Jack Garratt Quotes

I'm desperate to start a career in music.

I played the guitar and thought that was what I was going to do as a career. I still record music that is played in my restaurants.

I studied audio engineering at university. The background I am from, music was never seen as a viable career; it was always a hobby.

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

My intention when I came into this industry was to be a musician, not necessarily a recording artist, just a musician in general. And that's the reason I went to college and got my degree, which has been great for me. It's helped me a lot with my career.

I love the music business, but I have no ambition to keep on playing.

All my life, I had loved music and been in choir, and I have a degree in music, but I never planned on doing it as a job. I had a realistic perspective on that. I thought maybe work at a church or be a teacher if you wanted to work in music.

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

I wanted to be a musician and studied vocals in London for a year and then I gave it up.

I started playing piano age six. I was also singing in the choir, so my mum put me into music school. I went to study there for seven years, but it was not my passion. I quit because I wanted to study marketing. But I can still play piano.

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

I went to college to make music and study music.

A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.

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

If you want to be a doctor, a lawyer you must go to college. But if you want to be a musician or such, study your craft. Study music.

I write and play music. I'd like to be a musician at some point.

I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star.

I was going to be a teacher. I was applying to graduate school when I got the call to do 'Same Love,' actually. I was gonna go to Boston University for my masters in teaching.

Preparing for a future in music is an expensive proposition.

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 set myself up to be a bass guitarist and bass players get a lot more work than people like me.

When I went to college, I thought I was going to become a professional musician. I was a French horn player, so I went to Yale to study with a very unusual French horn player.

Well, I actually first got into music as a small child, and as I became a teen, I sought out making money from music, weather that was singing lounge gigs, backup in studios, or weddings.

I've made a life and career as a professional musician.