I think for a classical musician the goal is the same as an electronic musician. A very good professional classical musician must not think about technique.
I always tell my students when you're going to be a jazz musician the first thing you've got to do is be a professional musician, and that means you have to feed yourself with the instrument.
My dad was a professional musician; my mom played, too, but just for fun. All my siblings played. The house was full of music books, videos, albums. I guess it's not surprising that I ended up becoming a musician.
Well I'm a third-generation musician. My Grandfather's a musician and my father and mother were both musicians and so I'm a musician. It was just natural that I should be a musician 'cause I was born into the family.
My son is a professional musician now.
I never pictured myself as a professional musician.
I've made a life and career as a professional musician.
My life as a professional musician is a joyless exercise in futility.
I'm a producer for fun. I'm not a professional schooled musician or anything.
I grew up in a musical family, but nobody was a professional musician.
I never really thought about becoming a professional musician.
Thyagaraja was not a professional musician. He did not sing for situations. He was music himself.
In my perfect world, I get to be a professional musician and still go to Trader Joe's.
No one else in our family was a professional musician so this took an enormous leap of faith on their part.
There is something embarrassing about asking for money, but if I hadn't done that, I would have not continued to be a professional musician.
A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.