"I'd seen musicians act, and it scares me. And they make more money than me."
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"Now, by and large, people are recording material to put on YouTube. I have a theory that YouTube is, in the end, the #1 media for musicians. Which is strange, because there's a visual associated with it."
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"I like to fancy myself more of a musician than anything else."
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"To be up on stage and interacting with musicians, that was a huge epiphany for me."
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"Growing up, I fantasized about being a rock musician and that somehow it would be really easy. I didn't realize that it's so much work."
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"Once the jazz musician learns all the fundamentals they can keep track of a lot of choices in an instant."
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"If you truly have expertise - and expertise can be say a chess master who has really mastered something or an artist or a musician of some sort you know if you give a jazz musician."
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"I'm a musician and I'm really blessed, because in my life if I can hold the sticks, I can play."
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"But God has a few of us to whom he whispers in the ear; The rest may reason and welcome; 'tis we musicians know."
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"I'm a musician - I'm always making music. Kobe Bryant is always playing ball. Well, Snoop Dogg is always recording."
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"There have been many great musicians that, Clifford Brown is one great example, I mean he died very early, 25."
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"God is the Supreme Musician. It is He who is playing with us, on us and in us. We cannot separate God from His music. The universal Consciousness is constantly being played by the Supreme Himself, and is constantly growing into the Supreme Music."
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"A musician's biography is written wherever he performs; everybody hears what he is playing."
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"I confess to being a frustrated musician."
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"If you make money back from your record, you're doing it smart. It's an expensive hobby. I'm lucky enough to still make a living as a musician through live work and odd bits of royalties."
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"I became a musician because that's really what I wanted to do when I was fifteen, but I had other abilities."
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"I've been asked why does Ireland produce so many great musicians, and the answer is it doesn't. When you count the great musicians Ireland has given the world in the last 20 years, you can do it on one hand."
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"I think musicians should stay off television generally."
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"I have daughters who are writers and actors but no musicians."
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"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, I mean, it's a really vulnerable place to be in. It's a huge thing to do."
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