Albert Hammond Jr. Quotes

I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life playing clubs, if that means I'm playing music that I believe in.

I don't need to sell tons of records, but I want longevity. I want to make music for the rest of my life.

I love music and love a good audience and still have to make a living. Why would I quit?

I'd like to make music for as long as I can; it feels like something I need to do.

This business is about working. It's really not about glamour. For me, the most glamorous thing about it is to b able to get on stage and perform my music for people. That's the privilege. And that's what all the work leads up to, and that's why it's worth it to me.

As a musician, I know that it'll take time for me to get to the ranks of an established artiste. Nevertheless, I'm very happy that people are appreciating my music.

And as long as people want to hear me sing, I don't know why I'd retire.

I'd like to keep singing - whether that's small or big. To stop singing for a living would break my heart.

I just want to make music as long as I can and reach as many people as I can.

What can I say? I'm just a relevant dude. It's just natural. My hunger's still there. I still keep my ear to the streets. I record every song like it's my last. I just love music. I'm blessed.

I get to go make music, and I get paid to do it, and this is what people love me for. I couldn't ask for anything greater, so how could I not go in the studio and make a million songs?

For me, music is so passionate, I have to give it my all every time I go onstage. Onstage, it was always comfortable for me, because that's where I felt at home.

Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.

I don't ever see myself retiring totally from music, because I have a genuine love and passion for it.

I never really wanted to base success on charts and chart positioning. For me, it's really about the shows and seeing them grow.

The goal as a musician, I think, is to be able to make music as a living for the rest of your life.

I literally left school and went straight into music via art college for a year, and I've been so involved in my job of writing songs that the more actively involved part became channeled into standing on the stage and saying things that way.

I play sad bastard music. For the money.

I will keep playing as long as my body lets me, and as long as I'm wanted by my listeners. Because music is the only thing that keeps me going.

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

I want to be safe in the knowledge that I can tour and play festivals for a long time. The main thing is that I want a good reputation as a live performer. If I have that, I'd be so happy.

We make music for a living. Like I've always said, if you like what you're doing, you're halfway there; if someone else likes it, that's even better. If they don't like it, at least you like it. Not to be selfish, but you kind of have to be.

It took us two years to get our first real gig. That was a big dream. We ended up booking a lot of our own gigs and putting on a lot of our own shows. We were trying to get our actual music across, trying to make a connection there.

It took time to really build myself a reputation as a good live performer, a musician and an artist.

When I do music, I do it for me and my fans.