Involved Quote by Stephen Mallinder

Yeah, I didn't ever think about music as a career. Like, it was never - it's just something like an extracurricular activity that my…

— Vidya Vox

I never considered a career in music because it was too unattainable. I just didn't believe it was possible.

— Lucy Dacus

I grew up in a very musical family, but music was not encouraged as a career. It was a hobby.

— Colm Wilkinson

Music is a pastime, a relaxation from more serious occupations.

— Alexander Borodin

Even in high school, music was just a really fun thing on the side. I don't think I grasped the fact that it could…

— Sigrid

By the time I finished school, I found out I wasn't qualified to study anything but music.

— Fela Kuti

You have to understand that I never thought I would have a career in music. That kind of thing didn't happen. Not for women,…

— Anne Murray

I always wanted to be involved with music that would stand the test of time, being on one of those definitive things that you…

— Thundercat

When I was a kid growing up in the '60s, music was an outlet for enlightenment, frustration, rebellion. It was more about individualism. Today…

— Joey Ramone

Music isn't only a profession.

— Jose Carreras

A lot of musicians talk about how they were into music from the start; they always wanted to be musicians. It wasn't like that…

— Mitski

I have a hard time even calling myself a musician, but I still have to be involved in music in some capacity in my…

— James Paxton