Keith Whitley Quotes

Once I realized music was working, I was getting money off of shows and I figured that I could find success through music.

I'm not trying to sound pretentious, but we did sell 12 million records on the first album, so we did get paid a little bit.

We were never hip, which is fine with me. We aren't that interested in that whole situation. But all the times how we tried and failed to get across in our music, we actually succeeded on 'Superstar Car Wash.'

My goal is get those chart positions, doing something good in music, and seeing that money in the bank.

I'm not heart-broken if I don't have a hit. But I guess a hit would help. It makes the money go up a bit.

I grew up with Al Jarreau. We had a band together and worked these places for three years when neither one of us knew we could make a living doing music.

Miles Davis had me play and he hired me the following week and after that, everything broke wide open.

I was playing in other rock bands. Any of those bands didn't last long.

I knew I was destined to do a solo album, but when I did that first album in 1978, I had no idea it was going to be that well received.

There was never going to be a right time for a band that was still recording and had health in its environment, had made a very good record and was playing well.

I'm not like a legend that - so I'm sort of in the middle in this sort of gray area where, you know, I'm creating music, and I'm not saying there isn't an audience, because there is; because all of those people go out and spend $80 to $150 on a concert ticket.

I was able to endure and play a special part in music history. And I always managed to keep working, even if I wasn't a big solo artist.

The best part was watching Journey grow into this monster. The band was huge, playing these enormous gigs.

I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album.

I met the Santana band when I was 14. By the time I was 15, I was a member of the band.

I had a solo career before Van Halen. My fan base filtered through Van Halen with me and came right on out the other side with me.

The first time I met Beyonce she was about 18 years old, sitting in a makeup chair eating fried chicken, and I knew it was only a matter of time before everyone would know her name.

No one starts playing my kind of music to make a fortune. But I do want to keep doing what I do and I do want to continue selling records. And I would, eventually, quite like some money.

I think it was 37 years that I did music.

I made an album I'm very proud of, and that's about it.

When I started Samhain, I remember a producer telling me that I had a real band now.

I've just signed a contract to make records in Nashville. It won't amount to much at first, but after a year or so, I will really be in the money.

I'm a touring musician. I don't watch the charts. I had the kind of success I'd hoped for. I won Grammys for a folk record, and that was magic.

I feel like fifteen years with Fleetwood Mac was like working on my thesis, doing research for some kind of paper.

We were on the road playing when we started acquiring gold records.