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title: "10 Music Professionally Quotes by 9 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Music Professionally quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Music Professionally sayings and thoughts."
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> [No one pursued music professionally in my family but they are all music lovers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/borns/no-one-pursued-music-professionally-in-my-family-but-they-are-all/)

[Borns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/borns/)

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> [I've been playing music professionally, full time since 1980 when I graduated college at the age of 22.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daryl-davis/i-ve-been-playing-music-professionally-full-time-since-1980-when-i/)

[Daryl Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daryl-davis/)

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> [I started making music professionally when I was 14.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sky-ferreira/i-started-making-music-professionally-when-i-was-14/)

[Sky Ferreira](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sky-ferreira/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/sky-ferreira-18120_music_i-started-making-music-professionally-wh_319079.jpg)

> [Having an opportunity to sit down with Directors, Actors, Musicians, Writers and Composers to talk about their relationship with music, both professionally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-bowman/having-an-opportunity-to-sit-down-with-directors-actors-musicians/)

[Edith Bowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-bowman/)

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> [I started making music professionally when I was 14. I did songs on that program GarageBand, and then I'd put demos up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sky-ferreira/i-started-making-music-professionally-when-i-was-14-i-did-songs-on/)

[Sky Ferreira](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sky-ferreira/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d20/sky-ferreira-18120_demos_i-started-making-music-professionally-wh_2017443.jpg)

> [I didn't think it would be possible for me to do music professionally. I was afraid to speak up and say I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigrid/i-didn-t-think-it-would-be-possible-for-me-to-do-music-professionally/)

[Sigrid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigrid/)

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> [It is completely a God thing that I am here today because for the first 17 years of my life, I never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-rhett/it-is-completely-a-god-thing-that-i-am-here-today-because-for-the/)

[Thomas Rhett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-rhett/)

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> [There was a time when I thought I would try to pursue music professionally. But at the same time, I was also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-russ/there-was-a-time-when-i-thought-i-would-try-to-pursue-music/)

[Tim Russ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-russ/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e80/tim-russ-32923_acting_there-was-a-time-when-i-thought-i-would_1628995.jpg)

> [When I was a kid, I felt like I could do anything and play anything. I just felt super-confident. And then, once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patty-schemel/when-i-was-a-kid-i-felt-like-i-could-do-anything-and-play-anything-i/)

[Patty Schemel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patty-schemel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4e/patty-schemel-33019_big-fish_when-i-was-a-kid-i-felt-like-i-could-do_2789859.jpg)

> [Nobody in my family plays music professionally, but I definitely grew up around the culture of when my parents got together, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-doyle-kennedy/nobody-in-my-family-plays-music-professionally-but-i-definitely-grew/)

[Maria Doyle Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-doyle-kennedy/)

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