Quotes About Career

Music was always the distraction, so it was the obvious choice to pursue. My dad always said to find a job I love to do, that way it wouldn't feel like a job. So I did that.

I played Big Band jazz music. I wasn't into rock and roll. I was just there because it was a living. I surprised everyone. I'm still surprising people.

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

I always wanted to play music and have it be my career and knew this by the age of 12

If I'd had good discipline, I might have gone into music.

I feel like I've reached a point where music has become just as much a priority to me as my acting, and I'm glad to feel that way.

Honestly, I don't recommend anyone get into music. If you have something else that you're good at, do that instead. This is a really tough world to live in.

I couldn't concentrate on music. So I made the choice to give up my career as a musician in the frontline to deal with the business.

I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-roll with jazz, and I thought I could make some money playing music.

Right now the music is more of a hobby since I'm making a good living as an actress.

I owe Elvis my career, and the entire music business owes him it's lifeline.

I didn't really want to give up music.

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

All of these years that I have been singing, no one has done a documentary about my music as far as I'm concerned.

I don't know [whether] if I didn't get paid, or my career didn't keep going where it goes, if I would keep doing music.

I am really passionate about my career and my music and I am so lucky to be able to do what I do for a job, so for all the early morning starts and long days, I could never trade it all in.

Right now I'm listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT'S MY JOB.

I was so happy and content with in life playing music. Music was always my first job and my day gig was my second job.

I went to the Conservatory of Music in school in Rome.

Going back to the paradigm we live in, the only way to do music is if I can sustain living off of it. If I can't live off of it, I'm not going to be able to make as much music.

I love music and love a good audience and still have to make a living. Why would I quit?

Let's pretend my career in music is a bell. Whether you like my music or not is up to you. But you've got to admit I rang that bell pretty hard and pretty often.

Family and friends always need to be bigger than your music career, and in that sense, your music will be bigger because you respect your family and your friends more.

The outgoing and spontaneous person that the world knew while I was boxing was a persona that I created to sell tickets and promote my career. In my private life, I am quiet and reflective by nature.