Kiran Ahluwalia Quotes

The music scene is more competitive in the States.

Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.

Everyone in the music industry is so fun and laid-back.

I think times have changed, and there's no dearth of talent in the music industry.

Commercial music, for the most part, is popular music and you always have to keep that in mind.

I have very much enjoyed being in the music business in different roles through five different decades.

I'm consistently recording and releasing stuff online or YouTube videos or whatever it is. I just don't know if it's going to be a full on, I'm the next Rihanna, or whatever. I'm not going for it to that level. But I love making music and I don't think I could stop if I wanted to.

My sons are coming out with music. Square Off, they're called.

I got about 6037 songs I wrote myself and I'm trying to get them on the market and I just wish people could hear them and stuff but they'll do pretty good.

I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.

I know that starting out as a young band, it's really easy to get lost with bands that sound the same or with the plethora of music that's out there.

I started writing music when I was 15 in my bedroom, and I'd post them on MySpace, and from there it shifted to doing covers on YouTube and building my Twitter.

Nowadays, with the state of the music business, for any artist, whether you're up-and-coming or you've been in it for awhile, you have to explore different revenues and different ways of expressing yourself.

First of all, I think that is true, if you are a musician, particularly on the come, that you do have to end up in one of these musical centers, some way, to be viable, saleable and so on.

I always wanted the world to hear my music, but I didn't know how I was gonna go about it.

The making of music is profoundly affected by the market.

I think it's a reflection of the music business in general, which to me seems very fragmented.

Women in music have always been associated with pop - with prettiness, theatricality, melodic hooks and dance beats.

I also hope that with the assistance and expertise of Dome Records, that I will be able to further pierce the UK and European market. I really like playing there and I want to do more! I've found that the audiences get quite involved and really listen to what's happening.

Put out great music, and that's that.

The music industry is something that I'm still trying to understand. With acting, I've been doing it for so long that I understand every aspect of it for the most part - there are obviously still more aspects that I need to learn - but I have a grasp on it. With music, I'm still learning. I'm still getting used to it.

More labels should be like that. Instead of putting these records out myself, I should have just signed with them, but they probably don't like my music (laughs).

I really just dabble in music; I really just did a few albums for my fans.

When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.

My passion is music, you know, and music influences culture, influences lifestyle, which leads me to 'Roc-A-Wear'. I was forced to be an entrepreneur, so that led me to be CEO of 'Roc-A-Fella' records, which lead to Def Jam.