David Sanborn Quotes

With the advent of radio and recording, music became an industry rather than just a tradition.

I played the guitar and thought that was what I was going to do as a career. I still record music that is played in my restaurants.

Music is so hard. It's a struggle to get people to care. It's hard to make an impact in today's world because people aren't buying records anymore.

I knew when I went to a very hippie high school that focused on music that I wanted to do something in the industry.

I love the music business very much.

I attended a post-college program in L.A. for Music Business and Production. Took several courses involving Music Production, Arrangement, and Songwriting.

I still like to play the guitar, but I rarely have anything to do with the music business these days. I mean, there is no music business anymore, is there?

Serious musicians are finding it harder and harder to have a voice in the world of music these days.

I once worked at a record label called London Records. The company was owned by Roger Ames, one of the most successful figures in the British music industry. Roger always placed a value on loafing, on holidays, on not being in the office all the time.

Being in the music business is a totally different industry right there.

I honestly don't listen to a lot of music - I spend so much time working at my own music.

The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts me at all.

My passion is music, you know, and music influences culture, influences lifestyle, which leads me to 'Roc-A-Wear'. I was forced to be an entrepreneur, so that led me to be CEO of 'Roc-A-Fella' records, which lead to Def Jam.

The 'music industry' is not a term I use. I tend to concentrate on music, and the music business is something different.

I think times have changed, and there's no dearth of talent in the music industry.

No matter what, I'm always interested in making music.

I was so moved by music that I wanted to create it as well, but once you decide that's what you want to do with your life, to be successful, you have to be business-minded, too.

Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.

I always knew, that in some way, I'd be connected to, and involved in, the music business.

I've never been in the music industry, only acting.

Music's not like becoming a doctor, who can walk into a community and find people who need him.

My main thing is music; it's what I do.

I have very much enjoyed being in the music business in different roles through five different decades.

You rarely find someone who sings really well and who produces really well; it's a problem, and I just think it's a missing link in the music scene.

I can spend the day without writing or reading, but I can't spend a day without listening to music.