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Because I have sixty years of being a professional composer, conductor, musician, whatever, and you develop a lot of friendships and you get involved with a lot of sort of long-term commitments and obligations.

— Gunther Schuller

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I look at composers and conductors, anybody involved in music or writing or art in general; they got more done as they got older. If I can, I'll be one of those people because what I do is my passion.

— Sarah Brightman

I've made a life and career as a professional musician.

— Melissa Auf der Maur

I always thought that I was an important musician. If you don't have that confidence, why would you go on and do it?

— Yoko Ono

Being a musician is a noble profession.

— Paul Weller

I am not so complicated or intelligent a composer, nor am I very interested in becoming so. I am much more happy doing what I know I can do than what I am not sure I could do.

— Giorgio Moroder

I began my career with infantile dreams of becoming a composer.

— Ivor Novello

Originally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, 'I think of myself as a composer.'

— Ornette Coleman

My intention when I came into this industry was to be a musician, not necessarily a recording artist, just a musician in general. And that's the reason I went to college and got my degree, which has been great for me. It's helped me a lot with my career.

— Jon Secada

✗Opposing Perspectives

Because I don't take money, I'll go anywhere and do a benefit concert with almost any orchestra.

— David Ogden Stiers

Because I gave myself - I left school after the second semester of my junior year to pursue a career in music. and I gave myself five years to make it and I made it in three.

— Ruben Studdard