Steve Harris Quotes

It's always about the music, never about anything else.

My life revolves around music and always will. I need to be a part of music and not an observer.

I'll make music, whether or not anyone is listening, for the rest of my life. It's a natural form of expression for me, the same way I draw and write and sing.

I don't think you need a record deal to write songs. You don't need any other reason than you want to do it. It's a far cry from why some people do music today. They make it to order, which is pretty horrible.

Music plays a very important role in my life. I'm a frustrated musician. I play the drums.

I've always loved music, very simply, as a vehicle to express myself and that hasn't changed.

I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music.

I don't feel like I'm on a mission. I'm trying to play music that I like to play and like to listen to.

That's what I've tried to do: I've tried to make music that I really love.

I love what I do. I was given the most incredible gift that can be given to anyone. I could never imagine a world without music, and I feel grateful that I've been given the ability to share that.

From the very beginning, I was clear that it would always be music for me.

It's definitely complicated, but it's all about the music. When people focus on other things, I think that's when it gets lost, and I would just rather focus on the music of it all.

I remember I heard it in an interview with Michael Jackson one day, saying the art is gone, everybody makes records just to make a record. See, I always want the artist that try to build a whole body of music on one album, so you can enjoy it. So you could say, 'I went with him here, I went with him here.'

Music is something that should speak for itself, straight from the heart. It took me a long time to understand that.

Dealing with those personalities and the people who run this music thing has been most challenging. It's hard to really communicate things to people who run a business yet forget the nature of the business. They only look at the bottom line and the financial return, you know, they forget what it is they're packaging. It's art.

I think you can see that in the show. Music was my touchstone. Music is still much more important to me.

I think music is my favorite thing to do, but I go through periods where I think differently.

Soccer presented no challenge to me. Playing felt like breathing: I always had a magical connection to the ball. But it didn't feel like an adventure. Music was more of a challenge and, in the end, felt more interesting.

I was in punk rock bands, heavy metal bands, world music bands, jazz groups, any type of music that would take me. I just love music.

Since day one my thing has always been to play the music.

Music is not a profession. Music is a way of life - one that requires much professionalism.

I feel like a person who has dedicated her whole life to the music she loves.

I've been playing music since I was four, so it's part of my life. It's all I know. It's just a part of my everyday living.

I have a passion for the music - not because of I wanna be in the lights or the money, but it's because it's my life. It's my heart.

Music is where I started. It's kind of the base of everything.