Musician Quotes

It takes three generations to make a musician: the first to leave poverty, the second to go to school, and the third to master an instrument.

He had a touch most guitarists would kill for.

When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery.

I think probably Australians have just a little more taste than most people.

Because my musical training has been limited, I've never been restricted by what technical musicians might call a song.

I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me.

This life is a process of learning.

I need to be surrounded by people as passionate and as dedicated as I am.

I’ve got into direct confrontation with everybody I love.

There is nothing to it. You only have to hit the right notes at the right time and the instrument plays itself.

Whenever I see Bruce Springsteen do anything, he empties the tank. Every time. And the beautiful thing about this man is he empties that tank for his family, he empties that tank for his art, he empties that tank for his audience, and he empties it for his country. And we, on the receiving end of that beautiful gift, are ourselves rejuvenated, if not, redeemed.

The first day I can remember looking into a mirror and being able to stand what I saw was the day I had a guitar in my hand.

I spent most of my life as a musician measuring the distance between the American dream and American reality.