Quotes About Music

God help the troubadour who tries to be a star. The more that you try to find success, the more that you will fail.

The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn't make it easy.

I remember playing Coachella and seeing kids in the audience who weren't even born when we had our initial run of success. They were singing along to every word, which was an amazing thing to see.

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

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.

I was a good amateur but only an average professional. I soon realized that there was a limit to how far I could rise in the music business, so I left the band and enrolled at New York University.

I've always had just enough success to buy me some more tour dates and another record.

It is not that I don't like contemporary country music because I do. I love it. I have recorded a lot and have had great success recording records that have not been very traditional country records.

The most rewarding thing of my success has been the ability to use my music for many different causes that have become important to me.

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

The recording industry has changed; they're enjoying such incredible success in the pop field

Sometimes people just see the overall success and it overshadows our true love for music and how much we love to record. I love to record music and I love to see the reception of it even more!

My music career has been very rewarding, but success never came easily.

How I measure success is getting to make another record and being able to the come back to the same town and play again cause you sold out the last time.

I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don't have the history that I have.

My secret to success is that I've always loved good music and people.

I went to America and got into a band, had success, had hits in Australia.

When you're young and you play music, you have a peer group, you come out of a scene. There's a lot of people you know, and then you have some success, and it all goes away.

I would definitely want a hit record, but I still want the success to be around the album. Only the music can help me.

A Grammy is really nice, but having lots of fans is really nice, too. I think just getting a record out is a success on its own.

The musicians are good and their music is catchy - it pulls the kids in in droves. Mike Bickle admitted to me that the music was a big part of their success at attracting young people.

My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.

Back in the '80s and '90s, when there was still a record business, there was pressure on anyone who was fortunate to have a few hits on a major label to continue that success.

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.