It's always the music first for me. But if the music isn't selling, there isn't gonna be no business. So you gotta make sure music is always the first priority.
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Related I'm making music with my friends. It's fun. It should be fun. You shouldn't make music i... CASS MCCOMBS What I do isn't black music; it's just my music. DARYL HALL If you wanna be famous, then it's okay if the music is fake, because fame isn't real. JOSH HOMME Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film. O'SHEA JACKSON, JR. I think because people can't understand our style, they think it's a joke. Our music isn'... WATKIN TUDOR JONES Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but ja... BILLY HIGGINS Music isn't selling like it used to, but the one thing you can't steal or download is a live... G-EAZY No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music. BILLIE HOLIDAY You don't ever want to devalue music. Music is important; it's necessary product. I always t... ROBERT COPPOLA SCHWARTZMAN There's nothing to compare to live music, there just isn't anything. GLORIA GAYNOR Music isn't only a profession. JOSE CARRERAS I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There isn't a lot ... TERRI WINDLING People haven't always been there for me, but music always has. TAYLOR SWIFT The music business used to carry a certain amount of brotherly love, but it isn't that way now. JIMMY RUSHING I've always wanted to introduce hip-hop filmmaking to film. There's hip-hop art, dance, musi... DARREN ARONOFSKY Mozart's music is like an X-ray of your soul - it shows what is there, and what isn't. ISAAC STERN I've always just adored music. It's my first love, really. I admire and respect people in th... BLYTHE DANNER The climate suits me, and London has the greatest serious music that you can hear any day of the wee... DAVID ATTENBOROUGH The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything. HARRY S TRUMAN There's no way that music could ever go down the tubes. I can't imagine a civilization witho... CLIVE DAVIS I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, th... MAGGIE STIEFVATER There's something so wonderful about writing in rhyme where it isn't just the meaning of the... GARY ROSS Love is agony, isn't it? I've been involved with someone for some time now, but it's all... DAPHNE GUINNESS I think no matter how you think about your music, you're ultimately in the music 'business.&... MARY LAMBERT I want to make the music that people remember, and it doesn't need a trend; it doesn't need ... TESSANNE CHIN I always say if music can't make you cry, you're a hopeless case. I don't cry very much ... LINDA RONSTADT I think Gotye is really dope. The music that I enjoy listening to isn't as intense as my music i... B.O.B Hip-Hop isn't just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You can't just call... LAURYN HILL If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you. STEVEN WRIGHT Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is. NADINE GORDIMER My studio's always in my house. I want to wake up and be like, 'You know I'm gonna make ... BENNY BLANCO You shouldn't be in the music business if you're posing. ROD STEWART Meditation isn't snake oil. For some people, meditation might be the most efficient way to reduc... ADAM GRANT Certain kinds of people will always have an issue with my music. But that's fine; it's OK. I... KACEY MUSGRAVES The world moves fast, but change isn't always a good thing when you got it right the first time ... BILLY DEE WILLIAMS Maybe it's a cultural thing, being Korean, but my first reflex has always been to exude humility... STEVEN YEUN Everything isn't always going to be peaches and cream. If it is, then it's fake. BLAC CHYNA My head works in music, so there's always music there. BEN HARPER My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I don't think it's changed that much when you go on the principle if Garth introduced more r... GARTH BROOKS It's important to remember that, first and foremost, if not only, this is entertainment. 'Th... AARON SORKIN Marriage isn't always cupcakes and Jesus juice, but it's important to show each other your m... ZOE FOSTER BLAKE So, maybe you don't see blues so much in Styx's music but it is definitely part of Tommy'... JAMES YOUNG Being nervous isn't always the worst thing for me. DANICA PATRICK Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't... CHARLIE PARKER When no one's buying your records, it's easy to justify selling a song. But once you start s... PATRICK CARNEY It's so important just to be true to yourself and to own your own character and take responsibil... BECKY LYNCH For me, my number one priority always has to be the music, and I'm going to work school around m... SCOTTY MCCREERY The music is first and foremost everything - no egos, no attitude, nothing - it's about the musi... BIG BOI But you know, it's not easy when your husband runs for president. I mean, it's not easy for ... LAURA BUSH Entertainment isn't just based on the very structured syndrome of European popular music, and it... ROBERT PLANT For me, fiction isn't very cathartic. It can be a broad, long catharsis, but it's a