Mat Kearney Quotes

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

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've made a life and career as a professional musician.

As a youngster, I never dreamed there could be a career actually earning a living writing music.

I love the music business, but I have no ambition to keep on playing.

I don't really have music goals. It's just a huge field I want to dedicate my life to.

I always knew I wanted to work in music. There was no plan B.

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.

It's very tempting for certain generations to say, 'Well, I just want to be in a band, and I want to be a rock star,' or whatever. That's not what it's about. Firstly, you've got to be in it for the love and the passion that you have for the music, and then you take it from there.

My son is a professional musician now.

A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.

Music is what I want to do for the rest of my life.

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.

I am a muso, and I love doing it. I assumed that would be my career for a long time. I always wanted to be a writer, but I didn't think that anyone could actually be that full-time, so I always go back to conducting and arranging and playing. If you scratch me, I'm a musician.

Preparing for a future in music is an expensive proposition.

When I went to college, I thought I was going to become a professional musician. I was a French horn player, so I went to Yale to study with a very unusual French horn player.

I never really thought about becoming a professional musician.

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

I had no idea that I could sustain a career as an artist. But, I loved music and wanted to be in the music business.

I have literally been working in music just about my entire life.

I want to do music the rest of my life.

After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously.

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

My intention when I came into this industry was to be a musician, not necessarily a recording artist, just a musician in general. And that's the reason I went to college and got my degree, which has been great for me. It's helped me a lot with my career.