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Love Quote by Diana Krall

"I love music so much I love what I do. I work very hard at being the best musician I can be because I love it"

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Krall turns what could be a bland celebrity affirmation into a quietly disciplined manifesto: love is not a mood, it is a work ethic. The sentence keeps looping back on itself - "love music", "love what I do", "because I love it" - and that repetition matters. It frames devotion less as a lightning-bolt inspiration and more as a daily, almost mechanical return to the instrument. In a culture that romanticizes genius as effortless, Krall insists on effort without turning it into martyrdom. The pivot is "I work very hard". She doesn't apologize for ambition or dress it up as fate; she makes practice the proof of authenticity.

The subtext is also defensive in a way that feels specific to a high-visibility jazz career, where audiences often want "natural" talent and critics police sincerity. Krall's phrasing preempts suspicion: if the music is polished, it's not because she's cold or calculated; it's because she cares enough to sweat the details. That matters in jazz especially, a genre that prizes spontaneity but is built on muscle memory and obsessive listening.

Contextually, this is a pop-facing articulation of a jazz musician's code. It's accessible, even a little circular, but the circle is the point: love feeds labor, labor deepens love. The line functions as brand, yes, but also as a corrective to the myth that art arrives fully formed.

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Krall, Diana. (2026, January 16). I love music so much I love what I do. I work very hard at being the best musician I can be because I love it. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-love-music-so-much-i-love-what-i-do-i-work-very-120506/

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Krall, Diana. "I love music so much I love what I do. I work very hard at being the best musician I can be because I love it." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-love-music-so-much-i-love-what-i-do-i-work-very-120506/.

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"I love music so much I love what I do. I work very hard at being the best musician I can be because I love it." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-love-music-so-much-i-love-what-i-do-i-work-very-120506/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Diana Krall (born November 16, 1964) is a Musician from Canada.

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