whole di... JOHN DARNIELLE I like to dabble in different things, but music is my first love. It connects to me in a way my side... EVE First of all, you look at Rocky films now, and if that isn't a cartoon series there isn't an... CHARLES S. DUTTON I think that's one of the things that has always put me in kind of an odd niche. It's that a... DANNY ELFMAN There's a lot out there for me to learn that isn't in college, so I think it's fine for ... TAYLOR PHINNEY Without the ability to talk about government power, there's no way for citizens to make sure thi... AARON SWARTZ Some writers are curiously unmusical. I don't get it. I don't get them. For me, music is ess... BARRY HANNAH I'm always gonna have the darker edgy music; it is always in my pocket because it comes so natur... YELAWOLF Any talk of 'craft' makes me laugh. My music looks outward; it does not gaze upon itself in ... BILL CALLAHAN What people don't understand is that my dad isn't up on the contemporary music scene. He'... ALEXA RAY JOEL You know, being a test pilot isn't always the healthiest business in the world. ALAN SHEPARD Design certainly has a cosmetic, aesthetic aim. It always aims at making things beautiful. But relev... YVES BEHAR I write music that sounds complex but isn't. I frankly never think in terms of theory. ERIC WHITACRE I don't distinguish the music I listen to from great music - it's just music. There shouldn&... MARCUS SAMUELSSON I always think of it in terms of music. You're not always going to be a huge rock star in music,... DANIEL BRYAN Sometimes a piece of music in the score isn't effective. When a score is too well finished with ... ALEJANDRO AMENABAR Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence. JIM MORRISON Mainly, I don't like it when music is made solely to impress people or in order to please busine... JOHN FRUSCIANTE Life isn't always black and white. You're not always sure you're right. At least I'm... BRAD PAISLEY I am passionate about music - and people think because I go to places where I can enjoy music I have... RONALDINHO I'm not put off so much by first-time directors if the script is great. If the script isn't ... SAM SHEPARD Our music, you either get it or you don't. There's no middle ground. DUSTIN DIAMOND I have no great desire to play a great role. You can't make quality on TV anyway. It's alway... WAYNE ROGERS I really don't know anything about music, and it's no great experience for me. But I do thin... KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI Good new songs are the backbone of the music industry. There isn't an artist out there who could... KARA DIOGUARDI Art isn't held with the same high regard as it is after success. In any country, in any language... K'NAAN I was never particularly gregarious. I was quite shy, closed in. It's a classic isn't it, yo... DAVID GILMOUR Telecoms is a national business. There isn't a European market. There's no Telecom Italia in... XAVIER NIEL All music is dance music. But when people think of dance music, they think of techno or just house. ... AFRIKA BAMBAATAA Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that... DANIEL EK There are two things that I cannot live without: music and books. Caffeine isn't dignified enoug... CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON Life isn't fair, and it isn't government's job to make life fair. But if you're not ... TAMMY DUCKWORTH So no, it's not all in the genes, but what isn't in the genes isn't in the family enviro... STEVEN PINKER It's hard to get people at a record company to talk about music. They don't seem to want to ... HENRY ROLLINS We make music for a living. Like I've always said, if you like what you're doing, you're... EDDIE VAN HALEN You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I ... SUFJAN STEVENS A person's portrayal on TV isn't always how someone is. SABRINA LLOYD I'm making music for the people. If y'all love the music, y'all gonna buy the music. THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. People say my music is English. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's not me writing English m... HARRISON BIRTWISTLE There's something missing in the music industry today... and it's music. Songs you hear don&... JIMMY BUFFETT I don't think music is the first thing I turn to. For me, I think visual art is more the thing. ... BAT FOR LASHES To be in the music industry, to be in any kind of entertainment industry, you really, really have to... ALEXANDRA CHANDO If you go back and watch 'The French Connection,' it's been cannibalized so many times. ... ADAM MCKAY To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. ... DAVID MCCULLOUGH You find that you can have the best business in the most exciting industry, but if the execution, if... DAN LEVITAN There is no music that can't be used politically, but the motives behind the creation of that mu... EARLE BROWN I can't hear music. I don't understand it. It's so above and beyond me. CAM GIGANDET Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the ... ZIG ZIGLAR It's always been about making music. I've never gotten caught up with the trappings. You can... AL JARREAU
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