Badshah Quotes

I care about music and money. I'm an artist first.

No matter what, I'm always interested in making music.

I'd actually say that every musician is a human being, and that not everybody likes being social. But with music, there are all these ingredients to the business that have nothing to do with writing songs or playing an instrument.

I'm in a very good place to make records. Needing to make money off music is very dangerous.

I enjoy touring. I enjoy recording the music, I enjoy dreaming it and I enjoy performing it. I also definitely enjoy selling it, because I like to eat.

Most people need the money all the time.

I made money. What am I gonna invest in? Stocks? No. I'm going to invest in music.

I always love making albums. I'm passionate about it and it's something that's healthy for the soul and spirit.

Music is my hustle.

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

I plan to stay in music. I plan to keep making records.

All I've ever wanted to do was play music and go on the road and make records.

I was someone who knew what they wanted to do for so long. I was always fascinated by music, always a student of pop.

My advice to young people wanting to make music and to be in this industry is to really spend your time making music. Make so much music you have no friends. Make music. Figure out what it is you love, and... because if you're making cool art, then everything else will fall into line.

I was so moved by music that I wanted to create it as well, but once you decide that's what you want to do with your life, to be successful, you have to be business-minded, too.

I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life... it's money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.

I just want to make good music. That's it. That's what I care about.

A whole generation of veteran composers has never taken a stand or provided an example and has produced in the music academies generations of docile workers for the music industry. What can you expect from downtrodden workers who see music as a type of profession, like stenography, and not an act of creation that by its nature is subversive?

Music is not a commodity, it's a resource.

There's more to being a musician than just making music.

I don't really plan to be a pop star; I just want to be able to make music without the whole My Dad thing hanging over me, which everyone in my position goes through.

Preparing for a future in music is an expensive proposition.

There is still a future with music, because people want music.

My mother insisted that I pursue music. I rented out my father's musical equipment and earned some money. As a child, I wasn't sure about a career goal, but I was always fascinated by electronic gadgets, specially musical equipment.

If people stop liking my clothes, I'll make a record.