Leslie Odom Jr. Quotes

There was never really a Plan B for me - I always wanted to be a music artist.

I don't intend to stop making music.

Music is what I want to do for the rest of my life.

My mom eventually told me if I wanted to be in the music industry, I should start writing my own songs. At that time, I was in junior high and had no idea where to start - I was writing joke rap songs with friends. Eventually, I wrote my first song in high school, and my mom took me to go record it with one of her band member friends at his house.

I wanted to play in a band, and I wanted to do music for a living, and that's what I dedicated my life to.

I started making music professionally when I was 14.

I moved to Nashville at 17 to make music, and since then I've put everything I have into doing it right.

I'm an old guitar player who has fallen into television and is so happy he did.

Actually, I wanted to be a musician, either a guitarist or a drummer. I guess my dreams were in the entertainment industry, and I landed somewhere along there.

I actually grew up wanting to be a filmmaker. I wanted to make movies, and music was a detour, almost.

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.

I was going to be a teacher. I was applying to graduate school when I got the call to do 'Same Love,' actually. I was gonna go to Boston University for my masters in teaching.

I joined the Madras Christian College but dropped out after three months. Telugu music director Ramesh Naidu asked me to assist him, and I did so for over a year. I did think of rejoining college, but by then, I was discovering the musician in me. I worked with Illaya Raja and Raj Koti and soon shifted to commercials. This led to movie offers.

We're musicians. We make music for a living. It's that simple. Nothing else matters.

I just love singing, songwriting and touring.

I've been around two years shy of 50 years doing what I do. I am a musician.

Music is my work, writing songs is my work, touring is my work, going into the studio is my work.

I can't imagine ever not making music, making albums, writing songs, doing shows. That's all I really know, and that's all I really do.

I always wanted to be a musician from when I was kid. It was always a massive dream of mine. School was also really really important to me and having an education was top of my priority. So I really wanted to have a degree before I tried anything in the music industry.

I'm a songwriter and I'd love to make that a part of my career.

I studied audio engineering at university. The background I am from, music was never seen as a viable career; it was always a hobby.

I write songs. Then, I record them. And, later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple.

I have literally been working in music just about my entire life.

After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously.

I've honestly never worked with Beyonce. It would be awesome, though; I would love that.