Lesley Gore Quotes

Songwriting was always my 'plan B'. I didn't even know that songwriting was a job until my late teens!

All I ever wanted to do is make music.

As a working musician, your first instinct is to try and do your job. It wasn't always my aspiration to sing; I just wanted to be a great working musician. But then Flying Lotus suggested I try, and nothing has ever been the same since.

I just wanted to write about music if I wasn't going to make it.

I'm a failed pop star. I always sneak a song into everything I do.

I was done with my second major label deal, and I was doing a lot of urban sessions, and I had an acoustic itch. And you know, I picked up a ukulele. I always wanted one. And it just resonated with me. I would wake up with this uke in my hand. For me the ukulele just opened this door in my heart.

I've played music since I was six, and I always wrote songs just for myself. I did it for fun, posting songs on Tumblr, Bandcamp, and Soundcloud. I didn't think anyone would notice.

My goal is to make music and be a part of cool projects.

My first album was called 'Badlands,' and it's something that I think I'm most proud of having done in my life.

All I do is music; that's my sport.

I feel like an EP is for practice and an album is the game.

My autobiography would be 'Loves music, loves art, works hard, writes music, tours the world, makes records.'

I just want to play shows and write songs and make music. That's what feels good.

I wouldn't say making psychedelic music is my focus. That's not the modus operandi for Tame Impala. It's about making music that moves people.

I never had my mind set on being an entertainer in the music business.

Music is where I'm still. It's where I'm focused. It's such a joy. I'd like to make it a big part of my life.

I'm very conscious of the fact that I devoted my life to recording music, recordings and writing songs.

I want to put out as many albums as I can before I die.

I recorded my first song when I was 13, 14 years old, and I've been running with it ever since.

Getting to write a song with Steve Vai - he was my first support.

You can get to know me through my music.

I love writing and producing but I don't think a lot of people know my artist stuff.

I didn't really want anyone to know that I wanted to write music or make songs because, in a way, I didn't necessarily know if I wanted to do it for a profession. I wanted to do it to express myself.

I wanna make music; that's all I wanna do.

I just wanted to write the songs. I never wanted to sing them.