Skylar Grey Quotes

If you get involved in music expecting to make a living out of it, then you've picked the wrong thing to do. That shouldn't really be in your mind.

If it turns out to be a hit, well, good luck dealing with fame. And if it's not a hit and you can still survive and make music you believe in, well, then you're truly blessed. I think that's where we are now.

When I don't have a good time making music, I think of quitting a lot. I really do. I can create something else. I'll do something else.

I'm in a very good place to make records. Needing to make money off music is very dangerous.

I like playing music because it's a good living and I get satisfaction from it. But I can't feed my family with satisfaction.

I thought that my life would be spent working in a bookstore, teaching community college, and making music in my spare time that no one would be willing to listen to.

My high school career counsellor said I shouldn't pursue music as a career.

I haven't had the most thrilling lifestyle. I was a pretty good dresser, but I would have a pretty boring 'Behind the Music.'

I DJ'd for years. I DJ'd in high school, and I think my parents thought it was a passing thing. And then when I was in my second year of college, I was like, 'Yeah, you guys don't need to send me money anymore. My DJ gigs are good enough. I'm selling music; I think I'm gonna have a record deal. I can pay my tuition.'

I was regularly advised not to go into music, that I should give up that foolish dream.

I think we could have done a lot more great music, so I was disappointed that we didn't continue making records and touring, but it's hard to argue with 10 good years.

I recommend everyone who DJ's to do it as a hobby and make sure you have a day job or are going to school. Only 100 DJ's in the world make a living doing this, by that I mean making a good, comfortable living.

I love music and love a good audience and still have to make a living. Why would I quit?

A lot of people put out an album, and you never hear from them again. They're working a day job or doing whatever to survive through life.

My speech is really important to me, but the thing is at the moment it can't be more important than my singing. Until I'm an established name all over the world, my speech won't be more important than my music.

Acting kind of pays my bills more than music does.

I got involved in music because I love everything about it, but now I'm in it you see the other side and it isn't much fun. Not as glamorous and enjoyable as you imagine.

You know, I like playing music and playing guitar, and I like to draw, so I thought I would end up just probably barely making a living, or probably having to have some other job, but being involved in one of those things that I really like to do. But that didn't work out like that.

I went to school for marketing for one year before I dropped out of college to make music.

'The Voice' was the first real job I've ever had that wasn't just messing around with music.

As soon as I got into music, I tried to be a working, real artist who gets paid for what he does, who doesn't have a day job.

I didn't think we would ever make enough money to pay rent by playing music.

Music is something I do full-time in real life. I was doing music long before I was even thinking about acting.

I was working at a non-profit for five years. But I could always create music after work. All throughout those years, I was writing songs and recording music and performing around town.

I just want to make music and make a living. I just have to find the means of doing that.