Gordon Lightfoot Quotes

I was a business major, but the more I played music and the more I got into songwriting, I realized this is what I loved, but I kept asking myself, 'Is this what I'm supposed to do - move to Nashville?'

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 started playing guitar, like, when I was 17 or so, but where I'm from, you just don't hear about people moving to Nashville and making it. It was such a foreign thing to me. I never knew music was an option for me.

I loved music - listening and playing - but of course I could not imagine I would be a professional musician. It really happened step by step.

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!'

When I was 16, I really decided that music was something I wanted to do.

I was pretty gung-ho about music and pursuing that and figuring that whole thing out, so I was wide-eyed and ready to go when I moved to Nashville. I never looked back.

When I signed that major-label contract when I was 20 years old. I did it because I wanted to play music for the rest of my life. That's every 20-year-old's dream - to do whatever the hell you want.

I think the first thing you should know is that nobody in country music 'made it' the same way. It's all different. There's no blueprint for success, and sometimes you just have to work at it.

I've been talking a lot about how music chooses you because you can pinpoint when you had the epiphany that, 'Wow, I really want to do this.' But there's no real rhyme or reason about choosing to be in this industry. It's one of those things where there is no real guarantee; there is no real rulebook to follow.

I'd written songs since I was 16, but I never thought that I would be a musician full time.

I actually always wanted to end up somewhere in music, I just didn't know what.

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.

Going from someone playing 15-people venues to performing at the Grammys, it was this giant leap and sort of showed me it was possible with what I wanted to do and the kind of music I wanted to write and artist I want to be to impact a lot of people.

No, in 1968 I still wanted to be a Pop Star, and be about the music. Now, I want to be just about the music.

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

I've no grand designs to conquer the music industry, but I'd love to be able to tell my mates that I'm playing in a pub in Camden one night.

In a way, Delhi has contributed in my journey to become a successful singer.

I wasn't sure what would happen to me after 'The Voice.' I was just excited to make music.

I've been obsessed with music since I was a little girl. I knew I wanted to be a singer when I was 9 years old.

I never thought being a musician would be something I could make a career out of.

No matter what went down, music was always going to be a part of my life. What ultimately happened is that, over a period of time, I just kind of looked around and when like, 'Wow! I'm actually making a living doing this.'

I stopped chasing the music dream back in '74.

Music was my passion, and I started out as a singer. It's just natural to me to keep pursuing my music career.

I was never going to be a doctor or a lawyer, so being a musician seemed to be the best of what was on offer.