Ledisi Quotes

I feel very blessed we can still have a career making music.

I'm in a very good place to make records. Needing to make money off music is very dangerous.

I really wanted a No. 1 single from my first album, but I would not do anything different. It was real and honest and I didn't pretend anything.

My first dream was probably to become a dancer, but then I became a singer, and that's also a dream of mine, and I get to do it every day, so I'm living it.

In the beginning, because of the Pavement thing, we were able to sell a certain amount of records. We were able to sell not such a great amount of records, but enough to live on. So there was no incentive to do what didn't come naturally.

The only thing I could see myself doing is music - songwriting or producing or something. I've never seen myself being in any other business, I've been working in this one since I was 5 years old! I could do other things, but I wouldn't want to.

I want to keep making records as long as I can and that's the beginning and end of my concern about selling records.

My musical ambitions are not that great. I make music I like, and thankfully - for my ability to make an (fairly...) honest living - at least some others like the music too.

I just want to sing, I want to work on my music, I want to make my movies, that's all I want to do.

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

I'll be a nun, raise my daughter, and make albums.

I'm pretty much living my dream job, but one day I would love to dedicate more time to writing and performing my own music.

I always tell people that the music industry may be frustrating sometimes, but the singing never gets old. It's something I grew up doing, and I take the bitter with the sweet.

I'll always write music. Whether I release a record, whether I let the public hear it or not, I'm always writing music.

I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.

I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don't want that no more. I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I'm really about.

I want to be around for a long time, singing and making albums and movies.

It would be a dream come true if I could just go from studio to studio and play solos.

If someone tied me down and made me answer the question, singer, actress, clothing designer, I most likely - it could change on any given day, but mostly likely I would lean towards singing. It's where I feel most like myself - on stage singing.

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.

I suppose we'll make money off our album and our singles and stuff, but, like, they were made as we wanted them, exactly with what we had to say, and done exactly how we wanted them, right? And, like, we didn't put them out to make money. We put them out because we wanted to do them, do you know what I mean?

I'd rather be a musician than a rock star.

You don't just wake up one morning and decide to become a singer-songwriter.

My autobiography would be 'Loves music, loves art, works hard, writes music, tours the world, makes records.'

I have always wanted to become a musician and a singer.