Quotes about american-music
american-musician job
As busy as I claim to be, I've still got the greatest job in the world. Peter Criss
american-musician kids
We're much more controlled now. We were kids back then, we each had our own demons. It was insanity.
american-musician man
A man sees what he wants to see, And disregards the rest. Paul Simon
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It's a big error to think that because you like somebody's work, you're going to like him.
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 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 felt songs urge
Well, yeah, I wanted to resist the urge to thicken everything up with instrumentation, because I just felt like I was interested in seeing how the songs did on their own. Joanna Newsom
american-musician anyone hopefully life living people watching
Well, when you're just living your life and not watching anyone else's, you write about your thing and hopefully it's something people can latch onto. Joshua Homme
american-musician darkness far matter whatever
When the darkness comes, keep an eye on the light - whatever that is for you - no matter how far away it seems. Jan Berry
american-musician came cowboys gene heard movies rogers roy
When I went to the movies and heard cowboys like Roy Rogers and Gene Autry yodeling when I came out of the movie I was that guy. Aaron Neville
american-musician bands black dressing henry none opened struck
We opened for Black Flag, and none of the bands had dressing rooms, but Henry Rollins had his own. He had struck me as different from that. Jeff Ament
american-musician september women
The month of September is Women in Jazz, so I'm doing jazz there in September. I'm in for the duration. Rita Coolidge
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I like being on this stage because it keeps me thinking. Robert Goulet
american-musician
You open the show with a bang, then don't come back on for 45 minutes.
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Why stop now when I'm just getting the hang of it?
american-musician
Hey, I've been doing what I do for a long time, my friend.
american-musician bad band bit blow few four guys half sound
Just blow in it and sound bad for about a year and then make it sound a little bit better, and you get a little band together, and then you get a few jobs. You take four guys that sound half bad, but if they're 25 percent each, they can give 100 percent, you know? Quincy Jones
american-musician bottle cheap great house sharing wine
We were sharing a bottle of cheap sherry wine to get warm. Now I have this great house away from everything in New York, I've got my own little world.
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.
american-musician
You can learn so much just by doing, not by listening to anybody. Juliana Hatfield
american-musician conversation
Well, he didn't have much of a conversation with me. Not that I can remember. I wasn't used to him. That's about all. I don't know. No conversation. Cab Calloway
american-musician great stay
To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do. Sammy Hagar
american-musician concerning crossed execution mind
To me, all I ever want to do is play, and nothing else ever crossed my mind concerning a career. Just playing. Only the execution of the songs. Gavin DeGraw