Jencarlos Canela Quotes

Music is what I want to do for the rest of my life.

I could see no other way of doing something with my life apart from music.

Being a rock star was out of the question. I can't sing.

There was never really a Plan B for me - I always wanted to be a music artist.

I definitely think of myself as a musician first.

Music is my number one, it's my life, it's my everything. I'm enjoying challenging myself; I want to raise the bar and set a new standard for Australian pop artists.

I am a muso, and I love doing it. I assumed that would be my career for a long time. I always wanted to be a writer, but I didn't think that anyone could actually be that full-time, so I always go back to conducting and arranging and playing. If you scratch me, I'm a musician.

We're musicians. We make music for a living. It's that simple. Nothing else matters.

I know girls like musicians!

I'm not a singer. I'm a musician, which is different.

After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously.

I attended a post-college program in L.A. for Music Business and Production. Took several courses involving Music Production, Arrangement, and Songwriting.

I started making music professionally when I was 14.

I'm desperate to start a career in music.

I don't think there's anything wrong with not knowing how to play an instrument, but the rise of the non-musical producer has done away with musicianship and focused attention purely on the song's hook.

Pop songs are not as graceful as they used to be. Performers today haven't gone through the regimen of learning how to write. And of course, everyone wants to own copyrights.

I decided to start professionally making music at about 11. I was like, 'Okay, this is something I really want to do.'

I went from elementary school to proper training, operatic training, and I went on to the Motown University and learned a lot of things from some wonderful people.

Being a pop artist or making music like a jingle or something - I don't do that.

I'm hoping to do more with my music. I did the stage musical 'Spring Awakening' recently and it reignited the love I have for singing.

At one point, I was thinking about going to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, but then I realized it's actually not what I wanted to do.

I had always wanted to pursue music. It was always a dream, but it was always a dream in the sense of, when you're young, 'I want to be president' or 'I want to be an astronaut and fly to Mars.' That's what it was to me.

I was someone who knew what they wanted to do for so long. I was always fascinated by music, always a student of pop.

I've dedicated more than 15 years to this theater and television thing; I want to spend the next 10, 15 years or so devoted to music.

I have no such ambition of becoming an actor. I want to grow as a musician, singer and songwriter.