Damien Chazelle Quotes

By the end of high school, I had this fork-in-the-road moment where part of me considered going to vocational music school to really pursue it.

Damien Chazelle

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• By the end of high school, I had this fork-in-the-road moment where part of me considered going to vocational music school to really pursue it.

  

  Damien Chazelle
  • Music
  • School
  • High