Careers Quote by Diane Lane

If during creative processes the desire for money and fame comes before passion and joy, the chances for a big hit decrease considerably, at…

— Klaus Teuber

You have no control over how much talent you possess. You control only what you do with it.

— John C. Maxwell

It's kind of weird. You can have hits, but it's hard to sustain a career. I went through that period where I didn't have…

— Gary Wright

There hasn't been one moment in my career where I felt I didn't have any control over the creative aspects of my records.

— Enrique Iglesias

The money when you're having a hit is great, but money can be taken from you. What can't be taken from you is the…

— Janis Ian

There is often better opportunity attached to fame, at least career-wise. But it's a flash. You can't control it. You can't depend on it.

— Justine Bateman

I want to be an artist, not be in the business of making hit records. Once I figured that out, everything became clear.

— Fantastic Negrito

The one mentality I've always tried to have is that no matter what stage in your career that you are in as a musician…

— Nick Jonas

When you are in your 20's and 30's, you just want a hit record and you don't really care how it happens

— Barry Gibb

I never set out to achieve anything, certainly not fame like this,I still have to deal with how to actually make my life work.

— Robert Pattinson

Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of…

— Paul Simon

If you look at my career and you look at the span of my work and the things I have done, as far as…

— Jay-Z