Quotes About Struggle

Rock 'n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear.

If it wasn't for the music bein' my outlet, I'd probably be hustlin', I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to go and get a nine-to-five, I never finished high school or none of that.

Life is not always good, which is why music exists.

My music is evidence of my souls will to live.

Ah, music! What a beautiful art! But what a wretched profession!

You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record.

Every day has its emotional difficulties. I miss my mother whether I'm singing her music or not.

Sometimes I think life is just a rodeo, the trick is to ride and make it to the bell.

When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could.

When I listen to music, I don't want to hear about flowers. I like death and destruction.

What's interesting about a person without problems?

Oh, I'm a martyr to music.

Blues had the pulse beat of the people who keep on going.

Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do.

The image is one thing and the human being is another...it's very hard to live up to an image.

You could name practically any problem in the hood and there'd be a rap song for you.

I always felt like there was a certain standard of music that I had to do from the beginning, even when I didn't have the recognition that I have now.

Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.

To me, music was about being accepted and escaping from this crummy existence.

Singing songs that make you slit your wrists

A good country song takes a page out of someone's life, and puts it into music.

You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.

All I had was the will and the love for music. I couldn't read music or write it. No connections, no car, no money, no bankroll, no clothes, no nothing.

The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.