My favorite band is Yes. They are all phenomenal musicians, and yes, this means I'm subject to ridicule from co-workers and occasionally from my wife, three kids, and even our Labradoodle pup.
Ideally, musicians belong outside the Establishment. When they cross that line, it's like something in them has died.
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.
There are more bad musicians than there is bad music.
Intense study with Indian musicians such as Gaurav Majumdar and Zakir Hussain has inspired me to rethink my view of instrumental sound.
For years the Trio did nothing but play for musicians and other hip people. We practically starved to death.
Why can't jazz musicians just leave a melody alone?
I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character, while still going along with the tune in question.
It keeps me in touch with younger musicians who are constantly saying, 'Have you heard this new artist, or this new guitar player?' It keeps you reaching.
I'm not going to ask musicians to sit there and pretend to play. It feels insulting to the musicians to me.
For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's everyday-life music. Let's see jazz musicians continue to use the materials, the tools, the spirit of the actual time that they're living in, as what they build their lives as musicians around.
I was very lucky that more experienced musicians allowed me to caterwaul until I figured out what it was really about.
There's a lot of integrity with musicians; you really still aspire to grow, and be great, to be the best version of yourself you can be.
I happen to think that computers are the most important thing to happen to musicians since the invention of cat-gut which was a long time ago.
I thought I had swell ideas, and wonderful musicians, but the hell of it, no one else did.
You have gigantic companies feeding off musicians and artists because the artists need the exposure.
Songs really are like a form of time travel because they really have moved forward in a bubble. Everyone who's connected with it, the studio's gone, the musicians are gone, and the only thing that's left is this recording which was only about a three-minute period maybe 70 years ago.
As a recording engineer - someone who is deeply embroiled in the process of making records every day - you see trends and fads run through the social organization of the population of musicians in the same way that they would run through a high school.
I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In the process, I always tried to maintain my curiosity and spontaneity.
The point is, technology has empowered so many musicians, you know?
Any musician - I would say 99% of musicians - needs some help along the way. Most people, even if they're self-produced, have someone else mix it, or they'll have someone else master the record. Inevitably, it's like somebody else's personality being put into your art.
I like to work with different musicians and producers to change the feels of every release.
I want them to come away with discovering the music inside them. And not thinking about themselves as jazz musicians, but thinking about themselves as good human beings, striving to be a great person and maybe they'll become a great musician.
I am getting to work with some good musicians, artistes, and composers.
A lot of the way I sing is playing off other musicians. It's what I love to do the most.
I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young.
What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians.
I'm inspired by artists who use a limited palette, like painter Piet Mondrian, and the White Stripes, two musicians who create an incredible sound. Our food is starting to go back to a 'less is more' style.
Watch MTV and you can see what the music scene is like in England. The Spice Girls? Not a lot of creativity in the commercial area. There are still great musicians in England, but not a lot being heard that much.
I try not to date musicians. It's all I've dated. Every guy I've dated is a musician. Obviously, it's not working.
I was a 'Big Brother' fan. I thought they were better musicians than their detractors claimed, but more to the point, technical accomplishment was not something I cared about.
In theory, I'd like to work in a group. But the group I'd like to work in, all the musicians in them are long since dead.
I think the poets and musicians, they belong to everybody.
There is an apprenticeship system in jazz. You teach the young ones. So even if the musicians weren't personally that likable, they felt an obligation to help the younger musicians.
Portland is a place where you can find a community as a feminist, a vegan or a fat activist. Artists, musicians, knitters, and filmmakers can all meet like-minded souls. It's proved the perfect place for me and all my punk friends.
I don't like that, because there are a lot of people whose works I admire as actors or actresses, or musicians. And you know, I've been a big fan of different musicians or actors.
