Quotes by Musician | Beyond Motive 11/359

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Quotes by Musician

"Drugs are a bet with your mind."

"Drugs are a bet with your mind."

Jim Morrison, American Musician

15

"In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth."

"In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth."

Patti Smith, American Musician

Art, Life, Dream, Balance

15

"Once you get over the first hill, there is always a new, higher one lurking, of course."

"Once you get over the first hill, there is always a new, higher one lurking, of course."

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish Musician

14

"Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free."

"Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free."

Jim Morrison, American Musician

Power, Fear, Freedom

14

"The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness."

"The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness."

Herbie Hancock, American Musician

14

"A lot of people thought this dream must be madness, but we are not crazy."

"A lot of people thought this dream must be madness, but we are not crazy."

Gloria Trevi, Mexican Musician

Thought, People, Dream, Madness

14

"I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me."

"I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me."

Kurt Cobain, American Musician

Childhood, Divorce

14

"There was always so much encouragement, to just really take it and run with it, from Deadheads."

"There was always so much encouragement, to just really take it and run with it, from Deadheads."

Phil Lesh, American Musician

14

"Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference."

"Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference."

Herbie Hancock, American Musician

Life, Music, Difference

14

"I think we all wish we could erase some dark times in our lives. But all of life's experiences, bad and good make you who you are. Erasing any of life's experiences would be a great mistake."

"I think we all wish we could erase some dark times in our lives. But all of life's experiences, bad and good make you who you are. Erasing any of life's experiences would be a great mistake."

Luis Miguel, Mexican Musician

14

"In Genesis we saw ourselves as song-writers. After Peter Gabriel left I was the first to say: 'It's OK - we can just do instrumentals.'"

"In Genesis we saw ourselves as song-writers. After Peter Gabriel left I was the first to say: 'It's OK - we can just do instrumentals.'"

Phil Collins, English Musician

14

"Bob Marley isn't my name. I don't even know my name yet."

"Bob Marley isn't my name. I don't even know my name yet."

Bob Marley, Jamaican Musician

14

"I need to hear what I am doing in order to create the next note. If I don't hear it then I can't feed myself."

"I need to hear what I am doing in order to create the next note. If I don't hear it then I can't feed myself."

Michael Schenker, German Musician

14

"I don't go out without make up. I'm a woman, you know."

"I don't go out without make up. I'm a woman, you know."

Shakira, Colombian Musician

14

"Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist."

"Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist."

Smokey Robinson, American Musician

14

"It's innate in me to be a Democrat - a true Southern populist kind of Democrat. There's not a lot of those anymore. I'm not saying I'm right or wrong. That's just the way I feel."

"It's innate in me to be a Democrat - a true Southern populist kind of Democrat. There's not a lot of those anymore. I'm not saying I'm right or wrong. That's just the way I feel."

Tim McGraw, American Musician

Right, Saying, Wrong

14

"Pizza Express has been a real godsend for me. I've been working there for several years, six weeks a year. You can go to work every night and play. It's a nice little club. It's just about the right size for me, about 150 people."

"Pizza Express has been a real godsend for me. I've been working there for several years, six weeks a year. You can go to work every night and play. It's a nice little club. It's just about the right size for me, about 150 people."

Mose Allison, American Musician

Work, People, Night, Play

14

"Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion."

"Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion."

Eminem, American Musician

14

"The Sicilian Defense album was never released and never will be if I have anything to do with it. I have not heard it since it was finished. I hope the tapes no longer exist."

"The Sicilian Defense album was never released and never will be if I have anything to do with it. I have not heard it since it was finished. I hope the tapes no longer exist."

Alan Parsons, British Musician

Hope, Defense, Will

14

"Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything."

"Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything."

Dave Matthews, South African Musician

14

"One time when somebody showed up in a wedding dress, but I never knew if it was a joke, or she was serious. She asked me to marry her. She was serious. It was pretty funny."

"One time when somebody showed up in a wedding dress, but I never knew if it was a joke, or she was serious. She asked me to marry her. She was serious. It was pretty funny."

Bryan White, American Musician

Funny, Time, Wedding, Dress

14

"Is this chicken, what I have, or is this fish? I know it's tuna, but it says 'Chicken of the Sea.'"

"Is this chicken, what I have, or is this fish? I know it's tuna, but it says 'Chicken of the Sea.'"

Jessica Simpson, American Musician

14

"We are a business, and you do a little of what you think's right, pay your bills, and attract... a single record attracts attention to your concerts and your albums."

"We are a business, and you do a little of what you think's right, pay your bills, and attract... a single record attracts attention to your concerts and your albums."

Bruce Johnston, American Musician

Business, Attention, Right

14

"Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts."

"Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts."

Billy Joel, American Musician

Musicians, Quiet, Voice, Want

14

"We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it."

"We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it."

Lauryn Hill, American Musician

14

"The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they want to into it."

"The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they want to into it."

Vince Gill, American Musician

Funny, Time, People, Majority

14

"Sometimes one of us will have a riff or a bass line from home but it really gels when we come together. We really have a strong special chemistry that we take advantage of when we get together."

"Sometimes one of us will have a riff or a bass line from home but it really gels when we come together. We really have a strong special chemistry that we take advantage of when we get together."

