I could never overstate the importance of a musician's need to develop his or her ear. Actually, I believe that developing a good 'inner ear' - the art of being able to decipher musical components solely through listening - is the most important element in becoming a good musician.
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Related Growing up listening to rap music, you almost feel like you should have haters. That's an import... EZRA KOENIG Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON In most of the stuff that I've done over the years as a sideman, I wasn't really a session m... DAVID SANBORN A musician's attempt to summarize his or her work leads to all this prescriptive chatter, or wha... SUFJAN STEVENS If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego. You begin to refuse ... JOHN CAGE Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. Well, Steve Vai joined my dad's band right around the time when I actually started playing guita... DWEEZIL ZAPPA Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him... RALPH ELLISON She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Overall, I think the main thing a musician would like to do is give to the listener the many wonderf... JOHN COLTRANE I'm a compulsive musician, but it's also a bloody good way out of having to do anything else... ALEXIS KORNER Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH Well I'm a third-generation musician. My Grandfather's a musician and my father and mother w... SAM RIVERS School was pretty good about letting me take up music and that's where I had my first musical id... JAMES BLUNT Cause I'm a musician, I'm not really good at posing and being a model, like, modeling. AMY WINEHOUSE When I was a kid, I would impersonate anything that I would hear. It's - actually, I attribute t... JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE I'm a musician. It's what I do! I wouldn't be too good at anything else. CHAD SMITH I'm the lightest sleeper. I can hear a pin drop. It's been worse since I was ill. I think yo... SAM TAYLOR-WOOD You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES I won't complain about touring, because I really do believe that a public-figure musician compla... MOBY I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. Being a talented artist is good, it's nice, but it's not the most important thing. I think b... BILL PLYMPTON I wouldn't recommend being a musician to anyone. It's not glamorous. It's a lot of being... DAN REYNOLDS That's my contribution - running a sound, healthy company that serves millions of customers well... JAMIE DIMON I'm not a deaf musician. I'm a musician who happens to be deaf. EVELYN GLENNIE I didn't get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I'm a singer-song... JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE I have a pretty good math mind, so I can see patterns, but I don't have a great ear. It's li... BO BURNHAM I think when a musician loses their inhibition and dives deep into their soul, that's a prayer. ... ARTURO O'FARRILL I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a musician was actually very wonderful. BOBBY MCFERRIN I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every... CARLOS SANTANA I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON The sensitive ear of the musician detects a certain musical note in every city which is different fr... MAX HEINDEL I think I'm an okay parent, but I'd put myself in the category of a musician-who-happened-to... JACK BRUCE Being a musician since I was a teen, Guitar Center is the staple. You need anything to create, it... STEVE AOKI There's more to being a musician than just making music. BURNING SPEAR (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON I've never lived my life in the opinion of others. I believe I'm a good person. I believe I&... ANGELINA JOLIE I taught myself to play the guitar by listening to Paul Simon records, working it out note by note. ... DOUGLAS ADAMS I felt really happy to be able to film together with Korea's most beautiful actress. Everyone th... SONG JOONG-KI When a man gives you a rose what you see may not be what he intends. You may think he sees you as de... PATRICK ROTHFUSS As a musician I'm about expressing what's inside, and I think everyone has a song in them th... FLEA I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my fac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The only perspective is to really be there. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I don't have an e-reader. One reason is that I like to dog-ear the page when I find a particular... CARL HIAASEN I wanted to definitely be a musician or a good preacher or a heck of a baseball player. I couldn'... MUDDY WATERS I'm a pretty private person, so I'd like to say I'm a good ear and that I keep my mouth ... JAMES BADGE DALE If you're a musician, there's no instrument that can be withheld from you. If you're dra... CYNTHIA ROBINSON I could care less about the radio or the TV or album sales. I want that connection with people becau... VINCE STAPLES Musicians from the beginning of time have been there to express the mood and the musical feelings in... TREY ANASTASIO I was never interested in singing in the church choir or in school. I was more interested in becomin... CASSANDRA WILSON I'm not a very creative person, you know? I'm not really an art person. I'm not a great ... TOM BRADY Music plays a very important role in my life. I'm a frustrated musician. I play the drums. RONALD PERELMAN I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX You get a lot of who you are as a musician across through the music you write. If you're writing... HARRY STYLES Any musician - I would say 99% of musicians - needs some help along the way. Most people, even if th... WASHED OUT A foam ear plug or good ear muffs are the key to protection. BOB WALKER The age of 18 seemed the right time to try something different in my life. Moving to the U.K. was a ... MANFRED MANN It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr... QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. QUEEN ELIZABETH II
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STEVE FORBES That godfather of the modern action blockbuster, 'The Godfather,' is entirely character driv... STEVE ERICKSON No more turning a blind eye to Chinese spies in our nuclear labs. No more keeping silent about Chine... STEVE FORBES Lorne finally said, Do the Blues Brothers thing. The response was amazing. People went nuts. STEVE CROPPER I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them o... STEVE MARTIN I feel good about being able to take bluegrass on to television like 'Letterman' and 'Th... STEVE MARTIN As much as I'd like to think and as much as people mistakenly think my audience is blue collar p... STEVE EARLE Well, excuuuuuse me!!!!. STEVE MARTIN When you do an animated movie - at least the ones that I've been a part of - you never see any o... STEVE CARELL We had gone out on the road in 94 and 95 for a three month American tour, and we realised, as did ou... STEVE BROWN A James Bond movie is a stuntman's dream. I was in a helicopter firing a machine gun at Piers Br... STEVE TRUGLIA A James Bond movie is a stuntman's dream. STEVE TRUGLIA Western civilization is the most successful civilization the world has ever seen. And some of the re... STEVE KING Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Sax... STEVE LACY The good thing about flying solo is it's never boring. STEVE FOSSETT I'm not bragging but my movies have grossed well over a billion dollars. STEVE GUTTENBERG I'm not bragging, but just going Sunday to Sunday, it will be a real rare game when I don't ... STEVE LARGENT We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this... STEVE JOBS I am a self-made brat. STEVE WYNN I don't have time, energy, or interest in hating the haters; I'm too busy loving the lovers. STEVE MARABOLI In the case of music, Apple got out early. They were the first to really recognize that you couldn... STEVE BALLMER I guess I just always imagined that I was going to die, like, somehow on top. I was going to, like, ... STEVE-O There's so much mudslinging going on, and people get so turned off by that. It seems like neithe... STEVE CHABOT The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self improvement, about being better than yo... STEVE YOUNG I bled a lot. I got hit across the face. We couldn't film for seven days. I got hit, whacked, un... STEVE IRWIN Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have ... STEVE JOBS