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> [You cannot do what I do for a living without having a thick skin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-zigman/you-cannot-do-what-i-do-for-a-living-without-having-a-thick-skin/)

[Aaron Zigman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-zigman/)

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## More by Aaron Zigman

> [When I lost a tennis match that made me upset or hurt emotionally I would find myself going to the piano and playing for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-zigman/when-i-lost-a-tennis-match-that-made-me-upset-or-hurt-emotionally-i/)

[Aaron Zigman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-zigman/)

> [The thing I learned from playing tennis is that I know what competition is. I can handle rejection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-zigman/the-thing-i-learned-from-playing-tennis-is-that-i-know-what/)

[Aaron Zigman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-zigman/)

> [When I create I don't think in technical or mathematical terms until the idea is formulated Musical composition is formulated in improvisation. Once a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-zigman/when-i-create-i-don-t-think-in-technical-or-mathematical-terms-until/)

[Aaron Zigman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-zigman/)

> [There is competition. It's almost like I'm back in tennis competing in a way. There are usually about twenty composers vying for the number…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-zigman/there-is-competition-it-s-almost-like-i-m-back-in-tennis-competing-in/)

[Aaron Zigman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-zigman/)

> [You try and nurture the relationship. This day and age we have to do a little more networking than we used to do. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-zigman/you-try-and-nurture-the-relationship-this-day-and-age-we-have-to-do-a/)

[Aaron Zigman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-zigman/)

> [You cannot do what I do for a living without having a thick skin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-zigman/you-cannot-do-what-i-do-for-a-living-without-having-a-thick-skin/)

[Aaron Zigman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-zigman/)

> [When you play competitive tennis you are competing against someone else and you have to win. Playing music I didn't have to win I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-zigman/when-you-play-competitive-tennis-you-are-competing-against-someone/)

[Aaron Zigman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-zigman/)

> [Sometimes it's very hard to turn off my brain especially when I have an eighteen hour day. I try to stop working by 10…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-zigman/sometimes-it-s-very-hard-to-turn-off-my-brain-especially-when-i-have/)

[Aaron Zigman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-zigman/)

> [Film writing and concert writing are two very different things. In film writing I am serving the film and it tells you what to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-zigman/film-writing-and-concert-writing-are-two-very-different-things-in/)

[Aaron Zigman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-zigman/)

> [Composers can do things that weren't allowed in the 17th century. Until we had composers like Igor Stravinsky and Sergei Rachmaninoff to break the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-zigman/composers-can-do-things-that-weren-t-allowed-in-the-17th-century/)

[Aaron Zigman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-zigman/)

> [I have a huge record and cd collection of all kinds of great classical, jazz and all music but I find the internet very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-zigman/i-have-a-huge-record-and-cd-collection-of-all-kinds-of-great/)

[Aaron Zigman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-zigman/)

> [Sometimes I just listen to classical pieces of music to take me away from my work. That's what I kind of do to wash…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-zigman/sometimes-i-just-listen-to-classical-pieces-of-music-to-take-me-away/)

[Aaron Zigman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-zigman/)

> [I was an accomplished junior tennis player up to around fourteen years old. At fourteen or fifteen I made the decision to venture off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-zigman/i-was-an-accomplished-junior-tennis-player-up-to-around-fourteen/)

[Aaron Zigman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-zigman/)

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