Alive Quote by Sonny Rollins

I wanted to write music that would be around for a long time.

— John Waite

I want to write music that will outlive me.

— Ray LaMontagne

I don't need to sell tons of records, but I want longevity. I want to make music for the rest of my life.

— Laura Marling

I've been interested in music since I was a teenager, always writing songs.

— Jeff Bridges

I want to write music based on my life, my past experiences and heartbreaks.

— Badshah

I want to be interested in the music I make until I die. That's more important to me than the size of my audience.

— Arca

I'm interested in music that happens now and that relates to our lives now.

— Maya Beiser

Music is my passion so I feel like I'll be doing this for a long time and God forbid if anything happens I'll still…

— Justin Bieber

People's lives change dramatically over such a long time period, and I think that if you're still vital, and you're still interested in writing…

— Pat Benatar

I want to keep my personal life as normal as possible, and just focus solely on the music.

— Sam Ryder

I'm writing constantly about all my crazy experiences across the world, so I have a lot of music I've already written.

— Kesha

I'm pretty much living my dream job, but one day I would love to dedicate more time to writing and performing my own music.

— Kendall Schmidt