The people who are competing business-wise out there want what other successful labels and artists have. I dont want what they have I want my own path, my own sound, my own identity. Record labels care nothing about identity or artistic freedom, they want good business. – Joe Nichols
The thing that helped me get into the film business was that I went to school in Athens, Georgia and managed to get on, um, working on music videos for a band called R.E.M. and that kind of opened up a lot of doors for me. – Alton Brown
My music appeals in America. There is less of the purist criticism I get here. And to be a hit in the U.S… what singer doesnt have that dream? – Katherine Jenkins
Toys are the greatest inspiration for me. People never really grow up. They just get bigger adult bodies. And they really want to continue to play. My inspiration comes from the work of many, many anonymous folk artists. – Doug Taylor
It is better to do thine own duty, however lacking in merit, than to do that of another, even though efficiently. It is better to die doing ones own duty, for to do the duty of another is fraught with danger. – Bhagavad Gita