Maiden show if they want.” IfsWayWantTryingShowsWalksPlayerMusicianIronMaidensMetallicaIron Maiden Author:Bruce Dickinson
“There's a lot of variety of musicians in Korea. I cannot say they are the best in the world, but I can say that Korean artists are really dynamic artists, so I am going to show that from now on.” WorldI CanShowsArtistMusicianVarietyKoreaKorean Author:PSY
“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
“We're not encouraging idols other than on the TV show, you know and that's the wrong way to do it. If we had become famous from a contest show we'd be embarrassed in my generation. But if that's the benchmark then I thought well young people who want to be filmmakers, or musicians, or whatever are screwed. But maybe they're not because what they're doing is they're creating their own thing.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayWantWellsShowsYoungGenerationsTvsCreatingMusicianFilmmakerIdolsEmbarrassedTv ShowsContestsMy GenerationWrong Way Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“My father's a musician and my mother's a singer. My dad's originally from Brooklyn and he was a Latin percussionist so I've always had instruments around the house. He used to have a show like a 1950s rock and roll show with Little Richard music. They would do doo-wop songs and stuff like that.” LittlesShowsUsedMotherSongFatherHouseStuffRocksDadMusicianInstrumentsMy DadSingersLatinRock And RollBrooklyn Author:Bruno Mars
“My brother, Mario, is in show business and so are all my cousins on my dad's side. We come from a family of musicians. My grandmother's sister in Puerto Rico plays five instruments.” PlayShowsSidesFiveBrotherDadMusicianInstrumentsMy DadMy BrotherGrandmotherMy GrandmotherShow BusinessCousinMy CousinPuerto RicoMarioRico Author:Irene Cara