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I left an office at the top of the Pan Am Building, a nine-room apartment, and a farm in Vermont because I was aching inside. It took an analyst to tell me I could write a note of permission to become a musician and sign it.

— Michael Masser

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I write and play music. I'd like to be a musician at some point.

— Laurence Fox

I was working a corporate job, but I really wanted to do music.

— Awkwafina

I'd love to do something where I played a musician.

— Theo James

I was a hired drummer for 3 Doors; there wasn't an opportunity for me to write.

— Daniel Adair

At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs. My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.

— Shakira

Creatively, I'd like to achieve not only being an artist, but being a businessman and having my own music home.

— Anthony Hamilton

One thing that I had to remember in my personal journey in the music industry and coming up in the music industry was how many times I was told no. I was signed, I was dropped, I was signed, and I was put on a shelf.

— Kelly Rowland

My show business career doesn't mean I can't write a symphony. It just means I was never asked to write one.

— Marvin Hamlisch

✗Opposing Perspectives

I did everything I could to not be a musician.

— Dhani Harrison

I was working at a non-profit for five years. But I could always create music after work. All throughout those years, I was writing songs and recording music and performing around town.

— Jussie Smollett