Chico Buarque Professions : Musician Browse All Authors Top 8 quotes by Chico Buarque I'm not a professional. Yet somehow, I manage to get away with it. Chico Buarque somehow professional away get Had I not become entangled with music, I would have become an author much earlier. Chico Buarque would much become music Whatever is original in my writing comes from my musical apprenticeship. I look for rhythm in words. I imagine words as if they were musical chords. Often I'll write something, read it, and find it musically unsatisfactory. There is a musical imperative in my choice of words. Chico Buarque words choice look writing I'm an amateur. Chico Buarque amateur Every time I drive into Rio from the airport, I see the city for the first time and think how strange it is. Chico Buarque drive city think time Music kind of kidnapped me for a while. Chico Buarque me kidnapped music kind Some people thought I was using my popularity as a singer to sell my first novel. For others, it was almost a sacrilege: a practitioner of a minor art daring to enter the field of high art. Chico Buarque some-people thought people art Most people know my music but will never read my books. Chico Buarque never know music people Similar Authors Adam Jones musician Izzy Stradlin musician Bon Scott musician Brad Delp musician Brad Delson musician Brian Eno musician All Authors
