Quotes of: Jazz-musicians Keyword

Kolkata is a musical city. What I like about people here is the lack of diplomacy. Some of the best Indian classical musicians belong to this place. Kolkatans do not go by fashion, but by passion.

Sukhwinder Singh

There are musicians who go through their lives sort of shedding their skins. For me, I've always felt backward-compatible to Version 1.0.

Pat Metheny

'Cause I felt I didn't have anything else to prove as a musician... and boy was I wrong about that one.

Rick Allen

You can read all the textbooks and listen to all the records, but you have to play with musicians that are better than you.

Stan Getz

I had no aspirations to be a musician, but I picked up a guitar for two seconds and haven't put it down since.

Slash

If I was to meet Lou Reed or Bob Dylan, I would be totally helpless. Writers and musicians make me feel completely starstruck.

Toby Stephens

I mean, look how many musicians have come through and played beside me, and I'm workin' and they're not.

Luther Allison

Musicians burn through more cash than the Federal Reserve.

Shawn Amos

My parents were opera singers and voice teachers, so growing up, I admired musicians and dancers.

Sandra Bullock

Just look at the Old Testament. They didn't go out with the army first. They sent the musicians out.

Michael W. Smith

But Dennis was a really solid musician, and we really needed somebody who could play bass like him.

Neil Innes

Once you're in a particular country, and you're surrounded by musicians who are so adept at traditional music, you suddenly realize how much there is to explore and digest and learn and experience.

Evelyn Glennie

Being from Israel and a Jew is complex already, but with France, there is a freedom and a mix of culture. I have met musicians from all over the world.

Yael Naim

In January of 1995, my family and I moved to Seattle. Pearl Jam did the first of their live radio broadcasts, Monkey Wrench Radio, along with many other Seattle musicians.

Jack Irons

I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the big band business was fading.

Alan Greenspan

If you are a musician and you don't show any interest on the business level then you are actually vulnerable and people will rip you off. They will sweet talk you into anything.

Michael Schenker

I think a politician would be very, very cool to play. Or an American musician of some sort, or like an American pioneer like the Dohenys or the Rockefellers or something.

Jake Abel

If a musician wants to be an actor, everyone thinks that's pretty cool. But if an actor wants to play a song, even if they've been doing it for 40 years, that's bad news.

John Hawkes

When I was younger, I always wanted to be a musician, a performer and an entertainer - but I never thought about becoming a poster or anything like that. It's pretty cool.

Ross Lynch

Being able to travel the world is pretty cool. There are places that I've always wanted to go to but being able to go there as somebody who's a musician and is recognised as one is cool.

Tinie Tempah

I like to read, especially nonfiction. I love learning, so I study languages, cook, learn basic HTML, and enjoy other activities that stimulate communication and the dark recesses of my musician's brain.

Joshua Roman