Tift Merritt Quotes

I just love singing, songwriting and touring.

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

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

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.

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.

I can't imagine ever not making music, making albums, writing songs, doing shows. That's all I really know, and that's all I really do.

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.

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.

You can never rely on musicians. I quit high school at one point to make a go of it with this band and we kept breaking up. So I went back to school.

Musicians are in-season all the time.

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

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.

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.

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

I was a musician first of all.

I never thought being a musician would be something I could make a career out of.

If I weren't a performer, I would be still be writing and songwriting. Plus, I also really want to get into producing.

I never thought a career as a musician was possible.

I'll read on Twitter, 'Do you still do music?' Music is all I do, all day.

I was actually going to go to a conservatory after I graduated college, now I'm thankful that Pentatonix happened because I'm working with singers in this realm of mainstream music, and to learn about how all that comes together has really helped my cello playing.

My son is a professional musician now.

I'm trying to focus on my job. I don't think that being famous is a job. My job is composing, singing, performing, but not being a star.

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

I don't intend to stop making music.