“I think we listen to music because we want to be changed. Music is not solely for our entertainment. Music has such tremendous power to bring joy. To me, that's our job as artists. Not happiness, not a groove, whatever. You must bring joy. I think that's the assignment. I have no doubt about it.” ThinkingWantJobsJoyArtistDoubtChangedMusic IsEntertainmentNo DoubtListening To MusicAssignmentsGroove Author:Bobby McFerrin
“Music is my life. The last job I had, I was a bricklayer's apprentice. And I was happy with that job, too, because it was something that made me feel good. To build a wall for the side of a building felt really good to me.” FeelsMadeJobsLastsFeltSidesBuildingWallMusic IsFeel GoodApprenticeMusic Is My LifeBricklayers Author:Mark Wahlberg
“Right now I'm listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT'S MY JOB.” JobsListeningRight NowMusic Is Author:Al Yankovic
“I really enjoy writing lyrics, I enjoy harmonies and I enjoy hearing the organic side of production because I have to do so much non- organic for a living for other artists, it's just a break for me, for my ears and it confuses people that think my music is supposed to sound like the stuff I do for my day job, but that's just people that don't know me.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWritingJobsArtistStuffEnjoySoundSidesBreakMusic IsEarsHarmonyProductionsHearingKnow MeDay Jobs Author:Butch Walker
“The music is the imperative. It has the upper hand. I think all music, even though it's an abstraction, does motivate a particular meaning. Then it's the job of the musician to honor that meaning and to somehow implement lyrical material that can accommodate that emotional environment.” ThinkingDoeHandsJobsEnvironmentEmotionalParticularMaterialsHonorMusicianMusic IsAbstractionImperativesAccommodateLyricalUpper Hand Author:Sufjan Stevens
“I don't think music is my job - I don't think about it that way, because I don't really get paid. There's no paycheck at the end; it's more of a 'whatever is left over' kind of situation.” ThinkingWayKindEndsJobsLeftSituationMusic IsPaidPaychecks Author:Cass McCombs
“Johnny Jewel is how people were maybe two hundred years ago. Back then, when people got up in the morning, they knew what they had to do to get through the day - there were 100% less decisions. Nowadays, we have to decide what we want to buy in grocery stores, what job to take, what work to do. But not Johnny. For him, it's all right there - it's a freer state, and that's what my music is looking for... ... To understand Johnny, you should think of William Blake. He was the same kinda guy.” PeopleThinkingWantShouldYearsTwoStatesJobsGuyDecisionMorningMusic IsHundredYears AgoStoresJewelsGroceriesGrocery StoresBlake Author:Tom Verlaine
“No one's being precious about their music. They want the film to be great. And that was the huge lesson for me along the way to be a filmmaker. And yes, I'm leading the music department kind of thing and that responsibility with the music is with me, but really that job is one of many.” WayWantKindJobsFilmResponsibilityHugeLessonsMusic IsFilmmakerDepartment Author:Steven Price
“I always tell people that my primary job is being a dad and husband. Music is just what pays the bills.” PeopleJobsPayDadHusbandMusic IsBillsPrimariesBeing A Dad Author:Aaron Watson
“Music is kind of a strange business, and it's too weird of a job to have mean, conniving people around.” PeopleKindMeanJobsStrangeMusic IsConniving Author:Annie E. Clark
“Some of the folks we see are in for defending themselves against their abusers, or drug charges that, because of the California state prison system, they have mandatory sentencing and life in prison for three counts of simple drug possession, or whatever. I find it not only helpful but, I think, necessary in maintaining my grounding and my perspective. Because music is such an unrealistic job to have. It's a really lucky job to have, but it's also very unrealistic.” ThinkingStatesJobsThreeSimplePerspectiveDrugLuckyMusic IsPrisonFolksPossessionCaliforniaHelpfulMaintainingAbusersGroundingPrison System Author:Thao Nguyen
“Being honest is my job. That's what music is for me.” JobsHonestMusic IsBeing Honest Author:Erykah Badu