Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alan Price

We had a missionary zeal about blues music, and I felt, particularly, that Mickie Most was attempting to homogenize, sweeten, and make it accessible for the mass market. Which is understandable if you're the producer, but aggravating if you're the artist.

Alan Moore

If the audience knew what they wanted then they wouldn't be the audience, they would be the artist.

Alan Bean

But I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult.

Alan Alda

As an artist, as an actor, as a writer, you have to use what's personal to you. You have to be personal about your work; otherwise, it doesn't ring true.

Akon

Whatever obstacle comes your way, you gotta be prepared to jump over it! And I think that's what separates the legends from the regular artists. It's all in how you manage that success, and how you deal with the controversy when it actually comes.

Akira Kurosawa

The role of the artist is to not look away.

Chris Blackwell

I never liked the whole thing about pictures with the artists. You look back at an Elvis Presley record, and you don't see any producer credits, because the audience is not supposed to know about the producer credit.

Chloe Grace Moretz

If I'm talking to a photographer, I'm talking to a stylist, I'm talking to a makeup artist, we're kind of creating and collaborating and making something that is artwork and is special and is different.

Chogyam Trungpa

The artist has tremendous power to change the world.

Dionne Warwick

I was told by my grandfather who was a minister that we all were put here on earth to be of service to one another, and it is quite gratifying to know that if I am able to be of help to one that is not able to help themselves then I am fulfilling my obligation as a human being.

Adolf Hitler

History is as Old as My Grandfather

Andrew Cuomo

As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?

Billy Ray Cyrus

My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher.

Kellan Lutz

I've just always been a coin collector, ever since my grandfather had some ancient coins that he passed down to me, it's just always been something. I love collecting coins from around the world in my travels but I they don't really do anything useful anymore, I guess.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Grandfather informs me that is not possible.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Grandfather kicked the stop pedal, and my face gave a high-five to the front window.

Jonathan Safran Foer

I am not a bad person. I am a good person who has lived in a bad time." Alex's grandfather..Everything is Illuminated

Lloyd Banks

I have family in Ponce. It's a shame that my grandfather passed and I wasn't able to be there with him.

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