Quotes about american-music
american-musician
It's a big error to think that because you like somebody's work, you're going to like him. Paul Simon
american-musician hero responsibility
A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom. Bob Dylan
american-musician future
Well, the future for me is already a thing of the past.
american-musician character fan overlook party people
I really was a fan of his and always have been - his writing especially, you know? I think people a lot of times overlook that part, because he kind of got into that party character so heavy. Alan Jackson
american-musician jennifer love somebody
The only thing I'll say about Jennifer is she's somebody I'll always love, and that I'll always love her and we'll always be friends. Puff Daddy
american-musician opposed phrase unease uneasy
Well, I guess my unease with that is... I'm always a little uneasy with that phrase - smooth jazz, as opposed to what? David Sanborn
american-musician ready work
I'm ready to work and if it happens, it happens. If it doesn't, it's fine. Donna Summer
american-musician country
I was just a bumpkin. Just a country bumpkin. I had just come to New York from Virginia. Or was it Baltimore? Cass Elliot
american-musician helped music
If it helped you get your music off the ground, I'm glad you done it. Carl Perkins
american-musician particular whether
They're not particular about whether you're playing a flatted fifth or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance to it. Dizzy Gillespie
american-musician example force ideas process reasons teach
I always try to teach by example and not force my ideas on a young musician. One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.
american-musician brilliant composer guitar innovator mind recognize
While I recognize in the back of my mind that I am an occasionally brilliant guitar composer and arranger, innovator and player. John Fahey
american-musician constitution document motion people recipe
With the Constitution they set something in motion that is a pretty extraordinary document and a recipe for the way you would want people to live. Emmylou Harris
american-musician bring capture elements good
With tape, you capture the impact, but you bring in some other elements. Sometimes those elements are good and sometimes, they're not. Herb Alpert
american-musician dreams films memories
If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts. Adam Duritz
american-musician biggest dead music shot
The Grateful Dead were an influence on our music but they weren't by a long shot the biggest influence. Jon Fishman
american-musician none strict treat
None of them going to treat me bad, honey, I'm too strict for that. Alberta Hunter
american-musician dirt sit until
Until they put that sand and dirt in my face I will not sit in church all day.
american-musician feet great music oh people played small talk
Oh yeah, it's great see music and to play music in small places. And it's really fun for me to play here because, you know, I played two feet from people all night. And after all those years, it's great to be able to talk to folks. Bill Kreutzmann
american-musician love
No, I do it all, but I do love to play solo. Bruce Hornsby
american-musician bing call came instructed letting money necessary ready third
But just as I was ready to call it quits, I got the necessary money from a third party, who had been instructed by Bing to help me out, without letting me know where the help came from. Bob Crosby
american-musician business shaping starts
When the business starts shaping the art, or the delivery of the art, then it's not right. Bob Mould
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It doesn't have anything to do with yesterday or tomorrow, it's all right now. Billy Higgins
american-musician people
I think that people should learn about that. In most music, there's one way that you do something, and that's the only way. In jazz, it's a lot different.
american-musician few god
The first thing is, jazz is one of the few things to let you know that there is a God and there is a creation.
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The United States is a beautiful place, you know?
american-musician
Music. It's all creativity right here, right now.
american-musician bad days songs
If I give myself a chore, for instance, when I was writing the songs for Shameless, I said to myself, Now, every day for 90 days you have to write a song; good, bad or indifferent. So that was really helpful. Judy Collins
american-musician country early houses records sang success terms
I sang in the coffee houses of the country in the early '60s with no idea of success in terms of records or television. I just thought I was a storyteller. I didn't even think of myself as a singer.
american-musician everybody gonna
You just never know when somebody's gonna die. It could happen at any moment so you've got to really treat everybody that way. Just really let everybody know how you feel about them. John Frusciante
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The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence. Joan Baez
american-musician counting eat million parts per
You can't eat fish. It's 6,000 parts DDT per million all over the world, not counting radiation. Dick Dale
american-musician trying vanity waste
You can't control how you are perceived, and you are a fool if you waste any energy trying to do so. Vanity will get you nowhere.