Gary Kemp Quotes

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

I'm just a musician and a record producer.

I was the only person I'd ever met who had a record contract. None of the E Street Band, as far as I know, had been on an airplane until Columbia sent us to Los Angeles.

The very first time I ever heard anything of mine on the radio, I was in New Jersey, and I was in my teens. I did my first record, which was an old standard called 'My Mother's Eyes.' It was the old Georgie Jessel theme. I heard it on local radio out of Newark. And it was very exciting!

Being a recording artist, selling music, selling concerts out, having a reality show, starting film; it's great, it's beautiful.

Music is my living. I enjoy selling my music.

Today the kids that are out now they make a hit record and they put them right out on the stage with 10,000 people out there and they don't know anything about the business yet.

The problem that I have is with the music business. For some reason it seems almost impossible to get anything, any music, released which includes improvisation or soloing.

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?

I plan on making a lot more records, and hopefully one of them will be Grammy worthy.

When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.

I have an independent record label called Favored Nations on which I released an album by an artist called Johnny A, who plays an arch top Gibson through a Marshall, but the tone is all in his fingers.

I love music, so if I wasn't singing, I would probably still be working in the music industry. I love songwriting, so I'd probably be a songwriter.

The best thing that can happen is that a song you've written will live in the world so people can hear it.

I want to produce the best popular music I can.

It wasn't until I became involved with 'Nashville' that I thought I had opportunities to record my music in a way that I would want to put it out into the world.

Following in the footsteps of Berry Gordy, I always admire what he did.

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.

I'm a serious aficionada of country music - Reba McEntire, Toby Keith, Montgomery Gentry. I've even written some songs. They haven't done anything of mine yet. But it's only a matter of time.

I make music almost, like, every day. But I don't release a lot of music.

I feel we have a music industry within the film industry.

My daughter, Charlotte Strawbridge, has recorded an album, and my favourite song from that is 'Empires Made Of Sand.'

I've been able to experience so many things since I've had my record deal.

I started singing and writing songs since childhood and later started releasing my independent music.

I really didn't think I was going to make records to where I make a living out of it.