I was regularly advised not to go into music, that I should give up that foolish dream.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It wasn't my dream to make music. It was just something I ended up doing, and no one said stop.
I've dreamed about doing music since I was three or four years old.
I don't feel like I chose to do music as much as I made a decision to not stop doing music.
I had no idea that I was ever getting into music. I did not prepare for a music career, and here I've found, out of pure luck, that I did have, not only a talent and an ear, but a passion for music. And I have it to this day.
When I finished school, I didn't continue to go to university, because I decided I wanted to do music.
My high school career counsellor said I shouldn't pursue music as a career.
I hope to have a long career, and I don't want to be defined by things that aren't the music.
I have to detach myself completely from aspirations. I hardly ever listen to music anymore because it arouses all of this yearning in me.
I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I'm in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.
My one ambition was to go to Broadway, and I never gave up on that dream.