Joseph Jarman Quotes

When I started making music, I was like, 'This is something I can believe I was meant to do.'

Kanye took me from a kid who listened to music to a kid who lived music.

The fact that music is my first love and that after almost two decades, the love has grown every year... I'm truly thankful for that and want to always show my appreciation to those who keep me motivated and inspired.

My hope for young bands, honestly, is that they do it because they love it, they do it because it's real.

I love music, and that is what I care for, and that is what I deliver for people.

Ironically, being a coach on 'The Voice' and spending time with those kids, Xenia and Dia especially, I learned a lot about myself. It reminded me how lucky I am that this happened for me, and it kind of lit the spark inside me again for my love of music.

I love, love, love music - have since I was a kid, and I'm still really into music - and I became a singer because I was too stupid to learn how to play an instrument, I guess.

I do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11.

If you play music for the right reasons, the rest of the things will come. The right reason to play music is that you love it. That's why I play music. I never imagined that I was going to be doing this, especially because I never thought of myself as an instrumentalist.

Music will always be a part of my life. I love music and I don't care how many units I sell.

I live country songs every single day of my life, so thank goodness I decided that was my passion!

I'm just so grateful to be a part of BABYMETAL because without this opportunity, I wouldn't have had a deeper connection to music!

I realized music is the most important thing to me and I love writing songs, and I think I had more to say in life.

Sometimes you get so jaded, you don't have those initial connections and emotions with music, because you are promoting your own.

I think it's all about the people who listen to your music, and loving playing and writing. Once you've got those two, and they're your main two priorities, then radio and TV and all the other stuff that comes with it will come. But that's not the be-all end-all.

If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.

Music has always been my back door to life. It is important for people to find something that excites them. I like the concept that if you do what excites you, you will be rewarded generously, whatever form reward takes, which is not necessarily money.

If it's music, I love it.

I was sort of in denial about doing country for awhile but I sort of grew up and realized who I was, what I wanted to say. I think country music is the best music in the world and I'm glad to be doing a country album. I hope people will love it as much as I loved making it.

I don't take anything for granted; awards and all that go with it are very nice, and it's nice to get a positive response, but for me, it's about the music. I don't make music to win awards. I make music for the people.

I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.

I feel blessed that I found not just a profession, but a 24/7 way of life that I purely love. That curiosity to be current, to listen to the Hozier album, to be early in recognition of a Lorde and spending time with her and Miguel, the pleasure of seeing new talent erupt... I love it.

I'm just kind of a music junkie. Whatever I'm doing at the moment is my favorite.

I enjoy music so much; it's such a passion in my life, and I hope that comes across.

I didn't think at all as a young child that music would be my profession. It was just something that one did along with going to Brownies or going to church or going to school or anything else that one did in sort of one's very young life.