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  • I was probably five years old or four years and I would listen to "White Christmas," and I just thought it was the most beautiful thing ever. The musicianship and his voice and the melody of that song; it's almost like I wish it wasn't a Christmas song because I wish that you were allowed to listen to it all year.

    Beautiful   Song   Years  
    "Michael Buble On Fishing, Sinatra And Auto-Tune". Interview with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. April 28, 2013.
  • Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you'll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you're gonna be rewarded.

  • We went in and recorded exactly where we were at that point in time. I think because of the quality of musicianship of the band has given it the longevity. I thought the music would endure, I didn't think I would ... I always thought I'd be dead by 30, then dead by 40 and on and on. Now I'm 55 so I didn't even die at 50.

    Thinking   Quality   Band  
  • I don't think there's anything wrong being a dreamer.

  • I have such happy memories of performing in a choir and I don't think I'd have got where I am today without all that experience. So my advice to young singers is to either join your school or church's choir or find one in your local area. Choral music at any level teaches you so much about musicianship and blending your voice.

    "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • I like playing a character that admires real musicianship, and real talent and hard work. I think that's a good message for everyone.

    Source: collider.com
  • Sean Chen has been an audience favorite from the early rounds. With his floppy hair and outstanding stage presence combined with an extraordinary technique and musicianship, this is little wonder.

  • My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.

  • I sometimes tell students the only guarantee you've got is the music and no-one can take that away from you. Only you can take that away from you-by not practicing and not putting in enough elbow grease. The more you put into your music, the more your passion for it will grow.

  • Many of the African musicians are well-schooled and well-versed...what they do takes a high level of musicianship.

    Musician   Levels   Wells  
  • I don't think there's anything wrong with not knowing how to play an instrument, but the rise of the non-musical producer has done away with musicianship and focused attention purely on the song's hook.

    Song   Thinking   Play  
    "With Destroyed, Moby Makes Sense of Shattered Musical Landscape". Interview with Scott Thill, www.wired.com. March 17, 2011.
  • You don't train for only the 100-meter dash and you don't practice only the excerpts. When I prepared for auditions, I spent most of my time each day on scales and exercises to be my best in basic musicianship, and only a half-hour or so on the actual excerpts I'd be playing.

  • Matthew Davidson is blessed with a God-given, born-in-the-bone, talent. His musicianship is far beyond his age. When I play with Matthew, it's like playing with a musician with many years of experience. Always a perfect gentleman, Matthew's personality shines through in every performance. He obviously loves what he is doing!

    Blessed   Years   Play  
  • I’ve worked with such legendary guitar players as Allan Holdsworth, Ronnie Montrose, Eric Clapton, Lowell George and Steve Vai, but none of them come close to having Ed’s [Eddie Van Halen's] fantastic combination of chops and musicianship. I rank him along with Charlie Parker and Art Tatum as one of the three greatest musicians of my lifetime. Unfortunately, I don’t think Ed puts himself in that class.

    Art   Player   Thinking  
  • My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am.

    FaceBook post by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts from Sep 17, 2013
  • Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.

    Elvis Presley (2007). “Elvis: Inspirations”, p.5, Andrews McMeel Publishing
  • If a concert film is an experience of the musicianship without critiquing it, then this, too, is dropping you into a world and letting you experience it.

    World   Film   Dropping  
    Source: povmagazine.com
  • Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it's the last time.

    Guitar   Play   Lasts  
  • Nowadays, not to say that that doesn't happen, but music is made a lot almost in a laboratory where you get one guy working in one studio, they send the file to another guy in some other part of the world, they send it back and then they send it this way and that way. Musicianship is kind of - there's nothing wrong with that. In fact, some great music is made that way.

    Guy   World   Way  
    Source: www.pbs.org
  • One very fundamental thing has not changed and I realized that it will never change... is that I really need to go home and practice.

    Change   Home   Practice  
  • I like musicianship, and it's quite lacking in most modern popular music. You're always safe with old Chicago, the Allman Brothers, Gov't Mule, or Tower of Power.

  • There arent any rules, as far as anything-and that applies especially to writing songs, whatever gets the point across. So youre just kind of brought up to feel-in any field, if you say you can do it, do it. There it is.

  • We wanted to make sure that the film covered the main issues of his life. Musicianship, appearance.

  • If you're going to be called a musicianship, you have to be able to play.

    Source: youknowigotsoul.com
  • Without doubt, the foremost band for decades has been the One O'Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas. Through its many incarnations and under various leaders, they have demonstrated the highest qualities of musicianship imaginable, plus a willingness to balance their big band tradition with creative exploration. Astounding ensemble work, insightful interpretations of the arrangements, imaginative writing, and above all, a loving attention to musicality . . . these people play beautifully.

    Writing   Play   Texas  
  • Don't be lazy. Learn your instrument and the kids should be learning that stuff. We have to get back to the musicianship of the music. It's called music, so at some point somebody has to learn how to play an instrument.

    Kids   Play   Lazy  
    Source: youknowigotsoul.com
  • No one will ever ask me to sing because it's beautiful. My secret is hiding my musicianship behind humor.

    "The GQA: Nick Offerman". Interview with GQ, www.gq.com. July 3, 2012.
  • I feel like I'm waving the flag for musicianship, trying to bring back bands that can play.

    Play   Trying   Band  
  • Making it look easy is the hardest thing in the world to do.

    Sarah Ban Breathnach (1999). “Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self”, G K Hall & Company
  • To me, there was no better drummer than Jeff Porcaro. His musicianship and kindness to me will never be forgotten. Our loss is heaven's gain

    Kindness   Loss   Heaven  
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