Famous quotes by Musicians

"So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?"

Christina Aguilera, Musician

Talib Kweli, Musician

"I discovered that the people of the North are different and there's no way you can make a person from the North similar to a Southerner. They're two different worlds"

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Musician

"Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be"

Jon Bon Jovi, Musician

"Music has just as much to do with movement and body as it does soul and intellect"

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Musician

"There's no business like show business"

Irving Berlin, Musician

"To a certain extent, this tour is a celebration of individuality and that you can invent and reinvent yourself. You should have the power to be able to do that. Sexuality is a part of that. It should release you. It doesn't have to be an issue. It shouldn't box you in"

Neil Tennant, Musician

"I'm very excited about the resurgence of vinyl, which seems to parallel a growing interest in live performance"

Saul Williams, Musician

"Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer"

Brian May, Musician

"The guitar was my weapon, my shield to hide behind"

Brian May, Musician

"All those years we'd spent learning these chops, and all those gigs in Germany where you'd play all night, and along comes punk. It has nothing to do with that. A lot of people went out of business"

Nick Lowe, Musician

"I'm not homosexual, I'm not hetrosexual, I'm just sexual"

Michael Stipe, Musician

"Kissing a man with a beard is a lot like going to a picnic. You don't mind going through a little bush to get there!"

Minnie Pearl, Musician

"Look to the past and remember, no empire rises that sooner or later won't fall"

Al Stewart, Musician

"I think the whole question of meaning in music is difficult enough even if you hear me playing live right now in the same room! What I mean and what you take from it may be two quite different things anyway"

Evan Parker, Musician

"I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth, that is when I will give my heart"

Shakira, Musician

"If the label presents them with a contract that the band don't want to sign, all the label has to do is wait. There are a hundred other bands willing to sign the exact same contract, so the label is in a position of strength"

Steve Albini, Musician

"We're not saying that you don't need coal, but when you do mine the coal, there are responsibilities to it. It may cost a little more, but it is the right thing to do"

Kevin Richardson, Musician

"Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining"

Ice Cube, Musician

"I claimed identity as Jewish musicians for political reasons, because most of us were touring in Germany and at this time, twelve years ago, there was a strong resurgence of Nazism in the places we were touring and part of that was on the music scene"

Marc Ribot, Musician

"I was inspired by a lot of people when I was young. Every band that came through town, to the theater, or the dance hall. I was at every dance, every night club, listened to every band that came through, because in those days we didn't have MTV, we didn't have television"

Quincy Jones, Musician

"You're only as big as your last hit"

Chris Squire, Musician

"I grew up below the poverty line; I didn't have as much as other people did. I think it made me stronger as a person; it built my character. Now I have a 4.0 grade point average and I want to go to college and just become a better person"

Justin Bieber, Musician

"A man with a briefcase can steal millions more than any man with a gun"

Don Henley, Musician

"Music is not a commodity, it's a resource"

Michelle Shocked, Musician

"It's absolutely not acceptable for people to argue that, if we are going to do anything about climate change at all, well, the responsibility lies solely with the individual"

Peter Garrett, Musician

"I've always been into melodies. That's what I love about music - a good melody that gives you goosebumps"

Kygo, Musician

"I think I write songs that are like diary entries, and that's why people relate to them"

Ed Sheeran, Musician

"I was blessed with a gift. It's a gift and a curse. It never ends"

Dan Fogelberg, Musician

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