A musician would not willingly consent that his lyre should be out of tune, nor a leader of a chorus that his chorus should not sing in the strictest possible harmony; but shall each individual person be at variance with himself, and shall he exhibit a life not at all in agreement with his words? Basil of Caesarea
I'm a musician at heart, I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it. Nat King Cole
As a musician I tell you that if you were to suppress adultery, fanaticism, crime, evil, the supernatural, there would no longer be the means for writing one note. Georges Bizet
I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet. Bob Dylan
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. Abraham Maslow
When a musician hath forgotten his note, He makes as though a crumb stuck in his throat. Senegalese Proverb