Couple Quote by Alicia Keys

When I first got signed, I used to literally pick up a pen and pad. Write bars in my notes, even whole songs. Nowadays,…

— Jeremih

I'm used to writing something, it becomes a record, it comes out. Then I go perform and I play it and I get this…

— Bruce Springsteen

I put my all into performing so people can walk away knowing a bit more about me and feel the passion in my story.

— Normani Kordei

I don't practice or write stuff down - everything I do onstage was just made up before I went on.

— Don Rickles

When I first got my record deal, I was like, 'I just want to sing,' and I never put much thought into what really…

— Hilary Duff

It's always performing for me. I write and I record so I can perform. It all ties to that. I've done it since I…

— Gary Allan

Music doesn't have to go through the process of 'I'm signed, I'm famous, I'm better then you, I'm special.' Sometimes it can just be…

— Naughty Boy

I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple.

— Van Morrison

One thing that I had to remember in my personal journey in the music industry and coming up in the music industry was how…

— Kelly Rowland

Before I got signed, I was doing a lot of DVD's, and a lot of freestyles.

— Nicki Minaj

This is basically the last resort. I've been painted into a corner, and now I've sort of got to lay it all out in…

— Corey Clark

I sort of just wrote the songs, the way I wanted to write them, sing them the way I wanted to sing them, perform…

— Johnny Reid