Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Music Industry Quotes
Career DevelopmentMusic EducationMusic Industry I went to Berklee for college: a good musical training ground, but there's no direct line between that and the music industry.
Digital InfluenceGenre FluidityMusic IndustryPop CultureVersatility I think the Gen Z audience has such a versatile palette. With streaming services and with the Internet, music isn't so boxed into genres anymore. To be a pop star, you don't have to make straight-up pop music.
AuthenticityCreativityMusic IndustryPersonal PassionStorytelling I now possess the tools as a producer and a songwriter to really just go out and make smashes all day long. I could make an album full of smash records that got pop appeal. But my heart is in hip-hop. My heart is in telling stories. And it's like therapy for me.
AspirationCollaborationInfluenceMusic IndustryProduction I think if I did something in the pop world right now, it would be for Rihanna. I'd love to do something production wise for her.
AdaptationChangeFutureMusic IndustryTouring Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity. So it's like, just take advantage of these last few years because none of this is ever going to happen again. You'd better be prepared for doing a lot of touring because that's really the only unique situation that's going to be left.
Audience EngagementCreativityMusic Industry We're making the music that the people are asking us for.
Media CriticismMusic Industry I was never too keen on the British music press. They've called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didn't write our own songs.
AgeismExclusionMusic IndustryResilience I'm well past the age where I'm acceptable. You get to a certain age and you are forbidden access. You're not going to get the kind of coverage that you would like in music magazines, you're not going to get played on radio and you're not going to get played on television. I have to survive on word of mouth.
ChangeDisillusionmentMusic IndustryPersonal GrowthRebellion The cutthroat avenues of rock 'n' roll, I am fed up with. I don't want anything to do with it.
Artistic VisionCreativityInnovationMusic IndustryStorytelling With 'Goddess,' I think the song itself tells such a strong story. And for the music video, we really wanted to do something different and not necessarily work with a director that only does music videos.
AspirationChallengesExperienceMusic FestivalsMusic Industry Rolling Loud, I wanna do that. I went to Rolling Loud one time with Durk, I couldn't even get in. We ain't have enough passes. I wasn't even rappin'.
Audience AwarenessAuthenticityCreativityCultural RelevanceMusic Industry I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and I'm conscious of the mainstream without selling out.
DistributionIndie CultureMusic Industry To go indie is a thing. But to put an album in the stores, you need a distribution label.
Business ChallengesCommitment IssuesMusic Industry Commitments are one of the worst things to have in the music business. They're very annoying.
ArtistryAuthenticityCreativityMusic IndustrySelf-Development A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.
Marketing ChallengesMusic IndustrySocial Media DynamicsViral Content Sometimes you put a song on TikTok and it does well because it's visually stimulating or it has a hooky lyric, but it won't go past that.
DistributionIndependenceInnovationLegacy ArtistsMusic Industry With the new ways of getting music out, you don't need a label if you're a legacy artist.
AuthenticityLoveMusic IndustryPerfectionSelf-awareness No rapper in the world from Jay-Z to Tupac to Biggie has 100 percent love on everything they do.
Cultural HeritageDiversity in MusicEconomic ImpactMusic IndustryPreservation of Art Forms The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be celebrated as part of our most treasured national resources.
AmbitionMusic IndustryPerseveranceSeriousnessUncertainty I want to keep making records as long as I can, but I don't know how long you can be taken seriously in rap.
