Tom Petty Quotes

At first, I thought I could go to school and do music on the side and be successful, but the more I began to understand the industry, the more I fell in love with it.

I washed dishes so I could make movies. it was never a way for me to make money.

I want to continue to do music and stay on the stage because I love the stage. And I want to continue to write songs.

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 would love to do more music, definitely. That is my true passion. Dance is first and then music.

I became a musician so I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning.

I like fashion, but I love, love, love music and film; they are my two passions. I would love to pursue my acting and my love of music more than anything.

I'm on my feet and I'm doing what I love to do, and I'm in a profession, as a musician, where we can go on for as long as we can go on.

Anything I do has to be directly related to my music. If it isn't, I don't really see a point to it.

I'm desperate to start a career in music.

My advice is if you have to do music, then do it! There's no choice in your heart and your soul - unless you have that kind of great need, desire and determination, it's pretty tough out there!

I love music so much I love what I do. I work very hard at being the best musician I can be because I love it.

All I knew when I moved to Nashville was that I wanted to make music in whatever shape and form I could.

I'm having fun just being a musician as well as an artist at this point.

Since day one my thing has always been to play the music.

I always wanted to be in bands.

I will never stop making music.

If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope of money at the end of it, it means they really want to be a musician. And if someone is writing now, there is no hope for money at the end of it.

There was absolutely no pressure from the family. It was my choice to pursue a career in music. I always wanted to do music, which has been close to heart. In fact, I was dead sure about it.

I don't really have music goals. It's just a huge field I want to dedicate my life to.

I never wanted to be singer. People in my family love music, and I pursued it as a hobby.

All I ever wanted to do was be in a band.

I've been talking a lot about how music chooses you because you can pinpoint when you had the epiphany that, 'Wow, I really want to do this.' But there's no real rhyme or reason about choosing to be in this industry. It's one of those things where there is no real guarantee; there is no real rulebook to follow.

I knew being a musician was my calling when I was 12 or 13. I started singing when I was six but didn't actually see myself being a singer when I was 12 or 13.

Everything has always been so organic for me; I have no idea what I would be doing if it wasn't for music. Music forever!