Brett Young Quotes

The whole industry evolves around a great song.

After two years in the songwriting world, I wrote 'All About That Bass.' L.A. Reid heard it and signed me as an artist.

I love music, so if I wasn't singing, I would probably still be working in the music industry. I love songwriting, so I'd probably be a songwriter.

I don't know if it's my music, my lyrics, my sound, and knowing the music business the way I do-all I can say is, my career has lasted way longer than I expected.

I think that's one of the hardest parts as an artist, and creating a career, is the song is what is gonna lead you there. So it's hard to find great songs.

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

A song is a song and a hit record can change a life.

Music is my living. I enjoy selling my music.

It is never easy for anyone to have success in music.

I'm a songwriter and I'd love to make that a part of my career.

I attended a post-college program in L.A. for Music Business and Production. Took several courses involving Music Production, Arrangement, and Songwriting.

I never intended to set out and be a singer-songwriter. I just sort of became one because I put out my own record.

When you're young, the goal is to have a hit. You get a little older and the goal becomes to get to make another record.

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

The best thing that can happen is that a song you've written will live in the world so people can hear it.

I'm a serious aficionada of country music - Reba McEntire, Toby Keith, Montgomery Gentry. I've even written some songs. They haven't done anything of mine yet. But it's only a matter of time.

I started singing and writing songs since childhood and later started releasing my independent music.

I'm a pretty successful songwriter and known in some circles, but I didn't think the story of my career was of any real entertainment value.

Most of our artists are songwriters, so the songs are still central to all this. If you don't have great songs, it doesn't matter the marketing or how many times you are on TV; you can only polish it so much.

I came to realize that if I was going to succeed in the music industry, I was going to have to learn how to perform my songs myself.

No. 1, I'm a songwriter, and I don't really get out and tour.

The first time I ever had a song play on a legit radio station, I think I was about 13. It was a song of mine that I had written called 'Young Blood.'

We even have a music career. Our song 'Hold On,' charted on Billboard. I mean, we don't have aspirations to tour with Justin Bieber but we have a lot of different interests and talents.

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

I got about 6037 songs I wrote myself and I'm trying to get them on the market and I just wish people could hear them and stuff but they'll do pretty good.