I always wanted to work with Michael Jackson. His music will live forever and with technology nowadays... maybe I could.
I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music.
I did not want to be somebody who lived off his reputation. I wanted to continue to be part of the modern music scene.
Lata Mangeshkar is a living legend. She has enthralled millions of hearts all over the world with her music.
One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.
Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.
It is a rare American who does not have some story about how music has made our lives richer and more interesting, how it has changed our moods, brought out the best in our character and even sometimes helped us earn a living.
Statistically, Portland, Oregon has the most street kids, like kids that run away from home and live on the street. It's like a whole culture thing there. If you walk around on the streets, there are kids living on the streets, begging for money, but...
I maintain that when I finally retire from my career in music, I will go and live back in Wales - when I am an old person, if I live to be an old person. The water I miss, and the air, there's something different about it. And I miss the simple life.
Every time we give a musician the advice to give away the music and sell the T-shirt, we're saying, 'Don't make your living in this more elevated way. Instead, reverse this social progress, and choose a more physical way to make a living.' We're send...
Don't grow too old before you decide to live your life.
Nobody in my family was musical. I had no idea you could be a songwriter and make a living at it. It was all discovery. It was all just thrown at me.
I have no experience performing that music live in front of an audience. So that remains to be seen. I'm very excited to see what that's going to be like.
I like playing music because it's a good living and I get satisfaction from it. But I can't feed my family with satisfaction.
The labels are in a jam. For a company to do well in music now, it's got to be in all aspects of the business. And Live Nation is the risk-taker. It's leading the charge.
My whole thing is just to put out positive messages in the music, give people something that can change their lives.
When you look back on music history, it falls into these neat periods, but of course, the period you yourself are living through seems totally scattered and chaotic.
As long as God lets me live, I want to do things that make a difference in the world besides play music.
I enjoy reading about the lives of musicians, and find many similarities in their ideas of preparation and their utter devotion to this great, eternal language: music.
That's one of the good things about music. You get to do it live, where you can touch the people and interact with them.
Honestly, I don't recommend anyone get into music. If you have something else that you're good at, do that instead. This is a really tough world to live in.
