Mojo Nixon Quotes

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

I have never had a great love of the music business, I never have.

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

When you're in the music business, every day is the same. If you work 9 to 5, you can't wait for the weekend, but in the music business, you don't know one day from the next. It's always the weekend.

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

All of them had so much to offer us as far as, you know, knowledge in the music industry, and especially Randy and Paula because, you know, they've been artists.

To come out in the music business, you only really get one shot. A lot of people get to play small gigs first, and build up that way, without anyone really seeing them.

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 knew what I wanted to be, but I didn't know exactly how to get there. I thought you move to Nashville, you sing downtown, and someone discovers you, and you become a country music star. I had no idea.

I've never been in a band, but I've hung out with a lot of musicians and helped them with their shows. It's something that I'm really drawn to.

Music and the music business are two different things.

I'm from a little island off of Massachusetts, Nantucket. It's hard getting into the music business from there, but my parents took me to songwriting festivals because I would write and produce my own music.

I had no idea that I could sustain a career as an artist. But, I loved music and wanted to be in the music business.

I love the music business very much.

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

The industry does have some influence on who gets other awards. With the Mercury Prize, they don't. Jon comes from the business, but his heart is still very much in the music. Currently, we have about 12 major names that have said they want to be a part of MUDDA.

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

I really just dabble in music; I really just did a few albums for my fans.

The best decision I ever made, period, was to get into the music business.

I knew I wanted to be in music, but I didn't know my role, so I did everything from interning at Rolling Stone to writing heavy metal fanzines to playing in a high-school band, and I think all those things probably helped in a way.

No, I mean we'd all definitely involved in the music business someway or another, because we're all living with it, and in it, and also we've got all sorts of things we would like to do.

I love the music business, but I have no ambition to keep on playing.

For a lot of bands, the London club scene very much starts to become more important than the music they create. Which we never want to happen.

I used to DJ in Atlanta, and that's how I kind of got into the music industry.

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