Own every note I sing and sell it. Make a connection to the audience. That's what it comes down to, you know?
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm a musician at heart, I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it.
You make your music, then you try to find whatever audience is out there for it.
Write your own songs. It helps you to mean what you're singing, which will then make it mean something to listeners.
I write other people songs. Recirculate it. It's the music business.
If I have an audience, I'd like to make music for my whole life. But it's not really up to me.
You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience.
I can't give money away to buy listeners. I can't pay listeners off with phones or food stamps or anything. I can't come by my audience by buying it.
I'm involved in all things musical. It's all consuming, even if it doesn't necessarily manifest as a record or a concert.
It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
I really sing songs that move me. I'm not in show business. I'm in the communications business. That's what it's for me.