Jason Schwartzman Quotes

I knew what I wanted to be, but I didn't know exactly how to get there. I thought you move to Nashville, you sing downtown, and someone discovers you, and you become a country music star. I had no idea.

I always knew, that in some way, I'd be connected to, and involved in, the music business.

All of them had so much to offer us as far as, you know, knowledge in the music industry, and especially Randy and Paula because, you know, they've been artists.

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.

You can never rely on musicians. I quit high school at one point to make a go of it with this band and we kept breaking up. So I went back to school.

I always wish I'd had more mentors, better mentors, wiser mentors, people who were proper professional working musicians to guide me as I was coming up.

Music is by no means something I was like, 'I'm going to make a career out of this!' It's the only thing I know how to do, so it was more like, 'I hope to God I can make a career out of this!'

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

I moved to Nashville at 17 to make music, and since then I've put everything I have into doing it right.

At 17, I signed a recording contract right out of high school, so I started touring and traveling the world. I sort of missed out on the college experience.

All I knew when I moved to Nashville was that I wanted to make music in whatever shape and form I could.

I always considered trying to make a living playing music. But it was always really clear to me, at the various stages in my life, that it really wasn't a possibility unless some phenomenal thing happened.

I thought that I could have a career in music. I really didn't know exactly what I wanted to do or how I would go about doing it.

I was working so hard at music and trying to do this whole 'industry' thing and realised that it wasn't for me.

I was not ready fresh out of high school to hit the streets of Nashville.

My entry level has always been pretty high in the music business.

I think the States is a huge part of the music industry worldwide. There are so many other artists and music industry people here, so I think to be working my audience here is definitely a go.

At first, I thought I could go to school and do music on the side and be successful, but the more I began to understand the industry, the more I fell in love with it.

I had been writing songs for awhile - since I was 14 - and playing guitar, but I never really knew how to go about making an actual career.

I wanted to play in bands and get signed by a record label and tour the world and stuff, but that never really worked out.

Whether you're a DJ, whether you a rapper, whether you a producer, take it seriously. This is an occupation - you can get paid - don't expect to blow up overnight, and appreciate when you do get paid any type of money, appreciate it.

To be honest, when you grow up in the music business, people heard me sing from a young age, and you get offered development deals and things like that.

Even in high school, music was just a really fun thing on the side. I don't think I grasped the fact that it could be a profession.

We came from a small village and there is no music business there.

I've always had a plan for my music career.