“ A song should stand on its own and on what a singer does with it. It shouldn't need a lot of extra help to be good. Oliver
“ Musicians and journalists are the canaries in the coalmine, but, eventually, as computers get more and more powerful, it will kill off all middle-class professions. Jaron Lanier
“ We need to take music out of the ivory tower - both for musicians and for the public. Otherwise, classical music will not survive the 21st century. Daniel Barenboim
“ I'm turned on by guys who are cultured. That'll keep me intrigued. They don't have to have a single degree, but they should speak other languages or know things about other parts of the world or histo… Rihanna
“ If you're an artist, always keep at it, there will be someone out there who sees the universe and soul in what you've created. Maybe they can't afford it, but it calls them like the siren in a sea, an… Jennifer Megan Varnadore
“ Most of the musicians that I know almost to the man everybody uses Apple computers. They've thought of the steps that you're going to think of when you're trying to create your thing. And that's where… Mike Shinoda
“ I think Paris smells not just sweet but melancholy and curious, sometimes sad but always enticing and seductive. She's a city for the all senses, for artists and writers and musicians and dreamers, fo… M. J. Rose
“ Musician jokes are a kind of joke that usually have to do with how much money someone makes. Musicians are always starving, so they're really mean to each other about who makes what. Jackson Browne
“ There were definitely bands and musicians I liked that drove my mother insane. I probably liked them all the more for it! Bjork drove my mom nuts. What I listened to was actually pretty mom-friendly f… Gillian Jacobs
“ Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don't abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the Patti Smith
“ I think 'The Sunset Tree' is really the album on which I really learned to trust other musicians, which is so important. John Darnielle
“ I feel quite sad for the young musicians coming up because they may never get to pay their rent properly. It doesn't matter what the genre nowadays, it's so much harder than it ever was. Bryan Adams
“ You gotta remember: we're musicians... we're just crazy people who can't get along sometimes. I've definitely come to the table with my knife in my pocket a couple of times you know how it is. It's pa… Corey Taylor
“ 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 l… Tom Waits
