I'm not a professional. Yet somehow, I manage to get away with it. Chico Buarque More Quotes by Chico Buarque More Quotes From Chico Buarque 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
