“Honestly, as hard a profession as acting is, I think music is even harder. Acting, you're like a leech, because someone else does the hard part for you. They write it for you, then the director tells you what to do. You really just need to know how to pay attention, follow instructions.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsWritingDoeHardPayActingAttentionKnow HowDirectorsMusic IsHarderProfessionHonestlyPay AttentionInstructionLeeches Author:Michael Shannon
“A love of classical music is only partially a natural response to hearing the works performed, it also must come about by a decision to listen carefully, to pay close attention, a decision inevitably motivated by the cultural and social prestige of the art.” ArtSocialNaturalDecisionPayAttentionMusic IsResponseHearingMotivatedClassical MusicPrestigeClassic Music Book:Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist Source: Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist
“Some guys that know me from when I was a kid say "My son, oh he's just like your father." It's just a natural part of our lives. But, within the music industry and within the industry of the critiques of music, where it becomes "Ziggy's music is not as good as Bob's music," I don't understand. But I don't really pay much attention to that because I'm just expressing myself.” KnowsKidsGuyFatherNaturalPayAttentionOur LivesSonLike YouIndustryMusic IsMy SonBobKnow MeCritiqueMusic Industry Author:Ziggy Marley
“I don't pay attention to sales because it's not about that for me. It's about the music. Music is all I have.” PayAttentionMusic IsPay Attention Author:Kevin Gates
“I think the [music] industry really suffered from music being available online because it made young people feel, "why should you pay for music, if it's so readily available for free?"” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsShouldMadeYoungPayIndustryMusic IsAvailableOnlineMusic Industry Author:Corinne Bailey Rae
“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 an art and art has its own rules. And one of them is that you must pay more attention to it than anything else in the world, if you are going to be true to yourself. And if you don't do it - and you are an artist - it punishes you.” IfsWorldArtArtistPayAttentionMusic IsBeing TrueBe True To YourselfTrue To Yourself Author:Nina Simone
“A lot of my music is just self-observation. Like telling you, "Oh man. What did I just do? How much did I just pay for this chain? Why did I do that? Wait a minute." Let me talk about that. Or like, the temptation. Let me talk about that. Let me observe myself.” MenSelfWaitingPayMinutesMusic IsLet MeTemptationObservationChainsSelf Observation Author:J. Cole
“I would like a man now who is rich, and who can give me a boat - a sailboat. I want to own it and let him pay for it. My first love is the sea and water, not music. Music is second.” MenWantGivingFirstsWaterLove IsPayRichSeaMusic IsGive MeBoatFirst LoveSailboatNever Give Up On Love Author:Nina Simone