Music Reputation Quotes

I hope I don't give music a bad name.

I rather create better music and let that talk, than me going out and dissing other musicians in public.

I've not thought about the Stone Roses since we quit. How many LPs do I have to make to stop people talking about it?

It was important to me to find a label that wouldn't back out after a first single. Everyone's so used to hearing me with Hootie, they're going to be skeptical.

I want to be known for my music, and that takes time.

When people see that we're signed to Def Jam, the perception has changed.

One song will launch you, but you don't want to be a one-song artist.

I feel confident that the work I've put in will make people see me as a music artist before anything else.

Beethoven's reputation is based entirely on gossip. The middle Beethoven represents a supreme example of a composer on an ego trip.

My dad is Dominican, my mother's Puerto Rican, and I got into bachata at the age of 10 or 11. When I started listening, it had a reputation for being music for hick people. I thought that had to be changed. I was born and raised in the Bronx, and I knew you make something cool if you're cool.

I was kind of reluctant to sing on the 'Housewives' because there are so many 'Housewives' that are singing that can't really sing. I didn't want to get out there and sing and not be taken seriously.

I feel like my music has a reputation for being pretty serious or whatnot, but I like having fun.

There are so many things that are misunderstood or not recognized about my father's music because they've been filtered by people who work for magazines like Rolling Stone.

A lot of people would say "well that's not a bad reputation. you sound like a pussy" and I would say yea. but I am passionate about music and being taken seriously about my music, so if you're going to mess with that, we have a problem.

I don't think I have an image of being an underground musician. I have an image of being an uncompromising musician, and I am well known in Norway partly because of that.

I remember at one stage, I was like, 'Oh no. I'm going to be remembered as the 'Do You Mind' Girl.'

I haven't just come up with a hit - I'm not like a one-hit-wonder - I've been here for ages. No one is questioning my ability, so just enjoy the wave, spread the wave.

For more than 15 years, Mogwai has built a reputation on its monstrous ambitions for rock music.

A lot of people want to blow up as a producer, but what helps you blow up as a producer is an artist that matches well with your music. When that artist gets popular and blowing up, and people start knowing them, that's when they start knowing you.

Anything I do has to have integrity, so if you just want to make music, it's not difficult finding support. The hard part for a publicist or manager is making a star.

Honestly, the biggest setback to my music career was people's perception that I was a reality TV star, not a rapper.

GoldLink is about my music and not so much about me. But it's cool that people are starting to notice who I am outside that.

I would never do anything that makes the perception of country music worse.