Eddie Van Halen Quotes

I would be a huge hypocrite if I didn't tell you that at one time in my life I thought the way that you made music was you got on a major label and you got famous.

I still don't understand the music industry that much. Everything I learned was from hanging out with rock musicians in studios. I certainly have respect for those who make music their livelihood.

When I was 17-years-old, I was in the music business.

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

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

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.

I used to read music books when I was 13. My mom was working at a library. She's a librarian. I would get my mom to check out any kind of books that had anything to do with the music industry. I read a lot about royalities, publishing, marketing, stuff like that.

Music is my living. I enjoy selling my music.

It is never easy for anyone to have success in music.

Music and the music business are two different things.

When I went to City of Bath College, I studied the music business.

I love the music business very much.

Someone told me there was a publisher that could find a good home for my songs, but I didn't want to give up my pursuit of a career in the business as an artist.

The music business doesn't interest me anymore.

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

Yeah, man I am going to be writing a book soon. The reality of being in a rock band in the music business'.

The music industry is something that I'm still trying to understand. With acting, I've been doing it for so long that I understand every aspect of it for the most part - there are obviously still more aspects that I need to learn - but I have a grasp on it. With music, I'm still learning. I'm still getting used to it.

I have never had a great love of the music business, I never have.

I just want to make music and make a living. I just have to find the means of doing that.

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 always considered trying to make a living playing music. But it was always really clear to me, at the various stages in my life, that it really wasn't a possibility unless some phenomenal thing happened.

I feel very lucky to get to fly the flag of RCA Records and Sony Music.

By the age of 17, for me, we had got an recording contract, and, boom, I was gone.

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