Always Quote by Todd Rundgren

When I got into the music industry, I wasn't focused on being the most famous artist or even getting a major record deal. It…

— Janelle Monae

Even before I became a recording artist, I did other things in music. I was a teacher, I did studio work, and I was…

— Jon Secada

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

As I started to consider a career in music, I hoped for success, truthfully. I didn't imagine anything that would amass the level of…

— Tracy Chapman

Some people who make music are instantly very savvy about how they can get their music to communicate in a larger way. For me,…

— Kurt Ralske

Believe it or not, most people think of me as a recording artist, but actually the way I think of myself and the way…

— Helen Reddy

If I've made money from music, it was never my aim to do that. I didn't do it to become famous.

— Vangelis

I thought for a long time that I was going to be a pop artist. It was around 18-19 that I started to make…

— Marina and the Diamonds

I never considered myself like a pop musician or rock star, because that didn't really exist when I started.

— Steve Miller

I seem to have been possessed by a mind of my own and I did not merely want to be a pop product, but…

— Terence Trent D'Arby

I was never successful in a noteworthy way, no one wrote about me, and I didn't have recognition. I've met a lot of musicians…

— Lana Del Rey

It never really interested me in the past but, for the first time, I wanted to make a pop record. I thought a good…

— Dan Bejar