Consciousness Quote by Glen Hansard

Busking taught me so much on so many levels, not just about being a musician or writing songs - actually about growing up and…

— Passenger

As soon as I got into music, I tried to be a working, real artist who gets paid for what he does, who doesn't…

— Anonymous

With any level of success you get some non-musical things that come along - money, ego - and it's easy to lose your perspective…

— Joe Walsh

Most artists, you know, you spend their entire lives learning how to play music and write songs, and they don't really know how the…

— Moby

I've worked with a lot of people on music and often times those things don't work out.

— Joaquin Phoenix

Music business is hard. It's very difficult. And it's not for everyone. Even if you can sing or even if you can write a…

— John Legend

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

— Tobias Forge

The one thing I've learned in the last ten years is that successful artists don't get paid to write and sing songs, they get…

— Enrique Iglesias

Honestly, in the music business, it's all about being cool or being the newest thing or being the 'It' person, and I've tried really…

— Mitski

Musicians know all about unemployment. You're unemployed a lot, and I think there's a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are…

— Billy Joel

Being in the music business requires having a very strong resolve. You must be completely committed to the craziness that will inevitably ensue when…

— Wendy Starland

... whatever your standing in life, the most important thing is behaving in ways that help other people. It's the same with music. I…

— Eric Clapton