Quotes by Musicians

It's not cool to be an alcoholic.
Chester Bennington
That was the Old Man’s favorite song. “Blow Ye Trumpet.” Them Negroes was far away from the doings on the plaza where the Old Man was to hang, way out from it. But they sang it loud and clear….Blow ye trumpet blowBlow ye trumpet blow….You could hear their voices for a long way, seemed like they lifted up and carried all the way into the sky, lingering in the air long afterward. And up above the church, high above it, a strange black-and-white bird circled ‘round, looking for a tree to roost on, a bad tree, I expect, so he could alight upon it and get busy, so that it would someday fall and feed the others.
James McBride
Should have taken warning it's justPeople mourningRunning, hiding, lostYou can't find, find a place to go, so it'sRed skies at nightRed skies at night, whoa oh, oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh... red skies at night, red skies at night, whoa oh, oh oh oh...Someone's taking over, and it look like they're aiming right at you...Someone said we'll be dead by morning...Someone cries, leaving... red skies at night, whoa oh-h-h
Cy Curnin The Fixx
Perhaps the most difficult thing about loving and helping an addict, which most people who haven't been through it don't understand, is this: every day the cycle continues is your new worst day. When looked at from the outside it seems endless, the same thing over and over again; but when you're living it, it's like being a hamster on a wheel. Every day there's the chronic anxiety of waiting for news, the horrible rush when it turns out to be bad, the overwhelming sense of déjà vu - and the knowledge that, despite your best efforts, you'll probably be here again. Even so-called good days are not without their drawbacks. You enjoy them as much as you can, but in the back of your mind there's the lurking fear that tomorrow you could be back to square one again, or worse.
Mitch Winehouse
I'm not Mickey Mouse, I'm a human being.
Mitch Winehouse
Tolkien came to regard the tale of Beren and Tinuviel as 'the first example of the motive (to become dominant in Hobbits) that the great policies of world history, "the wheels of the world", are often turned not by the Lords and Governors, even gods, but by the seemingly unknown and weak'. Such a worldview is inherent in the fairy-tale (and Christian) idea of the happy ending in which the dispossessed are restored to joy; but perhaps Tolkien was also struck by the way it had been borne out in the Great War, when ordinary people stepped out of ordinary lives to carry the fate of nations.
John Garth
Once undressed I felt less exposed. (...) Naked was my uniform. (...) There was no pressure to conform.
Aiden Shaw
Maybe he'd never come acrross anybody as well versed at objectifying body parts as I was. In my defense, this was an occupational hazard; one of the tricks of my trade was the ability to work with whatever was at hand. Over the years I'd learned to pinpoint my focus to the width of a pubic hair if there was nothing else to work with. (...) Before my eyes -or, more precisely, in my mind- Rasher became Lovely Bum Man.
Aiden Shaw
The Ritz Hotel was grand, sophisticated, and established, unlike me. The only thing we had in common was façade. Mine may not have been as ornate but it was equally phony. I was presenting myself as an escort; I advertised as one, negotiated like one on the phone, and I identified as one to whoever was interested. I even simulated sex for escort rates.
Aiden Shaw
Maybe he'd never come across anybody as well versed at objectifying body parts as I was. In my defense, this was an occupational hazard; one of the tricks of my trade was the ability to work with whatever was at hand. Over the years I'd learned to pinpoint my focus to the width of a pubic hair if there was nothing else to work with. (...) Before my eyes -or, more precisely, in my mind- Rasher became Lovely Bum Man.
Aiden Shaw
What if this is a horrible mistake?" I croaked. "Oh, it'll be horrible fine, just a bunch of pretentious rich people with shelves of expensive books they've never read.
Ruta Sepetys
Jo, they have a baby grand piano, but no one in the family plays. They have shelves of books they've never read, and the tension between the couples was so thick it nearly choked us.""Let me tell you something 'bout those rich Uptown folk," said Cokie. "They got everything that money can buy, their bank accounts are fat, but they ain't happy. They ain't ever gone be happy. You know why? They soul broke. And money can't fix that, no sir. My friend Bix was poor. Lord, he had to blow that trumpet ten hours a day just to put a little taste in the pot. Died poor, too. You saw him, Jo, with that plate on his chest. But that man wasn't soul broke.
Ruta Sepetys
I want to be remembered as a kid who went down fighting, and didn't really lose
Zach Sobiech
Everybody keeps talking about 'fighting' the cancer," he said, "everybody keeps telling me to fight for my life, to fight the disease, and how their uncle won the battle against cancer and their cousin won the fight against cancer and black blah blah blah.""Okay...and?""I'm not fighting," he said. "It's already inside me... and I'm not going to fight. I'm going to be a good host, let it pass through me.. resist nothing. Sieve. Let it all pass through.
Amanda Palmer
No regrets. There is no time for that. Regret is boring.
A.R. Rahman
Walk tall, or baby don't walk at all.
Bruce Springsteen
You look like you bin whupped with a ugly stick.
Bo Diddley
It is better to be hungry in joy, than to be filled in sorrow.
Dennis E. Adonis
Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights.
