Quotes by Musician The deeper I get into my life as a musician, I'm discovering that it becomes less and less about other people, and more about what I want to do. And that's a good place to be. Billy Corgan musician want people If you want to be a doctor, a lawyer you must go to college. But if you want to be a musician or such, study your craft. Study music. Billy Eckstine doctors musician college Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts. Billy Joel musician loud-voices heart Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers. Billy Joel wire safety musician Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself. Billy Joel musician causes giving When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked. Billy Joel clubs musician jobs Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand. Billy Joel like-family tied musician Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so. Billy Joel irs musician thinking Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are. Billy Joel musician doubt trying A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting. Billy Joel typical musician golf When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory. Billy Joel pursue musician young It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible. Billy Joel hard musician impossible I work with musicians whose opinions I respect and if they don't like something they don't hold back. They'll say, 'That really sucks' and 'You've lost it' and 'You're no good anymore.' And I crawl away with my tail between my legs and I fear that kind of ridicule, but I want them to like the music I'm bringing to them. Billy Joel legs musician tails I didn't follow the standard rules of bass playing, and many musicians on many different instruments who became noteworthy for their unique or particular style did a very similar thing. Billy Sheehan style musician unique You know, I am just a musician and I have no idea these days what good and bad is in terms of labels. Billy Sherwood labels musician ideas [Louis Armstrong] was the only musician who ever lived, who can't be replaced by someone. Bing Crosby replaced armstrong musician Being a musician is very easy. My house is full of musical instruments. There's a lot of music, always. Bjork musician musical house I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style. Black Francis style musician people You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual. Most of them are mangled and even have made up stuff in them, that is to say, made up stuff by the writer or editor. Black Francis editors musician stuff I certainly have gotten caught up in the music business at various times in my life, mostly because you want to get along with whatever record company you're dealing with. I don't want to be flaky. I don't want to be some temperamental, hard-to-work-with musician. Black Francis records musician want «23456789101112»