Famous Quotes & Sayings

Buddy Rich

A great musician is just a thief who doesn't get caught

Buddy Guy

Blues musicians don't retire. They drop.

Carlos Santana

I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It's not like I'm cashing in on a false concept. This is what I do.

Billy Joel

It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible.

Billy Joel

When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.

Billy Joel

Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.

Dick Dale

I don't claim to be a musician, I didn't go to Julliard.

Chad Smith

I'm a musician. It's what I do! I wouldn't be too good at anything else.

Charlie Byrd

And a musician has to learn to be frugal and to carefully manage financial affairs

Chris Carter

I love jazz and funk, because it's hard. If it's not hard, it's not worth doing.

David Sanborn

You never get it figured out. You just keep playing.

Cassandra Wilson

Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz.

Charlie Parker

You've got to learn your instrument.

Charles Mingus

Jazz is the language of the emotions.

Charles Mingus

Everything I do is Mingus.

Edgar Meyer

Most of the music I've become interested in is hybrid in its originsClassical music, of course, is unbelievably hybrid. Jazz is an obvious amalgam. Bluegrass comes from eighteenth-century Scottish and Irish folk music that made contact with the blues. By exploring music, you're exploring everything.

Edgar Winter

As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.

DJ Jazzy Jeff

And more than anything, I like the improvisation of jazz. That's the same thing with DJ-ing. There's so much improvisation you can do with cuttin' and scratchin' that's reminiscent of jazz music, because it's all about how you feel. You're capturing a vibe and just going with it.

Barbara Bush

Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.

Jennifer Lopez

And I deal with all that by being like a perfectionist. But that's okay.

Chris Van Allsburg

I'm not a perfectionist. I'm just very observant.

Peter Biskind

'Perfectionist' is the scariest word on a studio lot.

Michael Jackson

A perfectionist has to take his time,

Katherine Jenkins

I am a perfectionist.

Martha Stewart

I'm a maniacal perfectionist.

Tammin Sursok

I'm a perfectionist about being on time.

Wayne White

I'm a perfectionist I guess. Everyone has to love me.