Musicianship Quotes

“I discovered very early that my instrument wasn't my voice," he said to me once. "It was the microphone.”
― Pete Hamill, Why Sinatra Matters

“Excessive submission to social authority is one of the biggest killers of innovation. Things that carry social authority can only ever be things that already exist as being popular and accepted. A good way to side-step the hypnotic cage that social authority traps us in is to explore areas that are not considered to be prestigious or valid. The most innovative of the popular musicians are always influenced partly by music genres that are unpopular. By finding the best aspects of those less popular genres and bringing them into play with the qualities of a more popular style of music, they are able to create a fresh sound that a mainstream audience is ready for.”
― Jax Pax, The Artist's State of Mind: A Guide to Accessing the Flow State Through Mastery of Your Chosen Craft