Dhani Harrison Quotes

There was never really a Plan B for me - I always wanted to be a music artist.

As a child, I was always very interested in music and had friends who were in the music business. I kind of accidentally fell into it and loved it. There was no reason not to - it was a great career.

I decided to start professionally making music at about 11. I was like, 'Okay, this is something I really want to do.'

I'm hoping to do more with my music. I did the stage musical 'Spring Awakening' recently and it reignited the love I have for singing.

My parents played the radio, but music was never an obsession or something that I thought I could call a career.

College didn't stick, so I worked odd jobs, but I've always written songs and played music. I actually met a guy who was a songwriter, which I didn't realize was a real job.

I think I was super young when I decided I wanted to be in music and be a singer.

More than meeting people and going out with girls, I'm focused on my music.

I was never going to be a doctor or a lawyer, so being a musician seemed to be the best of what was on offer.

I could see no other way of doing something with my life apart from music.

I wanted to do this so badly, to be a successful musician.

I'm trying to focus on my job. I don't think that being famous is a job. My job is composing, singing, performing, but not being a star.

I don't intend to stop making music.

Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.

Music is what I want to do for the rest of my life.

Being a rock star was out of the question. I can't sing.

Actually, I wanted to be a musician, either a guitarist or a drummer. I guess my dreams were in the entertainment industry, and I landed somewhere along there.

My mom eventually told me if I wanted to be in the music industry, I should start writing my own songs. At that time, I was in junior high and had no idea where to start - I was writing joke rap songs with friends. Eventually, I wrote my first song in high school, and my mom took me to go record it with one of her band member friends at his house.

I was going to be a teacher. I was applying to graduate school when I got the call to do 'Same Love,' actually. I was gonna go to Boston University for my masters in teaching.

When I was 13, I told my dad I needed to record myself because I sounded awesome, even though I didn't. By 18, I was a lot better. Then I got a publishing deal, so I was writing songs for other people professionally.

We all like music in my family, but I'm the only one who's made it my life.

I'd rather make music than tour.

We're musicians. We make music for a living. It's that simple. Nothing else matters.

Even in junior high, I always knew I had a talent for music and I knew I could make money that way.

I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young.