After Quote by Jeff Ament

I left my band on my own, and it took me a long time to find major success again - almost a decade. And…

— Greg Kurstin

I went through this kind of existential crisis. I was going through a breakup; I tore my ACL and my meniscus and had to…

— Gus Dapperton

I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.

— Dave Grohl

I had to quit everything. I had to give it all for music.

— Gunna

I decided to make music again at a time when I couldn't have had more obstacles.

— Marilyn Manson

I made a deadline for myself that if I wasn't earning a living being a musician by 'A Boy Named Goo,' I was going…

— John Rzeznik

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'm taking a break from music... everyone was so mean about it and it was so hard that I wanted to die.

— Melanie Laurent

In 2015, I told my band that I was taking a break so I could focus on my home life, go back to school,…

— Sharon Van Etten

One day I woke up, had an early mid-life crisis, and decided it all had to change. I went and did Logan Murray's comedy…

— Greg Davies

Making music has been connected to one of my greatest heartaches, because my own music has never quite connected with audiences. But it was…

— Vivek Shraya

Even though I'm in mourning, I feel an incredible sense of achievement. I can hardly believe I have finally written the ending I've been…

— J K Rowling