Family and friends Quote by Colbie Caillat

I didn't like not having work and not having people return my calls.

— Eleanor Mondale

I was really selfish, and I didn't want to listen to anyone. Then I started working with some really amazing people, traveling more, and…

— Charli XCX

When television came along, I'd already done more than 10 years of radio work and I thought everyone would want me. I sat around…

— Orson Welles

Everybody gets to a stage when it's time to move on. I was bored, and the band wasn't going anywhere, so I left. I…

— Peter Noone

I wanted people to understand that I have my own music, and I didn't want to sing other people's songs at shows.

— Melanie Martinez

My own bandmembers wouldn't return my calls and I lost multiple tour managers, crew members. I can't tell you how many friends stopped talking…

— Ivan Moody

I went from trying to get people just to listen to my music, not necessarily knowing me, to this. I didn't want to be…

— Fetty Wap

When I moved to New York, I had to let my band know that I couldn't play anymore, and that was difficult to leave…

— Oscar Isaac

Trying to get my music performed live by bar bands was a self defeating experience. It really just distracted me from what I should've…

— Tom Scholz

The only reason you even start a band is so you can hang out with your friends all the time, but somewhere along the…

— Pete Wentz

I was trying to find my way into the music business still, but I didn't want to portray something that I wasn't. I really…

— Ginuwine

When I first started as a cover band, I built everything based on hanging out every night after the shows and talking to as…

— Chris Lane