Famous Quotes & Sayings

David R. Brower

A great deal of pressure was then built up to remove me from the club and my resignation was, finally, a forced one.

Buddy Guy

The jazz and blues clubs are like the jazz and blues musicians - they're disappearing.

Terry Ryan

When you take clubs like Minnesota, Oakland, many of these small-market teams, you're going to have some changeover,

Dierks Bentley

I'm a member of the George Jones fan club, and I'm a member of U2's fan club.

Dennis Bergkamp

So I took it as a very positive sign that the club came to me rather than the other way round.

Dennis Bergkamp

Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.

Ed Westwick

To be respected as an actor it doesn't help to be seen out in the clubs.

Charlie Chaplin

I will not join any club who will take me as a member.

Norm MacDonald

There are these showcase clubs where 14 guys will go on in a row and people are laughing at everything, and I'm like - 'I can't laugh that much. That's so weird to me.'

Buddy Rich

A great musician is just a thief who doesn't get caught

Buddy Guy

Blues musicians don't retire. They drop.

Carlos Santana

I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It's not like I'm cashing in on a false concept. This is what I do.

Billy Joel

It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible.

Billy Joel

When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.

Billy Joel

Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.

Dick Dale

I don't claim to be a musician, I didn't go to Julliard.

Chad Smith

I'm a musician. It's what I do! I wouldn't be too good at anything else.

Charlie Byrd

And a musician has to learn to be frugal and to carefully manage financial affairs

Chris Carter

I love jazz and funk, because it's hard. If it's not hard, it's not worth doing.

David Sanborn

You never get it figured out. You just keep playing.

Cassandra Wilson

Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz.

Charlie Parker

You've got to learn your instrument.

Charles Mingus

Jazz is the language of the emotions.

Charles Mingus

Everything I do is Mingus.

Edgar Meyer

Most of the music I've become interested in is hybrid in its originsClassical music, of course, is unbelievably hybrid. Jazz is an obvious amalgam. Bluegrass comes from eighteenth-century Scottish and Irish folk music that made contact with the blues. By exploring music, you're exploring everything.

Edgar Winter

As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.

DJ Jazzy Jeff

And more than anything, I like the improvisation of jazz. That's the same thing with DJ-ing. There's so much improvisation you can do with cuttin' and scratchin' that's reminiscent of jazz music, because it's all about how you feel. You're capturing a vibe and just going with it.