Michael Giacchino Quotes

I can spend the day without writing or reading, but I can't spend a day without listening to music.

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 still like to play the guitar, but I rarely have anything to do with the music business these days. I mean, there is no music business anymore, is there?

Being a musician has actually surrounded and immersed me in pop culture and youth culture from a very young age. But even before I was singing in bands and creating any kind of art, I was always fascinated by pop culture.

There are incredible musicians around the world.

Technology has changed the way we think about music.

I feel like music is always alive and well.

My focus was, and still is, totally on making music, getting on the road and performing live.

Because you have things like 'American Idol' and you've got radio stations that play music made entirely by computers, it's easy to forget there are bands with actual people playing actual instruments that rock.

Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.

Music's not like becoming a doctor, who can walk into a community and find people who need him.

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

You can still make music that people love, but there won't be more innovation. I started listening to electronic music a long time ago. But mostly I listen to rap. I think rap is the most interesting.

You rarely find someone who sings really well and who produces really well; it's a problem, and I just think it's a missing link in the music scene.

Music is what I want to do for the rest of my life.

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.

Music is my number one, it's my life, it's my everything. I'm enjoying challenging myself; I want to raise the bar and set a new standard for Australian pop artists.

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.

There's more to being a musician than just making music.

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.

There is still a future with music, because people want music.

I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.

I don't know whether schooling would have helped me get farther along in music at this time. I doubt it would have.