Bob Marley
I see love, like art, as an obsession. Maybe that's an overly romantic view of human existence, but I'm an overly romantic human being. If love, like rock and roll, doesn't consume me 24-7, it's not love. It can be respect, appreciation, admiration, wonderment, it can be a world of glory and a lifetime of peace, but I can't call it love. Love burns me and confuses me. Love's a light that can't be extinguished.
Scott Weiland
If it weren‘t for Asperger‘s and obsessions there would be no Theory of Relativity, no Magic Flute, no Microsoft…and no Ghost Busters.
Rudy Simone
An obsession is where something will not leave your mind
Eric Clapton
That’s the thing about success and happiness. Every time I fall in love I become absolutely, pathologically obsessed. The moment that you have what you want, and you’re not totally ready for it, you become obsessed with the idea that you don’t deserve it.
Sara Quin
Say what you want but you NEVER say it with violence!
Gerard Way
No matter how entertaining, diverse, concise, or detailed, a writing craft book is, it’s not going to work magic on you, it’s not going to suddenly make you a brilliant writer simply by reading it. You need to use what you read and learn in your own writing. Because that’s when you have those AHA moments. That's when it really sticks.
Jessica Bell
Writing is my oxygen. Music is my carbon dioxide.
Jessica Bell
The torment of love can transform people into wretched monsters
Mathias Malzieu
You have to stop crying, and you have to go kick some ass.
Lady Gaga
Mother do you think they'll drop the bomb? Mother do you think they'll like this song? Mother do you think they'll try to break my balls?Mother should I build the wall?Mother should I run for president?Mother should I trust the government?Mother will they put me in the firing line?Mother am I really dying?Hush now baby, baby, dont you cry.Mother's gonna make all your nightmares come true.Mother's gonna put all her fears into you.Mother's gonna keep you right here under her wing.She wont let you fly, but she might let you sing.Mama will keep baby cozy and warm.Ooooh baby ooooh baby oooooh baby,Of course mama'll help to build the wall.Mother do you think she's good enough -- to me?Mother do you think she's dangerous -- to me?Mother will she tear your little boy apart?Mother will she break my heart?Hush now baby, baby dont you cry.Mama's gonna check out all your girlfriends for you.Mama wont let anyone dirty get through.Mama's gonna wait up until you get in.Mama will always find out where you've been.Mama's gonna keep baby healthy and clean.Ooooh baby oooh baby oooh baby,You'll always be baby to me.Mother, did it need to be so high?
Roger Waters
why be bothered with other people's set-ups? it only leads to torture.
Bob Dylan
Where do you go if you don’t belong anywhere? If I wanted to run away then why come to the city? Because this is the place to hide. This is the place to be invisible. Anyone can be no one here, and I am someone that wants to be no one.
Steven Wilson
This is a little parable about cities and genres; how, while some of them lose their imaginative centrality, others take their place.
Amit Chaudhuri
Now as through this world I ramble I see lots of funny men Some rob you with a six gun Some with a fountain pen.
Woody Guthrie
If you want the rainbow you gotta put up with the rain.
Dolly Parton
What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible.
John Mellencamp
Today whenever women gather together it is not necessarily nurturing. It is coalition building. And if you feel the strain you may be doing some good work.
Bernice Johnson Reagon
In every mess I find a friend In every port a wife.
Charles Dibdin
The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience the task of surviving prosperity.
Alan Gregg
Thought is the strongest thing we have. Work done by true and profound thought - that is a real force.
Albert Schweitzer
The good old days are neither better nor worse than the ones we're living through right now.
Artie Shaw
The worst thing you can do is to try to cling to something that's gone or to recreate it.
Johnette Napolitano
Success can also cause misery. The trick is not to be surprised when you discover it doesn't bring you all the happiness and answers you thought it would.
Prince
A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.
Albert Schweitzer
I've been polite and I've always shown up. Somebody asked me if I had any advice for young people entering the business. I said: "Yeah show up."
Tom T. Hall
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
Albert Schweitzer
If you want to be found stand where the seeker seeks.
Sidney Lanier
I searched through rebellion drugs diet mysticism religion intellectual-ism and much more only to find that truth is basically simple and feels good clear and right.
Chick Corea
I am always looking for meaningful one-night stands.
Dudley Moore
Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment and learn again to exercise ... his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.
Albert Schweitzer
Heaven and hell is right now. ... You make it heaven or you make it hell by your actions.
George Harrison
Who ever walked behind anyone to freedom?
Hazel Scott
Measure yourself by your best moments not by your worst. We are too prone to judge ourselves by our moments of despondency and depression.
Robert Johnson
I've never had a humble opinion in my life. If you're going to have one why bother to be humble about it?
Joan Baez
It's OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
Billy Joel
Know him know me.
Dizzy Gillespie
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Albert Schweitzer
I'm not going to limit myself just because some people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.
Dolly Parton
That suit is best that best suits me.
John Clark
I searched through rebellion drugs diets mysticism religions intellectu-alism and much more only to begin to find ... that truth is basically simple-and feels good clean and right.
Chick Corea
You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live.
Joan Baez