Chantal Kreviazuk Quotes

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

I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown, pop - and that inspired what kind of music I started to write.

I have an independent record label called Favored Nations on which I released an album by an artist called Johnny A, who plays an arch top Gibson through a Marshall, but the tone is all in his fingers.

As a youngster, I never dreamed there could be a career actually earning a living writing music.

I have no such ambition of becoming an actor. I want to grow as a musician, singer and songwriter.

I'm very conscious of the fact that I devoted my life to recording music, recordings and writing songs.

The goal as a musician, I think, is to be able to make music as a living for the rest of your life.

A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.

I write and play music. I'd like to be a musician at some point.

I played the guitar and thought that was what I was going to do as a career. I still record music that is played in my restaurants.

I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star.

Preparing for a future in music is an expensive proposition.

I've always had a passion for music, but I never saw me as a musician for a living. I never thought that I could make a living. It never dawned on me.

I used to read music books when I was 13. My mom was working at a library. She's a librarian. I would get my mom to check out any kind of books that had anything to do with the music industry. I read a lot about royalities, publishing, marketing, stuff like that.

My mother insisted that I pursue music. I rented out my father's musical equipment and earned some money. As a child, I wasn't sure about a career goal, but I was always fascinated by electronic gadgets, specially musical equipment.

Even in junior high, I always knew I had a talent for music and I knew I could make money that way.

Music is my living. I enjoy selling my music.

I've been around two years shy of 50 years doing what I do. I am a musician.

The problem that I have is with the music business. For some reason it seems almost impossible to get anything, any music, released which includes improvisation or soloing.

I've made a life and career as a professional musician.

I never really thought about becoming a professional musician.

I studied audio engineering at university. The background I am from, music was never seen as a viable career; it was always a hobby.

I knew when I went to a very hippie high school that focused on music that I wanted to do something in the industry.

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 want to do music the rest of my life.