Steve Miller Quotes

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

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 had always wanted to pursue music. It was always a dream, but it was always a dream in the sense of, when you're young, 'I want to be president' or 'I want to be an astronaut and fly to Mars.' That's what it was to me.

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

People are already finding ways to make their music and play it in front of people and have a life in music, I guess, and I think that's pretty much all you can ask.

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 started making music professionally when I was 14.

The music industry is something that I'm still trying to understand. With acting, I've been doing it for so long that I understand every aspect of it for the most part - there are obviously still more aspects that I need to learn - but I have a grasp on it. With music, I'm still learning. I'm still getting used to it.

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.

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

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 wanted to go to Berklee College of Music because that's where Steve Vai went - I was total tunnel vision.

Music was always encouraged as a passion and a hobby, but I was never told, 'This should be your job. You write music and record for a living.' It doesn't happen for people.

My future definitely lies in the music business.

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.

I've never been in the music industry, only acting.

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.

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

Today the kids that are out now they make a hit record and they put them right out on the stage with 10,000 people out there and they don't know anything about the business yet.

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

The music business is really a spiritual business whether we know it or not.

I never really thought about becoming a professional musician.

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

I love the music business very much.