Success Quotes

Even when I do commercials, I try to tell a story about the product. With music, I try to tell the story of the person's struggle for success. And I believe every word I say. I never read anything on the air I don't believe in. I think people sense t...

Casey Kasem

When you look at what people consider success in the music industry, it's just terrible music.

Conor Oberst

In the music industry, we value large success. I realized that while I would like that, that it's not what my writing is about. And if I start making it about that, it becomes impure.

David Friedman

I lost myself in the bubble of music - driving myself to be a success.

Dan Hill

When making music I sink myself into the process as deeply as I can and forget all of the success.

Enya

The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial; it was something very personal to me.

Enya

It's very easy for me to keep a low profile because the focus I feel is always on the music. Success and fame are two different things. And so I feel the success is always towards the music, which means that I can have a very normal and private lifes...

Enya

Success is based on music, not where you're from.

Estelle

Rock became an incredible commercial success, people just became bored with serious music, and it was forgotten.

Henry Flynt

I always think I'm the Tom Cruise of music - a lot of success and fans, but no critics, darling.

Jon Bon Jovi

Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're big enough, people are drawn to you.

Jay-Z

Just because you're a star on television doesn't mean that you can be a music phenomenon or an artist. You have to have the material to back it, and it's all about hit songs. I can name you every 'Idol' winner and why they didn't go on to have succes...

Kara DioGuardi

People see my current success but don't realize I've worked hard to get where I am. I used to clean garbage off the Philadelphia docks and put a lot of time into developing my music.

Kevin Eubanks

The potential success that could come with signing with a major label didn't quite outweigh how important it was for me to make my music the way I knew it needed to be made.

Kina Grannis

A lot of my success comes from black music. It's something I'm very proud of.

Michael Bolton

My fame came from my success as a country music singer.

Mindy McCready

I don't like Tommy on Broadway at all. I like the music, I'm pleased with Pete's success but I don't like what they've done to it.

Roger Daltrey

I've been playing music for over 20 years now. I started playing when I was 14 years old. To everyone who has said I was an overnight success... where have you been the last 20 years?

Randy Houser

The joy of songwriting only gets messed up if you are trying to follow up a big success, or you are trying to create a hit single, or if you have conscious thoughts of a particular outcome for the music.

Tim Finn

I think the first thing you should know is that nobody in country music 'made it' the same way. It's all different. There's no blueprint for success, and sometimes you just have to work at it.

Taylor Swift

I've never left music behind, but I've had success in television.

Vanilla Ice