The prime goal of an author is the same as a musician, which is to emotionally connect with the reader in some way or another.
Whenever I felt happy about having discovered something, the first encounter, not only with the public, with other musicians, with specialists, etc, was that they rejected it.
Bobby Darin was one of the first to take black musicians on the road with his band, and there were places that didn't want him to play, and he stood up to it.
Nobody asks me about what male musicians I think about; I only ever get asked about females.
If some musicians put half as much effort in to the business side as they do their outer look and appearances, they could be twice as far.
Canada is a country of ingredients without a cuisine; we're a country with musicians without an indigenous instrument; Toronto's a city that doesn't even have a dish named after it.
You know, when you're an actor, you want to go to Hollywood. When you're a musician, you want to go to Nashville.
I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier.
I am not afraid to die because I know heaven is a place of artists, musicians and poets
It's hard to find five musicians who know what the other is going to do before they do it. And that's what we had in GN'R.
Newspapers and magazines didn't want pictures of musicians behaving badly back then. Now, because of the Internet, that's all the media wants.
I'm much more of a musician than a poet. I just feel much more confident about my musical abilities.
I'm a musician. I play instruments. I dabble in the hip-hop field. That doesn't take vocal ability necessarily.
Because my musical training has been limited, I've never been restricted by what technical musicians might call a song.
Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song.
My family is full of musicians, and a couple of times a year we get together and jam at my cousin's studio. We improvise and have a great time.
I realized that improvisers should probably always have time off. But musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute - unless something drastic occurs.
THE GODS was my first professional band and I learned a lot during that time. It was very cool playing with so many great musicians as it helped me to learn.
If our history can challenge the next wave of musicians to keep moving and changing, to keep spiritually hungry and horny, that's what it's all about.
I like having my hair and face done, but I'm not going to lose weight because someone tells me to. I make music to be a musician not to be on the cover of Playboy.
All my momma's people were very musical. My grandpa, who was the Pentecostal minister, he was a great musician. He played the fiddle, he played the piano.
