Lately, I’m spending more and more time working with non-rock musicians and leaving the mainstream – almost dissolving into another world, musically. – Robert Plant
I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York. – Oscar Isaac
I tried to give my career a shot from Barranquilla, but the musicians would never show up. It was just not taken seriously. – Shakira
Musicians of any era – whether it be The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Rage Against the Machine, or, of course, Madonna – will inspire fashion. And we, in turn, will inspire them. – Renzo Rosso
Most musicians count at the beginning, and never count and talk to their musicians after that. They only talk to them at the end of the song. But I would count with them and talk. – Roy Ayers
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. – Robert Wyatt
It would have been more obvious to go into film, based on the generation before me, but the generation before them were all composers or classical musicians. – Robert Coppola Schwartzman
I think if I wasn’t a musician, I would be a high-school band director or orchestra director. I like working with large groups of musicians and bringing out the dynamics and accomplishing something as a team. – Rivers Cuomo
I think musicians oftentimes have the right skill set to be good actors. And with Rihanna, I noticed her and knew of her obviously, and was very taken with her charisma and her confidence. – Peter Berg
In The Doors we have both musicians and poets, and both know of each other’s art, so we can effect a synthesis. – Robby Krieger
This is what really makes real jazz musicians: people coming out with their own voice. – Roscoe Mitchell
When you’re making music or playing a song, I find the moments when there are no instruments being played even stronger than when they are being played. Because they add tension. It’s also an ego-less thing – a place where you have no ego – when you’re with a bunch of musicians who stop and listen instead. – Sarah McLachlan
I enjoy seeing other Indian musicians – old and young – coming to Europe and America and having some success. I’m happy to have contributed to that. – Ravi Shankar
I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young. – Pat Metheny
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 history or certain artists or musicians. I like to be taught. I like to sit on that side of the table. – Rihanna
I’ve never been able to sit round on my own and play drums, practice in the back room, never been able to. I’ve always played with other musicians. It’s how I play, there’s no joy for me in playing on my own, bashing away. I need a bass, a piano, guitar, whatever, and then I can play. – Ringo Starr
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. – Robert Moog
I was never worried that synthesizers would replace musicians. First of all, you have to be a musician in order to make music with a synthesizer. – Robert Moog
Comedy is like music, and the way to make the best music is to have skilled musicians in your band. – Rashida Jones
There’s all these musicians in the world, and anybody that takes enough time to create a record or even think about the fantasy of rock & roll, it’s a vulnerable place to be in, it’s a huge thing to do. – Ryan Adams
There are musicians who go through their lives sort of shedding their skins. For me, I’ve always felt backward-compatible to Version 1.0. – Pat Metheny
Meeting actors and TV personalities is one thing, but I just feel like meeting musicians is the coolest. – Shaun White
I don’t think I can speak of the achievements of Indian cinema because it’s so large next to me. It’s not stopping. It’s ever-growing. We are going towards the right direction. We are evolving as a filmmaking industry as actors, directors, producers, singers, musicians. Everybody just pushing the boundaries. – Ranbir Kapoor
First, it doesn’t surprise me that traditional music has experienced a kind of exhaustion in the 20th century – not forgetting that many musicians started to look outside the traditional structures of tonality. – Pierre Schaeffer
Musicians get tense at big gigs. Some you can’t talk to before the concert; some you can’t talk to afterwards; some need the same size dressing rooms as others; others need bigger; some have comments to make on others’ musicianship or how a particular song ought to be played. – Richard Desmond
I do covers for CDs and LPs of music that I like, reissues of old-time music, and then I’m inspired to make some kind of drawing based on this love of the music. I don’t do album covers or CD covers for groups or musicians I don’t like or have no interest in. – Robert Crumb