I still like to play the guitar, but I rarely have anything to do with the music business these days. I mean, there is no music business anymore, is there?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't relate to what's left of the music business. There doesn't seem to be any point to it anymore. The business that I grew up in and loved, we made records a different way - there were record companies, there were stores where you could buy albums.
I played the guitar and thought that was what I was going to do as a career. I still record music that is played in my restaurants.
The music business has changed incredibly. There used to be 50 record companies. Now there's only three, and it's just getting smaller and smaller. But then again, you have the Internet, so anybody who has music can get it out there.
I certainly have gotten caught up in the music business at various times in my life, mostly because you want to get along with whatever record company you're dealing with. I don't want to be flaky. I don't want to be some temperamental, hard-to-work-with musician.
Being in the music business is a totally different industry right there.
The 'music industry' is not a term I use. I tend to concentrate on music, and the music business is something different.
I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money.
We used to play music for fun. Much more than now. Now nobody picks up a guitar unless they're paid for it.
I've always treated the music business as a business.
Lots of people, from what I can see, just want to get into the music business for the glamour of it. But there isn't any, really. It's so up and down this industry, but if you really love it, nothing can stop you.