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> [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/)

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## More by Terry Bozzio

> [If I had my brothers I think with just a little bit of the correct marketing, I'd like to be almost exclusively in small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-bozzio/if-i-had-my-brothers-i-think-with-just-a-little-bit-of-the-correct/)

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

> [I'm very grateful to be where I'm at and be able to play. That's really the bottom line for me. Survival and being able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-bozzio/i-m-very-grateful-to-be-where-i-m-at-and-be-able-to-play-that-s/)

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

> [I have tons of tunes, maybe 30 tunes that I still think are great, and only because some jerk at a record company didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-bozzio/i-have-tons-of-tunes-maybe-30-tunes-that-i-still-think-are-great-and/)

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

> [In America we're in this awful situation, and you know, I hardly get any royalties anymore because music is just stolen from the internet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-bozzio/in-america-we-re-in-this-awful-situation-and-you-know-i-hardly-get/)

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

> [I try to put what's evocative in the music to me, I try and put that out there in terms of titles and imagery,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-bozzio/i-try-to-put-what-s-evocative-in-the-music-to-me-i-try-and-put-that/)

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

> [I had been composing just for myself, and people would say I played so orchestrally, and wondered if I thought about having someone write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-bozzio/i-had-been-composing-just-for-myself-and-people-would-say-i-played-so/)

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

> [Half the stuff I've written was written when I was half asleep watching the David Letterman show when some boring actress was on talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-bozzio/half-the-stuff-i-ve-written-was-written-when-i-was-half-asleep/)

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

> [I'm not Stravinsky, I never will be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-bozzio/i-m-not-stravinsky-i-never-will-be/)

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

> [I don't really have that much control over where I play. I put out parameters and I accept what I can. If it's really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-bozzio/i-don-t-really-have-that-much-control-over-where-i-play-i-put-out/)

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

> [There's nothing that can prepare you for fame and for the music business at any point in history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-bozzio/there-s-nothing-that-can-prepare-you-for-fame-and-for-the-music/)

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

> [I feel qualified and competent to try anything that's thrown my way because I don't have to be a success. I can just try.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-bozzio/i-feel-qualified-and-competent-to-try-anything-that-s-thrown-my-way/)

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

> [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/)

> [I'm not a haiku artist, but I wanted to use the phrase 5, 7, 5 in the melody that flows over time. So the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-bozzio/i-m-not-a-haiku-artist-but-i-wanted-to-use-the-phrase-5-7-5-in-the/)

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

> [I don't think I really started to seriously compose until around that time when I was 40.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-bozzio/i-don-t-think-i-really-started-to-seriously-compose-until-around-that/)

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

> [You just chip away until the puzzle is complete.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-bozzio/you-just-chip-away-until-the-puzzle-is-complete/)

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

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