“If I'm happy with the song and it's a hit song or not, for the rest of my life, I can hang my hat on knowing I did the best I could, and I'll enjoy getting out there and doing it. That's all that really matters for me. The icing on the cake is people actually enjoy it and sing it back to you. That's when you know that you've done something great.” PeopleIfsKnowsI CanMatterDoneSongEnjoyKnowingHatsCakeIcingIcing On The Cake Author:Jake Owen
“Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to the next, but at the same time, you have to be spontaneous and take requests and change the set list at the drop of a hat.” SongNextToughStructureCome UpListsHatsSpontaneousRequestBe Spontaneous Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“When I’m Chad from Nickelback, then I have to wear one hat and I have to wear various others when I’m Chad Kroeger who is co-owner of 604 Records or someone who’s working on an independent project. At that point I want to know where the record is getting licensed, as well as absolutely every aspect of how we’re going to deliver a song to the public and how we’ll all get paid for doing so.” KnowsWantWellsSongRecordsProjectsAspectPaidIndependentVariousHatsOwnersChadNickelback Author:Chad Kroeger
“I'm an actor. I'm not a performer. I'm not like a song and dance guy who can take a cane and a hat and do it. I would just you know. That's why I never did commercials.” KnowsGuySongActorsHatsPerformersSong And Dance Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“Writing is not work. In fact, theres nothing better. Writing is something that if the music business went completely away tomorrow - radio stations quit existing and music quit being popular and it was old hat - I would still write songs.” IfsWritingStillsFactsSongTomorrowRadioQuittingHatsStationsMusic BusinessRadio StationsBeing Popular Author:Toby Keith
“I get bored quickly. I kind of take my hat off to bands who have been around for a long time and still do the same thing, because it's hard to keep a band together for decades. But I couldn't do that. I couldn't play the same songs night after night or just trade on my past glories, because it wouldn't interest me as a person.” KindPersonsLongHas BeensStillsHardPlayTogetherPastNightSongInterestBandLong TimeGloryTradeDecadesBoredHatsMy PastHats Off Author:Paul Weller