Business Quote by Willie Nelson

The premise of anything you do - whether it's writing a song or any business - is ultimately that it hinges heavily on your…

— Isaac Hanson

The people who are making money are the ones who are writing and singing their own songs.

— Jimmy Webb

As a creative individual, I really go out of my way to avoid the corporate scene in terms of songwriting. If the first question…

— Rodney Crowell

That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucrative part of…

— Jackson Browne

You can't fool yourself anymore that your art is your art. When you're not getting paid for that song that's being traded back and…

— Ann Powers

I've never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.

— Brian Wilson

I don't think people hear my songs and think, "Well this is a way to make a bunch of money."

— Greg Brown

In the music industry, we value large success. I realized that while I would like that, that it's not what my writing is about.…

— David Friedman

Honest songs aren`t written for money.

— Pete Seeger

I'm not oriented by money, to be honest. Everybody thinks we're in the music business for money all of the time. But that's not…

— Denny Laine

Most artists, you know, you spend their entire lives learning how to play music and write songs, and they don't really know how the…

— Moby

Songwriters aren't always performers, and even performing songwriters aren't always the kind of show-biz performers you think they'd be.

— Lyle Lovett