A Quote by Michael Tilson Thomas
Being an American musician means being adventurous.
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I don't view myself as a musician anymore - I view myself as a human being that functions as a musician when I'm functioning as a musician, but that's not 24 hours a day. That's really opened me up to even more perspectives because now I look at music, not from the standpoint of being a musician, but from the standpoint of being a human being.
My job of being a musician in a recording studio has nothing to do with being a musician being on tour performing.
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