“I realized that I don't like touring. I'll never complain about it because no one wants to hear about a relatively successful musician complain about the hardships of staying in a hotel.” WantSuccessfulMusicianComplainingI RealizedHotelStayingHardshipTouring Author:Moby
“I went down to London with the idea that I was going to do vocals over this crazy, crazy trip-hop digital beat. Within two or three months, I heard Hunky Dory by David Bowie and that changed me in one way, and I realized what I actually wanted was to have an E Street Band - individuals, not session musicians.” WayTwoIdeasWantedThreeIndividualHeardCrazyStreetsChangedMonthsBandMusicianBeatsLondonI RealizedOne WayHopsDigitalSessionVocalThree MonthsBowie Author:KT Tunstall
“I realized, that the life of a musician, even of a very lucky, very successful musician, wasn't really the life I wanted: I hate travel, I hate living out of suitcases, I hate the constant anxiety of being on stage.” WantedHateSuccessfulStageLuckyAnxietyMusicianI HateConstantI RealizedSuitcases Author:Garth Greenwell
“I've never been really interested in music, classical or otherwise, where the craft is more important than the result. I realized quickly that I'd never be a technical electronic musician.” ImportantResultsMusicianI RealizedCraftsElectronic Music Author:Anna Meredith
“At a certain age I just stopped arguing. I realized that there was no way [my father] could see, because for him to approve of what I was doing, he would have to have some belief in me as a musician.” WayAgeCertainFatherBeliefMusicianArguingI Realized Author:George Michael
“Around 2010, I kind of looked up and said, I'm 40 years old. You know, I chose music. I don't have a husband. I don't have any kids. Like, I chose music. So, I had to make a decision. Like, do I want to do something else, or do I want to go from journeyman to master? And I realized, I want to be a really good musician.” KindKidsDecisionHusbandMusicianI Realized Author:Neko Case
“My abject hatred of actors and the acting world. I went to college as an actor, and halfway through, I switched to playwriting and directing. Then I spent a couple years working in publishing, doing some freelance journalism for The Village Voice and Musician magazine. I thought my life was going to be as a writer, but then I realized I missed performing, so I got into comedy. It was a nice combination of things I was sort of good at. I was a pretty good writer and a decent actor, but I didn't really like acting, and I didn't have the discipline to be a writer.” WorldActingComedyNiceCollegeCoupleDisciplineMusicianHatredI RealizedJournalismPerformingDecentPublishingHalfway Author:Christian Finnegan
“My son is actually named after Beck, the musician. We heard Beck on the radio and thought that was a good nickname for a child. We named our son Beckett so we could call him Beck - we reverse engineered. And then after he was born and I saw the name on the birth certificate I realized Beckett was a really pretentious name, way too literary. Luckily he's grown into it. We nearly named my second son Dashiell. Can you imagine? Beckett and Dashiell. It would have been a disaster of pretentiousness.” ChildrenImagineSonBirthMusicianI RealizedDisasterMy SonPretentiousBeckettPretentiousness Author:Lauren Groff