Pastoral Resources

Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and six bars of that. Glenn Gould said that with a recording he wanted to make perfect versions of pieces.

Many rock musicians are excellent cooks, I've found, and those that are prefer to eat their own cooking in the studio. I encourage this behavior as I also enjoy the benefits of fresh food.

I mean, look how many musicians have come through and played beside me, and I'm workin' and they're not.

Selfishly, I make music for me. I like to make music. I like looking for songs. I like working with interesting musicians. I like producing records. It's something I will always do.

In a jazz atmosphere, the audience members were so quiet and respectful of the musicians that you felt you were almost part of a meeting at a church or a temple, where everyone was completely in tune with the sermon and what the whole event was about.

Yes, but the great thing about all the people - and I don't think there is any exception - who I've worked with is they've all been very, very talented musicians.

I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians.

Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.

I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped from labels was really frustrating and sad to me.

The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.

When I was recording from '70 to '82, I always played piano and laid the tracks down. But I used to talk to the other musicians while the track was playing.

Most musicians count at the beginning, and never count and talk to their musicians after that. They only talk to them at the end of the song. But I would count with them and talk.

The kind of music or the kind of arrangements that I do, the kind of musicians I choose, is just what I like to hear.

A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing.

Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales.

I did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them.

When I want 30 musicians in the orchestra, I get 30.

Regardless of who originally made it popular, any hit song becomes a challenge to the ingenuity and imagination of other musicians and performers.

I don't try to make 15 musicians sound like two each.

My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.