“I was happiest, frankly, when I had a day job and then I went and was in my band that I never, ever had dreams of making money, ever.” DreamJobsBandMaking MoneyDay Jobs Author:Sasha Frere-Jones
“I'd been through crappy day jobs and stupid garage bands. I was determined to make it as a musician.” JobsStupidBandMusicianDeterminedGarageDay JobsCrappy Day Author:Paul Westerberg
“I'm in a rock band - I don't have a day job! I am spoiled... a lot.” JobsRocksBandSpoiledRock BandsDay Jobs Author:Stone Gossard
“A bands first albums usually not great. When you made the first album, you had a day job and you were still trying to be serious about it.” TryingFirstsMadeStillsJobsSeriousBandAlbumsDay Jobs Author:John Darnielle
“Before MTV, if you put out an album that sold 50,000 copies, your band could afford not to have day jobs for a while. That meant you could stick around, put out another album or two. Maybe it would be the second or third album where you'd make the statement you'd been trying to make all along.” IfsTryingTwoWould BeJobsBandThirdsSticksAlbumsStatementsCopiesMtvDay Jobs Author:Mark Mothersbaugh
“There were so many bands in New Orleans. But most of the musicians had day jobs, you know -- trades. They were bricklayers and carpenters and cigar makers and plasterers. Some had little businesses of their own -- coal and wood and vegetable stores. Some worked on the cotton exchange and some were porters. They had to work at other trades 'cause there were so many musicians, so many bands. It was the most musical town in the country.” KnowsLittlesCountryJobsCausesBandMusicianTownsTradeMusicalWoodsStoresMakersVegetablesCoalNew OrleansCottonCigarCarpenterDay JobsBricklayers Author:Zutty Singleton