“So many of my friends are still trying to get record deals, and I've had one for 10 years now, where my only goal is to make the best music I can make. I've been very lucky. I have great faith that I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be, and whatever happens is going to be absolutely right for me.” TryingYearsStillsI CanHappensGoalDealsRecordsLuckyMy FriendsSupposed To BeWhatever HappensGreat Faith Author:Jane Siberry
“I'm really lucky because I found myself in a position where I can do whatever I want to do. I can make records, produce records, make movies, or I can do nothing. I'm not a slave to the dollar.” WantI CanFoundCan DoRecordsPositionProduceLuckyDollarsSlave Author:Robbie Robertson
“You have to be talented and you have to be lucky. Record companies are not signing classic rock groups anymore.” CompanyRecordsGroupsRocksLuckyClassicSigningRecord CompaniesClassic Rock Author:Leslie West
“And the maestro surely wielded the chairman's baton with extraordinary skill. His stellar record suggests that the only right answer to the age-old question of whether it is better to be lucky or good may be: both.” MayAgeAnswersRecordsLuckySkillsExtraordinaryChairmanRight AnswersBatonStellarMaestro Author:Alan Blinder
“Anyone who knows anything about journalism knows that reporters are rarely in a position to investigate anything. They lack the authority to subpoena witnesses, to cross-examine, to scrutinize official records. They are lucky to get their phone calls returned.” KnowsRecordsMediaPositionLuckyAuthorityCrossesPhonesJournalismWitnessOfficialsReportersPhone CallsScrutinizeSubpoenas Author:Irving Kristol
“I get to sit at home with the dogs on the sofa, record in a closet in the office, send them off and, if I'm lucky, make a million dollars.” IfsHomeMillionsRecordsDogLuckyOfficeDollarsClosetsMillion DollarsSofas Author:Sia Furler
“I start songs all the time. If I weren't so lazy, I would finish them. It's like when I have a deadline I have to. I always feel very lucky that I am forced to make records at certain times. If I was forced to make 2 records a year, I would write twice as many songs. I can't make myself finish something unless I am forced” IfsFeelsWritingYearsI CanCertainSongRecordsLuckyLazyFoldsDeadline Author:Ben Folds
“I just don't see anything available that gives any reasonable hope of delivering such a good year and I have no desire to grope around, hoping to 'get lucky' with other people's money. I am not attuned to this market environment, and I don't want to spoil a decent record by trying to play a game I don't understand just so I can go out a hero.” PeopleWantGivingTryingYearsI CanPlayDesireGamesRecordsEnvironmentHeroLuckyAvailableDecentReasonableSpoilDeliveringGood Years Author:Warren Buffett
“Navigating with a partner makes it half as difficult. We keep each other in check. It's not like she [Angie Marr] was ever a quiet little wifey wife behind the scenes. She's exactly like me. She's very smart. We're very lucky that we've always wanted the same things. She loves guitar music, she loves important records, and our lives are about records and shows and great bands.” LittlesImportantShowsWantedDifficultBehindsHalfRecordsOur LivesWifeSceneLuckyQuietBandSmartGuitarPartnersChecksLike MeBehind The ScenesVery SmartGuitar Music Author:Johnny Marr
“It was a very lucky set of incidents that led to Wham! getting a record contract - although we weren't Wham! when we got the record contract. We were nothing; we were just two friends who had written a few songs.” TwoSongRecordsWrittenLuckyContractsIncidentsTwo Friends Author:George Michael
“Andrew [Ridgeley] and I had demoed a couple of our songs very cheaply, and we weren't expecting any kind of record deal. We just walked around with our demo tape, trying to find someone to give us the money to demo properly. Instead of that, we got a record contract. It was just an incredibly lucky break.” GivingTryingKindSongDealsBreakRecordsCoupleLuckyContractsExpectingTapeAndrewDemosLucky Breaks Author:George Michael
“If you make money back from your record, you're doing it smart. It's an expensive hobby. I'm lucky enough to still make a living as a musician through live work and odd bits of royalties.” IfsStillsEnoughBitsRecordsLuckyMusicianSmartMaking MoneyOddExpensiveHobbiesRoyalty Author:Robyn Hitchcock
“I'm really lucky that my record companies have been patient with me and leave me alone and give me the time to make it right in my mind.” GivingMindHas BeensCompanyRecordsLuckyGive MePatientLeaving MeMe AloneRecord CompaniesLeave Me AloneJust Leave Me Alone Author:Sarah McLachlan