“An uncompromisingly serious musician.”
The Times, 16 June 1995.
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Mike Zwerin (1930–2010) American jazz musician
La Tristesse de Saint Louis: Swing Under the Nazis, Chapter. 4, 1985, Dictionary of Quotations, Chambers: Edinburgh, U.K, 2005, p. 937
“Classical musicians go to the conservatories, rock´n roll musicians go to the garages.”
Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer
Interview at Swedish Radio, programme Nightflite (circus 1980) http://home.swipnet.se/bengt-jonsson/zappaint.htm#Bobby
“All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians.”
Thelonious Monk (1917–1982) American jazz pianist and composer
Interview in Down Beat magazine (28 October 1971)
“A poet is a musician who can't sing.”
Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind
Source: The Name of the Wind
“The musician is as rich as the music they give away.”
Robert Fripp (1946) English guitarist, composer and record producer
Guitar Craft Monograph III: Aphorisms, Oct. 27 1988
“But a musician or someone who's into music is different.”
Katie Melua (1984) British singer-songwriter
Context: I don't think I could see myself with someone who's famous. I don't like the lifestyle and everything it stands for. Too superficial. That attention is too much. For me to go home and be surrounded by that sounds like a fucking nightmare. But a musician or someone who's into music is different.
Anne Murray (1945) Canadian singer
On her early career in the 1960s, as quoted in "Anne Murray says farewell with All of Me", CBC Arts, CBC.ca, 29 October 2009 https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/anne-murray-says-farewell-with-all-of-me-1.806879
“My family isn’t posh; they’re musicians.”
Audrey Niffenegger book The Time Traveler's Wife
Source: The Time Traveler’s Wife (2003), p. 13