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title: "11 Living Music Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Living Music quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Living Music sayings and thoughts."
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> [Jazz to me is a living music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dexter-gordon/jazz-to-me-is-a-living-music/)

[Dexter Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dexter-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cba/dexter-gordon-27763_jazz_jazz-to-me-is-a-living-music-1578497_1578497.png)

> [It's very difficult to make a living in music these days. All it takes is somebody paying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-bozzio/it-s-very-difficult-to-make-a-living-in-music-these-days-all-it-takes/)

[Terry Bozzio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-bozzio/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/terry-bozzio-11117_difficult_it-s-very-difficult-to-make-a-living-in_524386.jpg)

> [I've made a living out of music since I was 19, which is something I'm really happy about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-woomble/i-ve-made-a-living-out-of-music-since-i-was-19-which-is-something-i-m/)

[Roddy Woomble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-woomble/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c14/roddy-woomble-46525_life_i-ve-made-a-living-out-of-music-since-i_2479186.jpg)

> [No matter what you do for a living all we have is music to get through certain situations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deana-carter/no-matter-what-you-do-for-a-living-all-we-have-is-music-to-get/)

[Deana Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deana-carter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/028/deana-carter-22502_certain_no-matter-what-you-do-for-a-living-all-w_894265.jpg)

> [I never intended to make a living from music. That's the funny thing. I wanted to be a journalist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-seeger/i-never-intended-to-make-a-living-from-music-that-s-the-funny-thing-i/)

[Pete Seeger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-seeger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/272/pete-seeger-1942_funny-things_i-never-intended-to-make-a-living-from-m_1712229.png)

> [This is something special. You can attempt to have a kind of non-living music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-tippett/this-is-something-special-you-can-attempt-to-have-a-kind-of-non/)

[Michael Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-tippett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53a/michael-tippett-25840_attempt_this-is-something-special-you-can-attemp_3215369.png)

> [Playing live and making a living from music was always the only goal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-capaldi/playing-live-and-making-a-living-from-music-was-always-the-only-goal/)

[Lewis Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-capaldi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee0/lewis-capaldi-8821_always_playing-live-and-making-a-living-from-mu_507489.jpg)

> [Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dexter-gordon/jazz-to-me-is-a-living-music-it-s-a-music-that-since-its-beginning/)

[Dexter Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dexter-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c91/dexter-gordon-27763_dream_jazz-to-me-is-a-living-music-it-s-a-musi_1327429.png)

> [Most people use music as a couch; they want to be pillowed on it, relaxed and consoled for the stress of daily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-copland/most-people-use-music-as-a-couch-they-want-to-be-pillowed-on-it/)

[Aaron Copland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-copland/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/aaron-copland-15785_couches_most-people-use-music-as-a-couch-they-wa_441747.jpg)

> [To me living and music are all the same thing. And I keep finding out more about music as I learn more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mccoy-tyner/to-me-living-and-music-are-all-the-same-thing-and-i-keep-finding-out/)

[McCoy Tyner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mccoy-tyner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04c/mccoy-tyner-30081_all-kinds_to-me-living-and-music-are-all-the-same_45829.jpg)

> [If your whole world of a band or music is taking place in a digital realm or on technological devices, it's all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/if-your-whole-world-of-a-band-or-music-is-taking-place-in-a-digital/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a5/carrie-brownstein-1580_exciting_if-your-whole-world-of-a-band-or-music-i_975351.png)

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