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I've sort of had an investigatory relationship with being a musician. I really wasn't sure what I wanted to do. I felt I had had my run - I had done Jane's and I wasn't particularly interested in music anymore.

— Eric Avery

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I went to school and studied music for a year at USC, which unlocked a bunch of doors for me in terms of my relationship to music.

— Flea

I was interested in music and making movies about musicians, but my own experiences, and doing what it felt like for me to be a drummer? Nah, I wasn't interested in that.

— Damien Chazelle

I don't even know what made me start wanting to do music. It just... happened. Because I sat in my basement all the time, and music was my best friend, and I just wanted to be a part of it.

— Clinton Sparks

Music has always been a large part of my life, and I'm very fortunate to be able to start a career doing something I love.

— Armaan Malik

I've been a musician my whole life. I'm really enjoying making music again.

— Michael Chiklis

I had no idea that I could sustain a career as an artist. But, I loved music and wanted to be in the music business.

— Ray Stevens

I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In the process, I always tried to maintain my curiosity and spontaneity.

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

I certainly have gotten caught up in the music business at various times in my life, mostly because you want to get along with whatever record company you're dealing with. I don't want to be flaky. I don't want to be some temperamental, hard-to-work-with musician.

— Frank Black

✗Opposing Perspectives

From childhood I was passionately fond of music and wanted to be a musician. I have no recollection of any real desire ever to be anything else.

— John Philip Sousa

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.

— Hooman Majd