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Had I not become entangled with music, I would have become an author much earlier.

~Chico Buarque

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I'm an amateur.

~Chico Buarque

Topics: Amateur

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I'm not a professional. Yet somehow, I manage to get away with it.

~Chico Buarque

Topics: Away Get Manage Professional Somehow

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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

Topics: Airport City Drive Every Every Time First First Time How Rio See Strange Think Time I See

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Music kind of kidnapped me for a while.

~Chico Buarque

Topics: Kidnapped Kind Me Music While

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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

Topics: Almost Art Daring Enter Field First High Minor Novel Others People Popularity Sell Singer Some Some People Thought Using

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Most people know my music but will never read my books.

~Chico Buarque

Topics: Books Know Most Music Never People Read Will

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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

Topics: Apprenticeship Choice Chords Find Imagine Imperative Look Musical Musically Often Original Read Rhythm Something Were Whatever Words Write Writing

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Biography

Nationality: Brazilian

Type: Musician

Born: June 19th, 1944

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