“I was a good amateur but only an average professional. I soon realized that there was a limit to how far I could rise in the music business, so I left the band and enrolled at New York University.” SuccessLeftBusinessKnowledgeNew YorkBandLimitsSelf ImprovementUniversityAverageBusiness SuccessMusic Business Author:Alan Greenspan
“In 1989 I sort of got back into the music business and one of the reasons I got back in is [that] I put the first All Stars band together. It's actually progressed from that every other year, or every two years, I've put that together...more and more realizing that's what I do.” YearsFirstsTwoReasonTogetherStarsRealizingBandTwo YearsMusic BusinessAll Stars Author:Ringo Starr
“When I was a kid, a lot of my parents' friends were in the music business. In the late '60s and early '70s - all the way through the '70s, actually - a lot of the bands that were around had kids at a very young age. So they were all working on that concept way early on. And I figured if they can do it, I could do it, too.” IfsWayKidsAgeYoungParentCan DoBandLateConceptsYoung AgeMusic Business Author:Slash
“I think I've always felt as a band and as a musician and a music business person, I've always felt like an outsider, period.” ThinkingPersonsFeltPeriodsBandMusicianOutsidersMusic BusinessBusiness Person Author:Amanda Palmer
“It's interesting, there are a lot of similarities with being in the music business or being in a band, where a lot of it is business work you've gotta do, like emails. It's weird, I don't feel like I'm in charge.” FeelsInterestingBandEmailMusic BusinessSimilarity Author:Gerard Way