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

See, I'm not a very good musician.

Not to flatter myself, but I know that you can influence people's opinion as a musician, and I don't want to.

If you go out and just play the old stuff and never write new stuff, you're not really a complete musician, you're a performer.

I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down.

Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are.

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

I confess to being a frustrated musician.