136 Quotes About Musicians

A quiet mind allows the artist to tap into the wellspring of Divine Music within.

Musicians are the worst – they’re charming if you’re lucky but they ain’t steady.

Silken strings composing the harpsichord of life accommodate a score of emotional tidings. An orchestra of linked heartbeats strumming the melodious prose of our collective intones gives rise to sonnets of melancholy, producing an illimitable libretto stretching from the milky dawn of newborn’s amaranth life to the speckled sunsets of gentle souls whom we cherish.

The bassist -- always the bassist.

The red-jacketed band stirred to life. The first musician raised his trumpet. The trombone dipped. The drumstick rose. Lea lowered her clarinet. It had been Brent's idea not to have their insturments rise and fall in unison. The staggered motion gave it a more exciting rhythm.

So many important New York musicians were gay, one wit dubbed the American Composers League the Homintern.

The noise around us determines how we speak. And how we listen. Just as a conversation suffers in a war zone, art suffers in a culture built on noise. So does our enjoyment of it.

For musicians, learning to create your own visual media is as essential as learning to book your own shows.

Our lives are lived between madness and secrets... Our secrets make us who we are." - Derek Quinn