Anoushka Shankar Quotes

I don't really have music goals. It's just a huge field I want to dedicate my life to.

A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.

I've made a life and career as a professional musician.

Being a musician is a job - it is just a really fun one!

I love the music business, but I have no ambition to keep on playing.

I'm a professional musician.

All my life, I had loved music and been in choir, and I have a degree in music, but I never planned on doing it as a job. I had a realistic perspective on that. I thought maybe work at a church or be a teacher if you wanted to work in music.

I went to college to make music and study music.

I've continued to pursue other interests in my downtime, but I'm glad I'm a musician. It's the perfect career for me.

Even in high school, music was just a really fun thing on the side. I don't think I grasped the fact that it could be a profession.

I'll read on Twitter, 'Do you still do music?' Music is all I do, all day.

Music's not like becoming a doctor, who can walk into a community and find people who need him.

When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.

I write and play music. I'd like to be a musician at some point.

I played the guitar and thought that was what I was going to do as a career. I still record music that is played in my restaurants.

I definitely think of myself as a musician first.

I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star.

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

Preparing for a future in music is an expensive proposition.

I've always had a passion for music, but I never saw me as a musician for a living. I never thought that I could make a living. It never dawned on me.

I don't know whether schooling would have helped me get farther along in music at this time. I doubt it would have.

When I went to college, I thought I was going to become a professional musician. I was a French horn player, so I went to Yale to study with a very unusual French horn player.

I consider myself a musician.

I'd like to expand on doing what I love and venture out a bit more. I would like to play consistantly good music. Eventually someday I would like to open up a school and teach kids about music.

I never really thought about becoming a professional musician.