Musicologist Quotes

A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it. (Thomas Beecham)
Now, I don't want to give you the impression that I'm a great musicologist, but I'm a lot better than what I was described as for a long, long time; you know, people said I only knew three chords when I knew five. View quote
Leonard Cohen
I grew up in Ohio, and I was a musicologist since I was little; it is all that I would ever read. View quote
Nina Blackwood
I'm really a very weak musicologist. Wish it weren't so, but there's only so much you can dig deeply into in one lifetime, as if you hadn't noticed. View quote
Wendy Carlos
I'm sure I would have been considered a more significant artist if I was a singer-songwriter. It's just not the way I roll. I love being a curator and a musicologist. People write me letters and thank me for turning them on to Fred McDowell and Sippie Wallace, and that's partly my job this time around. View quote
Bonnie Raitt