Always Quote by Barbara Mandrell

I was a musician for years before I started doing this stuff. Show business was the only thing I ever considered.

— Miguel Ferrer

Playing music is the best thing in the world. It makes show business almost bearable.

— David Johansen

What I try to do is produce an atmosphere where musicians want to invest in what they do and give to the recording. I…

— Herbie Mann

I never really made much money playing music. It's because I've never really worked with a producer who could make my music sound, I…

— Mark Linkous

The way I view touring and shows, for me, is that I really like playing, but that's not the thing that fuels me. I…

— Radical Face

You're not going out there to make a living out of it by selling records. You want acclaim and you want to know people…

— Kevin Drew

I love performing, and it's important that I do it at my own club, absolutely. It's good for me. It's good for business.

— Brad Garrett

I'm a performer. That's what I do. That and making money - it's the passion and the care factor for the people that support…

— Schoolboy Q

Over the years, I've had fairly benign record companies who gave me a lot of rope, but in spite of that, there's still restrictions…

— Richard Thompson

I'm not actually a very keen performer. I like putting shows together. I like putting events together. In fact, everything I do is about…

— David Bowie

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

— Steve Brown

There's a gratification that comes from performing in front of a live audience, and you can't replicate that with anything else. In the studio,…

— Trace Adkins