Mike McCready Quotes

We all like music in my family, but I'm the only one who's made it my life.

Well, first of all, they're all about the music and all I care about in my professional career is the music.

I am following my dream. I've always loved music and believed in making music.

Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.

I have been involved in music since 1972 when I started managing two artists from The Jimi Hendrix Band. My family has been involved in music for years, so it's kind of in my blood. I just wish I could sing!

In any case, Ives encouraged me to go into music even though he himself had such a hard time being a composer.

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

My parents played the radio, but music was never an obsession or something that I thought I could call a career.

If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world.

I have my dream job. I get paid to make music.

Music has always been a large part of my life, and I'm very fortunate to be able to start a career doing something I love.

It's been a blessing that I can provide for my family just by doing music. I never thought this would ever be my occupation.

I never thought a career as a musician was possible.

I've continued to pursue other interests in my downtime, but I'm glad I'm a musician. It's the perfect career for me.

The goal as a musician, I think, is to be able to make music as a living for the rest of your life.

I can spend the day without writing or reading, but I can't spend a day without listening to music.

I would be involved with music whether I had a career or not. I'm always going to be writing songs and recording them.

I've been interested in music since I was a teenager, always writing songs.

We make music for a living. Like I've always said, if you like what you're doing, you're halfway there; if someone else likes it, that's even better. If they don't like it, at least you like it. Not to be selfish, but you kind of have to be.

I've made music since I was a kid so I've always gotten joy out of that.

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.

Even in junior high, I always knew I had a talent for music and I knew I could make money that way.

I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young.

It is never easy for anyone to have success in music.

I've actually been playing music ever since I was a young a kid. I got my first guitar when I was about 7 or 8 years old, so I've always been doing music.