Chad Smith, American Musician

14

"Back then it was nothing like today. So you'd go to the bowling alley. We bowled and you could be in the back and you could make out, you know? And you know how hot it was to make out."

"Back then it was nothing like today. So you'd go to the bowling alley. We bowled and you could be in the back and you could make out, you know? And you know how hot it was to make out."

Steven Tyler, American Musician

14

"I write in all keys. I've always written in all keys. I've probably written a lot of songs in A."

"I write in all keys. I've always written in all keys. I've probably written a lot of songs in A."

Teena Marie, American Musician

14

"There have been times when I felt suicidal and I would stop my head from going in that direction of negativity because I thought there'd be something I'd miss that was funny in the future. If there's a chance I'm going to laugh tomorrow then want to live to experience that."

"There have been times when I felt suicidal and I would stop my head from going in that direction of negativity because I thought there'd be something I'd miss that was funny in the future. If there's a chance I'm going to laugh tomorrow then want to live to experience that."

Dave Navarro, American Musician

Experience, Funny, Thought, Chance

14

"I suppose being his twin made me understand Robin that much more easily."

"I suppose being his twin made me understand Robin that much more easily."

Maurice Gibb, Australian Musician

14

"I came from Mechanicsville, Virginia, where you have four seasons."

"I came from Mechanicsville, Virginia, where you have four seasons."

Jason Mraz, American Musician

14

"It's the business I'm in, I can't say that signing things is the favourite part of my career but you know that it has to be done and that there is no pain involved."

"It's the business I'm in, I can't say that signing things is the favourite part of my career but you know that it has to be done and that there is no pain involved."

Cliff Richard, English Musician

Business, Career, Pain

14

"Anything worth doing is worth overdoing."

"Anything worth doing is worth overdoing."

Mick Jagger, English Musician

14

"I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him."

"I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him."

Warren Zevon, American Musician

Composer, Composers

14

"What I work hard at doing is staying on a path of being kind and showing and proving that I'm a good person to society. That's hard. The talent, that's a gift. I just came here like that."

"What I work hard at doing is staying on a path of being kind and showing and proving that I'm a good person to society. That's hard. The talent, that's a gift. I just came here like that."

Erykah Badu, American Musician

Work, Society, Talent, Being

14

"The road had the lonely times, but I kept myself busy."

"The road had the lonely times, but I kept myself busy."

Buck Owens, American Musician

Loneliness, Lonely, Road

14

"My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer."

"My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

Mother, Jazz, Today

14

"The value of having a computer, to me, is that it'll remember everything you do. It's a databank."

"The value of having a computer, to me, is that it'll remember everything you do. It's a databank."

John Cale, Welsh Musician

Computer, Value

14

"Every actor I know wants to be a pop star."

"Every actor I know wants to be a pop star."

Michael Hutchence, Australian Musician

14

"A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom."

"A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

Freedom, Responsibility

13

"I got a pet monkey called Charlie Chan."

"I got a pet monkey called Charlie Chan."

Jimi Hendrix, American Musician

13

"There was the best teachers from the Czech Philharmonic, highly dedicated people, some of the best musicians in the world passing on the knowledge about the country, about the principles, and about the music."

"There was the best teachers from the Czech Philharmonic, highly dedicated people, some of the best musicians in the world passing on the knowledge about the country, about the principles, and about the music."

Miroslav Vitous, Czechoslovakian Musician

Music, People, Knowledge, Country

13

"I'm not gonna try to defend, or undo what's been done. All I could say about whatever's been done, it's been done, and it's water under the bridge. I have no regrets of my life."

"I'm not gonna try to defend, or undo what's been done. All I could say about whatever's been done, it's been done, and it's water under the bridge. I have no regrets of my life."

Ike Turner, American Musician

13

"When you do a show five days a week and one night a week, the way I was doing, you use up so much music every day that pretty soon you find yourself hustling for material."

"When you do a show five days a week and one night a week, the way I was doing, you use up so much music every day that pretty soon you find yourself hustling for material."

Tennessee Ernie Ford, American Musician

Music, Day, Night, Pretty

13

"I've learned to try to sustain myself by holding on to the integrity of who I am. I'm not talking big diva. I'm quiet. I'm shy. And I became stronger when I stopped trying to be the person they wanted me to be."

"I've learned to try to sustain myself by holding on to the integrity of who I am. I'm not talking big diva. I'm quiet. I'm shy. And I became stronger when I stopped trying to be the person they wanted me to be."

Crystal Waters, American Musician

Integrity, Quiet, Talking, Trying

13

"For the larger interest of humanity, Islamic society presents the safest place on this planet."

"For the larger interest of humanity, Islamic society presents the safest place on this planet."

Jermaine Jackson, American Musician

Society, Humanity, Interest

13

"My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me."

"My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me."

Mahalia Jackson, American Musician

13

"He explained how ridiculous the clowning was, and there and then I decided to settle down and play seriously."

"He explained how ridiculous the clowning was, and there and then I decided to settle down and play seriously."

Mary Lou Williams, American Musician

13

"I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them."

"I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them."

Gary Wright, American Musician

Son, Artists, Being

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