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I mean, I don't even think of myself as a musician, really.

Being a musician doesn't take away your right as a citizen to speak your mind.

It has always seemed slightly uncomfortable, the idea of politicised musicians. Very few of them are clever enough to do it; if they're good at the political side, the music side suffers, and vice versa.

Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are.

We're musicians; we're not politicians or anything.

Being a musician is what I do, but it's not what I am.

It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible.

I don't consider myself a musician. I'm an artist.

If you get involved in music expecting to make a living out of it, then you've picked the wrong thing to do. That shouldn't really be in your mind.

There's more to being a musician than just making music.