Aldous Harding Quotes

I knew what I wanted to be, but I didn't know exactly how to get there. I thought you move to Nashville, you sing downtown, and someone discovers you, and you become a country music star. I had no idea.

And I just pray that god gives me longevity in the music industry.

I worked hard all my life as far as this music business. I dreamed of the day when I could go to New York and feel comfortable and they could come out here and be comfortable.

The first tape I got was Madonna's 'Immaculate Collection.' I'm inspired by the way she started from nothing and didn't have a big musical talent, but had a big dream.

There are plenty of people in the world who have tried to be rock stars and have not gotten there.

I didn't have any great talent. I didn't want to become a rock star or an author.

Since I was 19, I've said, 'I'm gonna sign for a million.'

I didn't want to just be a rapper, I wanted to be a star.

I might even end up a rock and roll god, it might turn into a steady job.

I was really wanting to be a rock star. I was saying, "I am going to have a fancy car, I got to have fancy clothes, and I have got to play the whole role." Obviously, I meant business.

Every band wants to go believe me, not everybody makes it, but they want to.

You know, I didn't have enough money to quit my day job... the myth of the major label deal. Nowadays, you have a tour bus and a stylist and all this stuff. But back then, no way.

Well, I had a record deal since I was 18, and it got me where I am.

We had an EP out and all of a sudden we find record companies are interested in us, and we're thinking, 'Oh, that's really nice, but we don't think we're ready for it.'

I always envisioned myself being a rapper and being in the game and having success, but you never know what it feels like or how you're going to be when you're there.

All these interviews I'm doing - this is the kind of stuff that I was dreaming about doing when I was younger. I was praying for people to want to write about me. I wanted people to hear my music. I wanted to perform. I wanted to be on billboards.

Madonna had to break through; I knew she was going to make it big, because I could see how ambitious she was, in a very genuine and sweet way.

I always wanted to be a rock star. That was my childhood dream. That's what I told everybody I was going to be when I grew up.

After the first couple of years recording, I did a lot of praying. I said, 'Lord, please give me a hit.' I want one so bad.

I don't really plan to be a pop star; I just want to be able to make music without the whole My Dad thing hanging over me, which everyone in my position goes through.

I was young and so eager to make some money as well as get exposed and show my talent.

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 think a lot of people secretly wish they were a rock star, and I'm no exception.

It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing.

Rock stars wanting to write is even worse than wanting to act in movies, right?