Listed below are some inspirational quotes by musicians which are intended to give you that extra boost of confidence that we all need. Let’s face it, sometimes you just need to hear it from someone else, and sometimes, that can make all the difference.
I will start with a famous quote and joke that is attributed to the legendary Jascha Heifetz, and sometimes, Arthur Rubinstein. We are not sure where the joke and quote started, but it’s a nice one, nonetheless.
One day, a person walking the sidewalks of New York City finds himself a bit lost. He is stopped at a crosswalk waiting for the traffic lights to signal that he can cross when he turns to Jascha Heifetz to ask for directions. “Excuse me, sir, how do you get to Carnegie Hall?” To which Mr. Heifetz responds “Practice, practice, practice.”
Quotes from Musicians: Violinists on Making Art
Here are a few quotes from famous musicians on making art. Some quotes are reflections of the players’ own thoughts, and some are general quotes on art in general. Which do you agree with the most?
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Ludwig van Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler inspirational quotes by musicians - Ludwig van Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Ludwig-van-Beethoven-by-Joseph-Karl-Stieler-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Pablo Casals inspirational quotes by musicians - Pablo Casals](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Pablo-Casals-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - George Enescu inspirational quotes by musicians - George Enescu](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-George-Enescu-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Ivry Gitlis by Vita Zweig inspirational quotes by musicians - Ivry Gitlis by Vita Zweig](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Ivry-Gitlis-by-Vita-Zweig-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Fritz Kreisler inspirational quotes by musicians - Fritz Kreisler](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Fritz-Kreisler-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - David Oistrakh inspirational quotes by musicians - David Oistrakh](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-David-Oistrakh-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Anne Sophie Mutter by Bastian Achard inspirational quotes by musicians - Anne Sophie Mutter by Bastian Achard](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Anne-Sophie-Mutter-by-Bastian-Achard-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Itzhak Perlman inspirational quotes by musicians - Itzhak Perlman](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Itzhak-Perlman-1-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Shinichi Suzuki inspirational quotes by musicians - Shinichi Suzuki](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Shinichi-Suzuki-150x150.jpg)
Quotes from Musicians: Practice
Here are a few quotes by musicians on their ideas of practice. Some are uplifting, and some are more forward than anything. Nonetheless, I myself find it fascinating to hear what these musicians’ thoughts are on practice. Enjoy!
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Ludwig van Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler inspirational quotes by musicians - Ludwig van Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Ludwig-van-Beethoven-by-Joseph-Karl-Stieler-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Jascha Heifetz inspirational quotes by musicians - Jascha Heifetz](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Jascha-Heifetz-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Itzhak Perlman inspirational quotes by musicians - Itzhak Perlman](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Itzhak-Perlman-1-150x150.jpg)
Quotes from Composers: Music & Art
Some of these quotes are funny, and some of them are compassionate. Composers are the reason we have music, and as it turns out, they were wonderful human beings.
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Malcolm Arnold inspirational quotes by musicians - Malcolm Arnold](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Malcolm-Arnold-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Ludwig van Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler inspirational quotes by musicians - Ludwig van Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Ludwig-van-Beethoven-by-Joseph-Karl-Stieler-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Leonard Bernstein inspirational quotes by musicians - Leonard Bernstein](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Leonard-Bernstein-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Hector Berlioz inspirational quotes by musicians - Hector Berlioz](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Hector-Berlioz-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - John Cage inspirational quotes by musicians - John Cage](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-John-Cage-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Aaron Copland inspirational quotes by musicians - Aaron Copland](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Aaron-Copland-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Claude Debussy by Atelier Nadar inspirational quotes by musicians - Claude Debussy by Atelier Nadar](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Claude-Debussy-by-Atelier-Nadar-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Frederick Delius inspirational quotes by musicians - Frederick Delius](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Frederick-Delius-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Edward Elgar inspirational quotes by musicians - Edward Elgar](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Edward-Elgar-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - George Frideric Handel inspirational quotes by musicians - George Frideric Handel](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-George-Frideric-Handel-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Gustav Holst inspirational quotes by musicians - Gustav Holst](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Gustav-Holst-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Gustav Mahler inspirational quotes by musicians - Gustav Mahler](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Gustav-Mahler-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Claudio Monteverdi inspirational quotes by musicians - Claudio Monteverdi](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Claudio-Monteverdi-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Modest Mussorgsky inspirational quotes by musicians - Modest Mussorgsky](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Modest-Mussorgsky-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Sergei Rachmaninov inspirational quotes by musicians - Sergei Rachmaninov](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Sergei-Rachmaninov-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Maurice Ravel inspirational quotes by musicians - Maurice Ravel](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Maurice-Ravel-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Jean Sibelius inspirational quotes by musicians - Jean Sibelius](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Jean-Sibelius-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Dmitri Shostakovich inspirational quotes by musicians - Dmitri Shostakovich](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Dmitri-Shostakovich-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Robert Schumann inspirational quotes by musicians - Robert Schumann](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Robert-Schumann-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Igor Stravinsky inspirational quotes by musicians - Igor Stravinsky](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Igor-Stravinsky-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Toru Takemitsu inspirational quotes by musicians - Toru Takemitsu](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Toru-Takemitsu-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky inspirational quotes by musicians - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Pyotr-Ilyich-Tchaikovsky-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Giuseppe Verdi inspirational quotes by musicians - Giuseppe Verdi](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Giuseppe-Verdi-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Richard Wagner inspirational quotes by musicians - Richard Wagner](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Richard-Wagner-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Carl Maria von Weber by Caroline Bardua inspirational quotes by musicians - Carl Maria von Weber by Caroline Bardua](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Carl-Maria-von-Weber-by-Caroline-Bardua-150x150.jpg)
Quotes from Musicians: Pop-Music Stars
Pop-Music has been an essential and go-to part of our lives for almost one century now, and quotes from musicians on this list are equally inspiring as any of the ones listed above. Quotes from musicians are sometimes lost in live performances, and we are lucky to have some record of the inspirational words they left us with.
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Ray Charles inspirational quotes by musicians - Ray Charles](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Ray-Charles-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Bob Marley inspirational quotes by musicians - Bob Marley](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Bob-Marley-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Elvis Presley inspirational quotes by musicians - Elvis Presley](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Elvis-Presley-150x150.jpg)
Quotes by Non-Musicians: Art & Music
Quotes from musicians are a good thing for us to read, I certainly believe so! But here are some non-musical artists and thinkers who have given us their thoughts on music and art. Their words are important, and as you will find, their words speak to their professions. Check out the Harry Potter quote from Albus Dumbledore below!
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Albert Einstein inspirational quotes by musicians - Albert Einstein](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Albert-Einstein-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Friedrich Nietzsche inspirational quotes by musicians - Friedrich Nietzsche](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Friedrich-Nietzsche-150x150.jpg)
![inspirational quotes by musicians - Oscar Wilde inspirational quotes by musicians - Oscar Wilde](https://violinspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/inspirational-quotes-by-musicians-Oscar-Wilde-150x150.jpg)
Final Note
We all do need an extra bit of motivation or inspiration sometimes. I recommend you pick one or maybe a few quotes and print them. Put it in a place where you practice or where you often look to remind yourself about the beauty of music and the importance of practice.
Also, you can always visit my Video Lessons library with many motivation videos among others. Enjoy!
JVA members only: feel free to share on our Facebook group who or what motivates you to learn how to play the violin. I believe we can all benefit from each other’s knowledge & inspiration! Also make sure to have a look through what the other members posted, to get inspired to practice