Lzzy Hale Quotes

I definitely want to do music for the rest of my life. So I just want to make sure that I'm doing music in the way that I feel is the way I need to.

Professionally, I want to keep playing music; I can't escape that.

I never believed - or knew for sure - if I would be able to make a professional life in music. But it turned out that way.

I am in that unique little club where I went into music because I love music, not because I wanted to be rich and famous.

I want to continue to do music and stay on the stage because I love the stage. And I want to continue to write songs.

I love my fans, I love my music - I have no reason to retire.

If you play music for the right reasons, the rest of the things will come. The right reason to play music is that you love it. That's why I play music. I never imagined that I was going to be doing this, especially because I never thought of myself as an instrumentalist.

I was a business major, but the more I played music and the more I got into songwriting, I realized this is what I loved, but I kept asking myself, 'Is this what I'm supposed to do - move to Nashville?'

When I was 16, I really decided that music was something I wanted to do.

I've been chasing music since I was 16.

I think it's all about the people who listen to your music, and loving playing and writing. Once you've got those two, and they're your main two priorities, then radio and TV and all the other stuff that comes with it will come. But that's not the be-all end-all.

I started playing guitar, like, when I was 17 or so, but where I'm from, you just don't hear about people moving to Nashville and making it. It was such a foreign thing to me. I never knew music was an option for me.

So okay, I accepted, and I realized while working for that concert that I'd been missing something very important and vital to me, and that something was music.

I was pretty gung-ho about music and pursuing that and figuring that whole thing out, so I was wide-eyed and ready to go when I moved to Nashville. I never looked back.

Music will always be a part of my life. I love music and I don't care how many units I sell.

I get to go make music, and I get paid to do it, and this is what people love me for. I couldn't ask for anything greater, so how could I not go in the studio and make a million songs?

I'll give up this sort of touring madness certainly, but music-everything is based on music. No, I'll never stop my music.

I don't feel like I chose to do music as much as I made a decision to not stop doing music.

When I signed that major-label contract when I was 20 years old. I did it because I wanted to play music for the rest of my life. That's every 20-year-old's dream - to do whatever the hell you want.

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!'

Everything I do is music-related.

I had a long, long time to make 'Rubberband,' and I originally thought that that record would last two years. Once I got over realizing that that's not gonna happen, and sort of got my perspective back, I realized, 'Man I'm really fortunate. I get to write music, make music for a living.'

I think the first thing you should know is that nobody in country music 'made it' the same way. It's all different. There's no blueprint for success, and sometimes you just have to work at it.

I live country songs every single day of my life, so thank goodness I decided that was my passion!

I'm not some cute guy who is trying to be successful off that. I really want the music to come first.