Daniel Caesar Quotes

I want to act in films and use all my financial resources to fund independent music.

I do quite well for myself, but I live a simple life.

I'm not going to put my music up on some little corner of the Internet or give it away for free. What does that do? That's just giving up. I'm not giving up, ever.

The income streams of musicians have all been upstreamed into the pockets of computer corporations. Sound recordings are little more than free crackerjacks inside every computer or cellphone that you buy.

I'm humble, because I live quite humbly.

It's called the music business. We've all gone into it 'cause we love the music, and a lot of people end up with nothing at the end of the day, after they've done all of this great music, 'cause they never learned any of the business side.

There's all this talk of music needing a monetary value, this ownership of music, even that it needs a physical form. But intrinsically... it's music. It should be better than that.

If I get an iTunes check, I take the money out and say, 'OK, with this money I'mma go shoot me this many videos, with this money I'm going to do this amount of studio sessions.'

I'll go through the budgets for tours and recordings, royalty statements... You have to wise up about it a bit more.

I started studying business and finance in Edinburgh as a backup plan. I was still making music many hours a day, and when I was at university, the electronic music boom started really taking off globally.

I don't think anyone's career is so big that they can't know where their major synchs are or where their publishing is going.

I've got a room full of gold and platinum records, a lot of them are Canadian, and I've got a very soft spot for that country.

One great thing about my mom, about the business, is that she has a really great head on her shoulders about everything and always has been 100 percent about the music and not about the other junk.

From the beginning of my rap career, since I was seen and heard, I always had a store.

Record companies feel they are the culture. Hip-hop has to begin to define, protect, and promote itself, and that's why we founded the Temple.

After a song comes out, it doesn't remain yours.

If music is to continue to support the livelihoods of artists, it cannot be taken without the permission of artists.

If I ran the Grammys, it would probably go bankrupt.

I love being a worship leader, but because I'm also a record company owner, a publishing company owner and a brand developer, I have an economic and a fiscal responsibility as well.

I'm not interested in being the producer of somebody else's song.

I'm 100 percent in control of my artistry, music, and finances.

Everything that comes out of Canada musically, I support. I support Toronto 100% because I'm on the side of the music.

Giving a record company an album is like giving a gangster your baby or something.

My strongest message is: 'Never give your songs away. Never sign a contract you can't get out of.'

I wouldn't say we were middle class. There was not lots of money for nice things. But we never wanted for the things we needed.