Commitment Quote by India Arie

I started to work up in my old bedroom, playing, writing songs, and it somehow came to me that I could introduce soul music.…

— Graham Parker

The commercial music world which I had been a part of for so many years lost its sparkle. My focus became the creation of…

— John R. Levine

Soul music is just your soul saying its hungry for sound. as it always is...

— Melchor Lim

I wanted to make something that sounded very pure, organic, and personal. I wanted to make music that was timeless.

— Lenny Kravitz

People from the rock and roll world have felt for years that electronic music had no soul, but now electronic music can not only…

— Bjork

I wouldn't have wasted a lot of time pursuing music. I was very lucky that my first demos got accepted.

— Amy Macdonald

I've always been making music, but I sort of went under the radar. I kind of disappeared... I was never really that comfortable with…

— Jimmy Somerville

Sometimes I was so busy being tuned in to outside ideas, expectations, and demands, I failed to hear the unique music in my soul.…

— Sue Monk Kidd

I've had the great luxury in my career to be so successful as a songwriter that I didn't have the desperate need to have…

— Eric Carmen

You had to have a great voice or talent as a musician before imaging or marketing plans came into play.

— Patty Smyth

When I first started, I wasn't really aware of anything in the industry or aware of who I really was. I just put my…

— Charli XCX

I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of…

— Lady Gaga