Absent Quote by Cat Stevens

That's the thing that has suffered, because I got used to putting so much of my energy into the show and my other businesses,…

— Kandi Burruss

At some points I wanted to give up on music still, because the business is just as bad as it was when I left…

— Tweet

I had walked away from the music industry because I had a certain integrity and all that.

— Jeff Gutt

I went to community college for about a year but I'd started taking music seriously by then so I dropped out.

— Caitlin Rose

I was working - just a regular working-class guy - but, at the same time, always aspired to do music.

— Demetrius Shipp, Jr

People thought I disappeared, but I never went away. Music has always been a priority.

— Lisa Stansfield

I didn't start in the music business to make money.

— Porter Wagoner

I was just burnt out. I didn't like the music business and I didn't like me. There's an element of falseness about the whole…

— Rick Astley

When you're not successful as a musician, you are oftentimes unemployed.

— Tobias Forge

I dropped out of college when I was 18 to be in a band.

— Brody Jenner

I dropped out of college, started playing music. I was going to do what I was going to do and it is what it…

— Chuck Mosley

Eventually, out of sheer will of never wanting to get a job or go to college, I found my way into doing music full-time.

— Nate Ruess