Quotes of: Music-career Keyword

Music videos were this lucky career opportunity. They were assignments. I was providing a service, and they were meant to be punchy and gimmicky and fun.

Mark Romanek

In the early eighties, there were a lot of artists involved with the music scene. All those young artists, before their careers took off, were into music. Robert Longo used to play some guitar. He had a band for a while. Basquiat had a band. I mean, ...

Kim Gordon

The only thing that was economic, I might say, about my music career, aside from the fact that I did everybody's tax returns in the band, was the decision I made to leave the music business on economic grounds.

Alan Greenspan

During the time that my recording career seemed to be in a slump a music called disco came on the scene and literally took over radio stations as well as having radio stations created to play it which sort of negated my music as well as that of some ...

Dionne Warwick

Balancing my film career and my music will be something I'm just going to have to deal with, as it happens. I think I can balance it out; the choices will probably be pretty clear. If there's a movie I just have to do, I will work the music around it...

Lukas Haas

And my career, the things that have happened have happened because of my music education background.

Jon Secada

Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.

Lana Del Rey

As a youngster, I never dreamed there could be a career actually earning a living writing music.

John Williams

Music is the career I'm lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other desires and passions.

Layne Staley

That pesky acting career has always gotten in the way of me doing something with music.

Michael Chiklis

Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.

Ice Cube

Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this music was a tribute to the African muse.

Cassandra Wilson

People have been so supportive of this career for so long, and they are still enjoying the music that I bring to them.

Dionne Warwick

I feel very blessed we can still have a career making music.

Mike McCready

I was fortunate enough to hook up with Quincy Jones and had a lot of success. But the music of the '80s really changed when the '90s hit. For me to chase that dream or career of music, I started a family, started on 'Melrose Place,' so it was somethi...

Jack Wagner

I can only speak for myself, but public school did nothing for me musically. I got the impression a musical career was frowned upon. But in the arts, resistance can often be the strongest inspiration.

Charlie Fink

It's much easier to have a diversified career as an electronic musician than it is as a drummer. Nothing against drummers. If you're a drummer, you just wait around for people to ask you to play drums. But if you have your own studio and can make mus...

Moby

Whether looking at pop music, hip-hop or R&B, it's rare to find an artist who hasn't been touched or affected by the power and soul of gospel music. In fact, many of today's popular artists such as Whitney Houston, John Legend, and Katy Perry started...

Marvin Sapp

I just love where I am right now in my career. I love country music. I don't ever feel restricted by the genre. I've been able to have a solid career that we've built one step at a time and a family. I know that I'm in a good place.

Martina McBride

Music has always played a big part in my life and, believe it or not, in my soap opera career.

Kassie DePaiva

My parents played the radio, but music was never an obsession or something that I thought I could call a career.

Abigail Washburn