Isaac Hanson Quotes

It worries me that young singers think you can shortcut the training and go straight to fame and fortune, and programmes like Pop Idol have encouraged that.

I wanted music to be a career. To base everything on fame to me seemed a dangerous thing - I wanted my foundations to be about improving as a performer and writer. No one could push me into going down that route of being a celebrity singer.

When I was younger and had made the decision to make a career in music, becoming famous was something that I dreamt about.

I want to sell out arenas and sell millions of records.

Music reality shows are a good thing, especially for those seeking a career in music.

You've got Corey Feldman doing his thing, and the problem is, they're trying to be pop stars. You can't compare Salty to any of the other actors out there playing music.

I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I'm in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.

To come out in the music business, you only really get one shot. A lot of people get to play small gigs first, and build up that way, without anyone really seeing them.

The cutthroat avenues of rock 'n' roll, I am fed up with. I don't want anything to do with it.

I never thought of having platinum albums and winning awards. I just wanted to write songs and sing when I started out in the music business.

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 would be a huge hypocrite if I didn't tell you that at one time in my life I thought the way that you made music was you got on a major label and you got famous.

When I was nominated for a Grammy, my label dropped me - I have a wariness about trying for a hit.

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!

My stage name has always been 'Armin van Buuren.' When I really started DJ'ing professionally, I already had a few U.K. hits under my belt under the name 'Armin', so I couldn't really change that anymore.

What qualifies me to tell people how to act or what to think? I'm Charley Pride, country singer. Period.

I played guitar when I was young and never really considered it as a way to make a living.

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

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.

Selling records is fantastic. But if you're not loving what you do, and if everybody is throwing knives at you, it can get old very fast.

If you can't play guitar and sing in Nashville, you might as well just be a construction worker.

I came to California and got signed at a young age. And it's not like you see in the movies, where you start rubbing shoulders with Timbaland and Pharrell, and you become a giant pop star.

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!'

As a child, I was always very interested in music and had friends who were in the music business. I kind of accidentally fell into it and loved it. There was no reason not to - it was a great career.