Brian Fallon Quotes

I would rather fall flat on my face than try to just make a quick dollar by making music that fits into the radio format right now. It does nothing for me.

In the music industry, we value large success. I realized that while I would like that, that it's not what my writing is about. And if I start making it about that, it becomes impure.

I won't make a movie for money ever again.

There was a point I could have just churned out the spot and spin paintings for ever and laughed all the way to the bank.

It's difficult when you have to turn down a tremendous amount of money because you don't like what the script is saying and you don't have any money.

I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work.

I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.

As soon as any art is pursued with a view of money, then farewell, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, all hope of genuine good work.

As a creative individual, I really go out of my way to avoid the corporate scene in terms of songwriting. If the first question is how much money is it going to make, I'm going to be in trouble anyway.

The challenge artists face today is whether to be an underground, unheard genius, or to dilute their art for the marketplace.

Starship was a whole different thing. It was pop rock. It made more money and had more hit songs than Airplane. There was no cultural or social ethic behind it. For me, it was like selling out. I was the only one selling out. The rest enjoyed doing what they were doing.

I certainly understand that we're all trying to make a living, but I'm not thinking about that when I'm making it. And if that's your sole motivation, it's going to reflect that narcissistic greed, and you're going to hear it in the music.

Selling another 10 million albums is not a priority. Putting out something you're proud of is.

The only film I ever made for money was something called 'Music From Another Room', which I really didn't like.

I'm sort of murdered for selling books. The idea is, if you make money your work can't be literary.

Miley Cyrus is about making money. Amanda Palmer is about making art.

You have to be in movies that make money to be offered work. Basically that's the equation. There's no real way around that. That said, you don't ever make decisions solely for that reason.

Most of Hollywood is about making money - and I love money, but I don't make the films thinking about money.

As an artist, you want to make good stories and create good art; as a businessman, you want to make money and make sure the investors are happy. The two will always clash, unfortunately.

Dealing with those personalities and the people who run this music thing has been most challenging. It's hard to really communicate things to people who run a business yet forget the nature of the business. They only look at the bottom line and the financial return, you know, they forget what it is they're packaging. It's art.

I've been offered starring roles in horrible movies, but I just didn't want to do it. I don't see why you would.

I've made movies where I was not happy, and I'd rather not work for a year than do a bad film. It takes a long time for me to recuperate when I do that.

I suppose we'll make money off our album and our singles and stuff, but, like, they were made as we wanted them, exactly with what we had to say, and done exactly how we wanted them, right? And, like, we didn't put them out to make money. We put them out because we wanted to do them, do you know what I mean?

There's a difference between making the music for a check vs. what you think you should be doing artistically and creatively.

When I was still doing indie, it was just purely art. I don't think about how much I will get paid or how much the movie will earn.