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I think that there are a lot of things that come along with being a musician, but I don't want to whine about them. I don't want to complain about my job.

— Tift Merritt

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

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

— Herbie Hancock

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

— Kim Gordon

I hope to have a long career, and I don't want to be defined by things that aren't the music.

— James Bay

It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.

— Zola Jesus

If you are a musician and you don't show any interest on the business level then you are actually vulnerable and people will rip you off. They will sweet talk you into anything.

— Michael Schenker

You can expect nothing in being a musician, and you have to be just very thankful every time it goes positively for you.

— Halsey

If a musician is making a mediocre, self-indulgent body of work, they have to know that, for the most part, people aren't going to be interested.

— Moby

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

— Burning Spear

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

— M.I.A.

✗Opposing Perspectives

I don't think music is my job - I don't think about it that way, because I don't really get paid. There's no paycheck at the end; it's more of a 'whatever is left over' kind of situation.

— Cass McCombs