Keeping it real Quote by Anonymous

Musicians do music for the girls. We do music for the money. We do music for the recognition, for the rock and roll history.…

— Sixto Rodriguez

There's also, I think more so in the music business and especially for women, this ceiling that people put on you if you have…

— Juice Newton

The music is fun and all that, but first and foremost it is a business, it's about money.

— Steve Brown

I'm not oriented by money, to be honest. Everybody thinks we're in the music business for money all of the time. But that's not…

— Denny Laine

This isn't about the money. This is just for me. I love music.

— Justin Timberlake

Music-making as a means of getting money is hell

— Gustav Holst

There's this concept in urban music and lifestyle that money is everything, and I'm just not with it. If it makes money, it doesn't…

— No I.D

Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel…

— Iris Dement

For me it's about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it's more about money.

— Ace Frehley

I know so many girls that have felt like they've been taken advantage of. Not only in the music business, but in every single…

— Margo Price

The main thing that excites me and makes me want to get out of bed is the thought of being able to go into…

— Moby

The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.

— Jonathan Davis