Michael Jackson Quotes

I never wanted to be a performer, I never wanted to be Yo Yo Honey Singh, the rock star.

I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.

Some guys dig ditches, I have a band. It's what I do

We want people to see us live before we continue on and call ourselves recording artists.

My point of view as a writer has to be a lot more ego-less than just like being some performer on stage with a hairdo.

I'm a performance artist first; I'm a recording artist second.

I've only ever wanted to be a singer; I never wanted to be famous.

The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on earth would sing the songs I was writing. Since then, I've performed just about everywhere: rock clubs, concerts halls, arenas, TV.

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'm a musician. I'm not, like, a personality. I've never really pretended to perform that kind of function.

Musicians play music because you love... I loved to play drums since I was five. It's all I ever wanted to do. Rock stars, or as we call them, posers, guys who want to just look great, dress great. They're not musicians; they're looking for the fame.

Sometimes I wish I had taken the Bob Dylan route and sang songs where my voice would not go out on me every night, so I could have a career if I wanted.

We did the 'L.A. to Miami' album, with the song 'Miami, My Amy,' which really saved my life as far as confidence goes. It gave me a hit. But it wasn't really what I was about - and I think deep down inside I knew it, even if I didn't want to face it.

I've been writing way before 'X Factor,' and I've been doing shows before 'X Factor.' And everything I did on this show was me being me. Same way I acted in the show is the same way I act now as an artist.

Record labels and producers are not looking to change you: they are looking to make a star. And what they might think is a star may not be you.

I'm a real guy. I'm not money-laundering. I make money off music, and music is my source of income. It feels good. I'm not selling T-shirts, I'm not doing none of that other crap. Straight music.

I just think you shouldn't expect people to pay money to see someone sing live and then lip-synch.

I just love being on stage and I love making music, and as far as - it's great for narcissism, because you have all those people screaming out your name.

What I see in a lot of music movies, or rock 'n' roll movies, that feature a band is that they're lip-synching.

I've been playing live gigs since I was 13. I really don't know how to do anything else, and please God strike me down.

Whether it's five people or 50,000 people, I always love to perform and feel very blessed that I'm able to do that.

I'm just happy that I'm able to take care of what I need to take care of, live, and do the thing that I love the most and that is to sing. People want to hear it, buy it, see it, hold it, record it, bootleg it. It's fine with me as long as it's good but when it's bad I'm in trouble!

I don't want to be a playwright, I want to be a rock and roll star.

I have my own little path, and although I delve into things, I stay with what I am. Im quite natural with it. Maybe people feel comfortable with that and they trust it, so they buy it. Theyll come and see me in concert. I think I always do a good job in that area.

The music that I make is pretty sincere; it's from my heart and I love it, and what just happened is more people have started to connect with my heart, and I haven't followed some kind of marketing scheme.