Area Quote by Abigail Washburn

I really didn't intend to be a musician when I left Japan.

— Ikue Mori

I had walked away from the music industry because I had a certain integrity and all that.

— Jeff Gutt

I never wanted to be a performer, that was not one of my goals. I wanted to be a musician and that was that.

— Barry Manilow

I did not want to be somebody who lived off his reputation. I wanted to continue to be part of the modern music scene.

— Mick Rock

My musical education started in the limelight, because I found myself surrounded by real musicians, but after my career had taken off.

— John Lurie

I became alienated from this religious upbringing, and started making music. I wanted to be a big star. All those things I saw in…

— Cat Stevens

I became an artist because I couldn't become anything else.

— Mati Klarwein

Being a musician was not my choice; it was really a God-ordained thing, so I'm still passionately chasing after the pursuit of that whole…

— Philip Bailey

I had no idea that I could sustain a career as an artist. But, I loved music and wanted to be in the music…

— Ray Stevens

I had always thought that I would do something that was connected to music as a career, or possibly Chinese, which was my major.

— Charles Soule

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,…

— Eddie Van Halen

I didn't really intend on having a music career. It just kind of happened.

— Samuel Ervin Beam