Laura Mvula Quotes

I write and play music. I'd like to be a musician at some point.

I was someone who knew what they wanted to do for so long. I was always fascinated by music, always a student of pop.

I've always wanted to go into film scoring.

So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.

I've been around two years shy of 50 years doing what I do. I am a musician.

I never really thought about becoming a professional musician.

I know I have experience, having worked with the likes of legendary composers like Ilaiyaraaja. And, I've been long enough with my dear friend A. R. Rahman, and we've collaborated on several musical works. All this gives me confidence.

I attended a post-college program in L.A. for Music Business and Production. Took several courses involving Music Production, Arrangement, and Songwriting.

I've done some scoring in the past, but I want to get into it on a bigger level - a Danny Elfman level.

I have no such ambition of becoming an actor. I want to grow as a musician, singer and songwriter.

It's a job, and it's challenging. But I love music and creating. That's why I got into music.

The idea of creating film scores was terrifying for many years, into my 30s. It struck me as a career of doing 30-page term papers the night before they're due.

I am only 30, and music is like a subject for me. I work like a student in every film.

I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown, pop - and that inspired what kind of music I started to write.

Music's not like becoming a doctor, who can walk into a community and find people who need him.

I want young Indian composers to be able to do more than just film music. I want to give them the skills that will enable them to create their own palette of sounds instead of having to write formulaic music. It doesn't matter if they become sound engineers, producers, composers or performers - I want them to be as imaginative as they like.

I played the guitar and thought that was what I was going to do as a career. I still record music that is played in my restaurants.

I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star.

Preparing for a future in music is an expensive proposition.

I've always had a passion for music, but I never saw me as a musician for a living. I never thought that I could make a living. It never dawned on me.

I don't know whether schooling would have helped me get farther along in music at this time. I doubt it would have.

Well, I actually first got into music as a small child, and as I became a teen, I sought out making money from music, weather that was singing lounge gigs, backup in studios, or weddings.

I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.

I'd like to expand on doing what I love and venture out a bit more. I would like to play consistantly good music. Eventually someday I would like to open up a school and teach kids about music.

I knew when I went to a very hippie high school that focused on music that I wanted to do something in the industry.