Art Quote by Jon Secada

I started a recording studio. I started producing people and doing remixes.

— James Iha

I began my career as a recording artist, and eventually I started directing my own music videos.

— Johan Renck

I started writing songs in high school. And eventually, I got some songs recorded by some major artists, mostly because I was out there…

— Gordon Lightfoot

I started writing music when I was around twelve. My current record company saw a video of me performing at my school's talent show.

— Lorde

I was mainly a songwriter; I really wasn't much of a performer.

— J. J. Cale

The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on…

— Rupert Holmes

I started out as an artist, but I've always wanted to be a writer and producer.

— Teddy Geiger

I took temp jobs, recorded a demo in the evenings and eventually shopped a record deal. All I knew was that I wanted to…

— Natasha Bedingfield

I had no idea that I could sustain a career as an artist. But, I loved music and wanted to be in the music…

— Ray Stevens

My ambition was to be a record producer, and I had started doing that in the late '60s with my work with the MC5…

— Jon Landau

I have always thought of myself as a performer first and way down the line as a recording artist.

— Leo Kottke

When I was a teenager, I got into four track recorders, drum machines, and synthesizers, and I started producing instrumental music.

— Duncan Sheik