Mark Lanegan Quotes

I love what I do. I made my first record in '57. I don't think I'll ever get tired of making records and writing songs and singing and being in the music business.

After 'Real Live Woman,' I wasn't sure I'd ever want to make another record.

I just feel like this guy who's visiting the music business over the weekend. Every time I write a song, I feel like it's never going to happen again.

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.

There's all these musicians in the world, and anybody that takes enough time to create a record or even think about the fantasy of rock & roll, it's a vulnerable place to be in, it's a huge thing to do.

Music is my work, writing songs is my work, touring is my work, going into the studio is my work.

When I feel like every day when I get up I'm writing songs, that's the time to make a record.

I started making music professionally when I was 14.

Of all the songs I've recorded, 'Amarillo By Morning' always sticks out in my mind.

I'm desperate to start a career in music.

Music is by no means something I was like, 'I'm going to make a career out of this!' It's the only thing I know how to do, so it was more like, 'I hope to God I can make a career out of this!'

My old man was a musician - that's what he did for a living. And like most fathers, occasionally he'd let me visit where he worked. So I started going to his recording studio, and I really dug it.

I plan to stay in music. I plan to keep making records.

I really want to put the emphasis on creating music. I want to cut a record. I want to start going on tour.

I never considered a career in music because it was too unattainable. I just didn't believe it was possible.

Growing up, I was trying to make it in music. I was grinding, which is just what I loved doing. I didn't have nothing else to do. In my spare time, I'd record myself. Find a beat, pulling em up. Just making something and creating for me.

I think an album is all about the songs you've worked on and the journey it's taken to get there.

Being in Weezer's just gotten so much more fun over the years. I love almost every part of my job. My very favorite part is working on new songs.

My only real hobby is playing music. I write a lot of music on guitar and keyboards and hope one day to make a record or maybe even write the score for a film.

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

I never really made a full album in Los Angeles before.

I'm a record producer and songwriter; I'm a problem-solver.

My mom eventually told me if I wanted to be in the music industry, I should start writing my own songs. At that time, I was in junior high and had no idea where to start - I was writing joke rap songs with friends. Eventually, I wrote my first song in high school, and my mom took me to go record it with one of her band member friends at his house.

It's been over 15 years since I toured... over 12 years since I did any recording under my own name. I never really intended to take that long of a hiatus.

I spend a lot of time working in the studio as a producer, not just a singer.