“What gives him the right to do that? ... I ask myself if musicians should conduct themselves like politicians. They are only musicians. Where do they get the right to talk like that?”
Eric Clapton
“Let a short Act of Parliament be passed, placing all street musicians outside the protection of the law, so that any citizen may assail them with stones, sticks, knives, pistols or bombs without incurring any penalties.”
George Bernard Shaw
“We are musicians, entertainers. We can do it. We have the right tools. No worries.”
Pete Townshend
“All he did was fight for the rights of his black fellow musicians for them not to be ripped off.”
Marion Jones
“It's very exciting. To me, he's someone who is a big-name musician that can bring other musicians along.”
Chris Kelley
“Musicians own music because music owns them.”
Virgil Thomson
“A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. We provide the music, and you provide the silence.”
Leopold Stokowski
