Amateur Quote by Alan Greenspan

I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the big band…

— Alan Greenspan

I was a good amateur but only an average professional. I soon realized that there was a limit to how far I could rise…

— Alan Greenspan

The only thing that was economic, I might say, about my music career, aside from the fact that I did everybody's tax returns in…

— Alan Greenspan

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…

— Robert Fripp

I'd never imagined myself in a band. So the fact that I've had such a long career without really naturally pursuing it is really…

— Shirley Manson

The best decision I ever made, period, was to get into the music business.

— Ja Rule

I was really running a music school back then, because my band wasn't making any money. I keep talking about money, because most people…

— Artie Shaw

With my quick success, I didn't have time to learn the ropes of the music business. Because my first record was such a hit,…

— Phoebe Snow

Success came to me in my late 20s. I started touring when I was a teenager, so I had already seen the good, the…

— Joe Satriani

Growing up, I was always surrounded by musicians. After I got into that trouble, got locked up and when I got out I couldn't…

— Akon

My best business decision was to be independent as a musician and artist. My worst was compromising on certain aspects of a deal for…

— Ziggy Marley

I made an album that resonated, and I was lucky that a lot of different kinds of people liked it and contacted me to…

— Peaches