Gustavo Dudamel Quotes

I worked hard all my life as far as this music business. I dreamed of the day when I could go to New York and feel comfortable and they could come out here and be comfortable.

All these interviews I'm doing - this is the kind of stuff that I was dreaming about doing when I was younger. I was praying for people to want to write about me. I wanted people to hear my music. I wanted to perform. I wanted to be on billboards.

I knew what I wanted to be, but I didn't know exactly how to get there. I thought you move to Nashville, you sing downtown, and someone discovers you, and you become a country music star. I had no idea.

I would love to do top of pops as a grandma.

And I just pray that god gives me longevity in the music industry.

I want to be playing music, and I want to be a great mom, and I want to do everything.

'The bigtime for you is just around the corner.' They told me that first in 1952 - boy, it's been a long corner. If I don't hit the bigtime in the next 25 or 30 years, I'm gonna pack in the music business and become a full-time gigolo.

I've been lucky to conduct the very best orchestras in the world: New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Berlin, the London Philharmonic.

My dream was always to be a footballer and help my family.

It was always my dream to be part of MTV and make history.

I've always known I was going to perform and live in London.

We want to be just like the greatest band. But I think we're just sort of both naturally humorous fellas.

I didn't come into the music business to make money. I came into it to be a success. Of course, if you're successful, you'll earn money and I was happy to receive it.

My dream is to have a family, hopefully while still working.

I like building teams and I want to run my own show, in the nicest possible way, to see how far I can go, starting with getting Macclesfield further up the table.

I want to make the greatest record ever made. It's the only thing I can think about.

I wanted to be successful, not famous.

Hopefully I'll be successful with the singing, but there are so many other things I want to do, like acting. I'll do them one at a time first!

I spent two years playing open mic nights in Brighton, and I heard more and more people saying, 'You should give it a go in London.'

The five of us don't know how to exist in any other way. We are an ambitious bunch, I guess.

I just want to be as successful as I can in football.

I always envisioned myself being a rapper and being in the game and having success, but you never know what it feels like or how you're going to be when you're there.

I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.

Music is definitely something that I'd like to pursue. It's probably, I mean, the acting and music are the two biggest things in my life.

Everyone said that if you want to be a real actor, go to New York. If you want to sell out, go to LA. And I thought - I want to sell out!