Kevin Eubanks Quotes

The whole format of entertainment that I did seems to be fading away. The music business of today is completely different when you see the videos and the music.

The music business is really a spiritual business whether we know it or not.

Music and the music business are two different things.

Everyone in the music industry is so fun and laid-back.

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?

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

I think times have changed, and there's no dearth of talent in the music industry.

The music industry is so cool because it's constantly changing.

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

I've never been in the music industry, only acting.

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

Sheet music, recording, radio, television, cassettes, CD burners, and file sharing have all invalidated, to some extent, the old model of making a living making music.

I think there is a big difference between the music business and music. And my relationship is to music, not music business. I think the business will keep changing, but music won't. Music will be there.

I'm glad about what's happening to the music business. This last crop of people we had in the 90s, who are going away now, they didn't like music. They didn't trust musicians. They wanted something else from it.

I think it's a reflection of the music business in general, which to me seems very fragmented.

I love the music business very much.

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.

Independent artists and labels have always been the trend setters in music and the music business.

With the advent of radio and recording, music became an industry rather than just a tradition.

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.

I don't relate to what's left of the music business. There doesn't seem to be any point to it anymore. The business that I grew up in and loved, we made records a different way - there were record companies, there were stores where you could buy albums.

Being in the music business is a totally different industry right there.

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 work in the music world in a kind of very multi-faceted way. I work around the world, in different genres.

We came from a small village and there is no music business there.