Quotes About Music

I didn't think we would ever make enough money to pay rent by playing music.

My dad would give me $10, which is a lot of money when you're 9, to sing at church, on tables at restaurants, at family functions, just about anywhere.

You know, I didn't have enough money to quit my day job... the myth of the major label deal. Nowadays, you have a tour bus and a stylist and all this stuff. But back then, no way.

I want to be successful. Not just money. Just making a successful record and a successful show... I could feel successful without selling a million records.

People like to say their songs are like children, but you gotta get those kids out there so they can make some money and pay the rent.

They wouldn't play my records on American radio because I had spiky hair. They said, 'Punk rock doesn't sell advertising, it won't make any money.'

I've definitely seen bands before they made money kind of change their thing on the next tour, and I prefer it when it's a little more raw.

I wasn't put on this earth to amass money or personal wealth. I was put on this earth to play guitar and write songs.

I'm a record collector. I'd spend all my pocket money on vinyl.

Pop music is created by repression - and then the system takes it and makes even more money with it!

I really don't need the public's money. I'd like to have something on the internet with charitable donation optional, where anyone can download my music for free.

The labels can't do anything for a band anymore - they're stuck and they have no money and they're just holding onto contracts that have existed from a time where there were resources.

New York is the financial capital of the world. Everything moves so fast, and the music is fast, and some of it is for money.

I just think you shouldn't expect people to pay money to see someone sing live and then lip-synch.

[Justin Bieber]'s rich, right? Grammys are for music and not money. He's making a lot of money. He should be happy with that.

Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.

I've been making music ever since, but it was never something I thought I could make any money doing.

Make music a service that's easy to consume, and there'll be plenty of money for everyone.

Unfortunately, I think music videos are a dying breed because there is no money in them.

Everybody can perform, there are so many outlets. Musicians are no longer limited. In the past, the record companies made most of the money. I for one am not sorry to see them fade away.

The first record I bought with my own money was Rio.

I did all the musicals in my high school; I was in a pop group signed to Cash Money Records in college. Music has always been a really big part of my life.

It doesn't necessarily always come down to race in the music industry. It can be whoever has the most money, has the most power, and that's really the struggle - dealing with how crazy money is.

There's good stuff going on in modern pop music, but a lot of it is really materialistic and only about money.