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> [I never wanted to have a profession, and I've succeeded in not having one, or if I did have one it never paid, or it's never been especially long-term.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlemagne-palestine/i-never-wanted-to-have-a-profession-and-i-ve-succeeded-in-not-having/)

[Charlemagne Palestine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlemagne-palestine/)

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## More by Charlemagne Palestine

> [I hung around hippie-ish kind of people and, first of all, they never made any money. If you never make any money, you never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlemagne-palestine/i-hung-around-hippie-ish-kind-of-people-and-first-of-all-they-never/)

[Charlemagne Palestine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlemagne-palestine/)

> [I played to 20,000 people every day because people were walking on 5th Ave going to and from their jobs, and my sounds were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlemagne-palestine/i-played-to-20-000-people-every-day-because-people-were-walking-on/)

[Charlemagne Palestine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlemagne-palestine/)

> [I'm not afraid to be a Russian Jewish romantic in my approach to anything, even in my animal divinities, or anything about the feeling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlemagne-palestine/i-m-not-afraid-to-be-a-russian-jewish-romantic-in-my-approach-to/)

[Charlemagne Palestine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlemagne-palestine/)

> [My music education was oral. I was resistant to scores and things like that. In Jewish religious music, there are no scores. You learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlemagne-palestine/my-music-education-was-oral-i-was-resistant-to-scores-and-things-like/)

[Charlemagne Palestine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlemagne-palestine/)

> [I never wanted to have a profession, and I've succeeded in not having one, or if I did have one it never paid, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlemagne-palestine/i-never-wanted-to-have-a-profession-and-i-ve-succeeded-in-not-having/)

[Charlemagne Palestine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlemagne-palestine/)

> [I never became primarily a musician! I've always been a wanderer and I'm always bored.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlemagne-palestine/i-never-became-primarily-a-musician-i-ve-always-been-a-wanderer-and-i/)

[Charlemagne Palestine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlemagne-palestine/)

> [There are pieces that in the history of music that also make me cry. I'm not ashamed to cry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlemagne-palestine/there-are-pieces-that-in-the-history-of-music-that-also-make-me-cry-i/)

[Charlemagne Palestine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlemagne-palestine/)

> [I never made any money from my music. I don't make that much; I make it flip-flopping between five and ten different disciplines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlemagne-palestine/i-never-made-any-money-from-my-music-i-don-t-make-that-much-i-make-it/)

[Charlemagne Palestine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlemagne-palestine/)

> [I found so much fun in the light shows and the multimedia shows of the hippies. That was when I was a student in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlemagne-palestine/i-found-so-much-fun-in-the-light-shows-and-the-multimedia-shows-of/)

[Charlemagne Palestine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlemagne-palestine/)

> [People never heard bells in Western music sounding really cataclysmic. You hear that more in Russian music or in Asian, Indonesian traditions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlemagne-palestine/people-never-heard-bells-in-western-music-sounding-really-cataclysmic/)

[Charlemagne Palestine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlemagne-palestine/)

> [There are some people who love being a something, but I also got the gist in the 60's when I grew up that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlemagne-palestine/there-are-some-people-who-love-being-a-something-but-i-also-got-the/)

[Charlemagne Palestine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlemagne-palestine/)

> [For Jewish people, salmon has a special meaning, not just because it's a flavor we've had all along our diaspora. Salmon also have this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlemagne-palestine/for-jewish-people-salmon-has-a-special-meaning-not-just-because-it-s/)

[Charlemagne Palestine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlemagne-palestine/)

> [Not that I have anything against music now, but I just hated being an anything. I don't know why.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlemagne-palestine/not-that-i-have-anything-against-music-now-but-i-just-hated-being-an/)

[Charlemagne Palestine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlemagne-palestine/)

> [I actually started as a singer in Brooklyn, and I lived in a community. To get out of the ghetto of my community, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlemagne-palestine/i-actually-started-as-a-singer-in-brooklyn-and-i-lived-in-a-community/)

[Charlemagne Palestine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlemagne-palestine/)

> [around 1977 I became very ... negative, I began to do things unconsciously that I didn't understand, and they were very sabotagistic and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlemagne-palestine/around-1977-i-became-very-negative-i-began-to-do-things-unconsciously/)

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