Quotes about american-music
american-musician anybody bored competition might push sink
Without anybody to give him some competition or to push him, Johnny, like anybody, might get a little bored or sink into complacency. Rick Derringer
american-musician australian-musician bloody recorded six song version
We recorded this song about six years ago in Australia. It didn't do a bloody thing then, and I don't think this version will do anything today. Maurice Gibb
american-musician force parameters particular playing trying
Yeah, it's more like playing what you think is appropriate for the moment. It's not about trying to force any particular style within the parameters - and the parameters we play in are pretty large! Charlie Hunter
american-musician cut lower
We're charging what we're worth and we don't think we're worth $22.50. We take a lower cut than Pearl Jam. Tre Cool
american-musician colonel elvis gave hilton painting passed since time
I still have an old painting the Colonel gave me. It was the first time the Colonel had been back to the Hilton since Elvis had passed away. Mac Davis
american-musician blues learnt mark playing
I think I made my mark playing instruments like the Minimoog, because I learnt how to make them talk; I learnt how to get the blues out of them. George Duke
american-musician might miss sweet wife
I think he might miss everything he used to do but I don't know that for a fact. His wife is probably the only one that does. A sweet lady. Jimmy Carl Black
american-musician frequent great management problems travel trips
I still travel a great deal. I go to the States, not for too long periods, but I make frequent trips because of my management problems with Ella. Norman Granz
american-musician depends people studio time
It depends on the time of the year and who I've been talking to, I try to put people in the studio I like. Leo Kottke
american-musician connecting definitely music reactions seems
It definitely seems like we are connecting with people, which is nice, because I've had a lot of music do the same for me. It's not like I don't I understand why we get the reactions we do. Jon Crosby
american-musician became caught great lesson machinery sheer took
That was the big lesson for all of us. Everything was going great on paper, but we all became miserable because we were so caught up in the machinery of how you make that happen, it took away the sheer joy. Susanna Hoffs
american-musician fleetwood good mac
The 12 years I was in Fleetwood Mac before were not particularly happy years. I was not in a very good place, psychologically, when I left. I didn't have a lot of confidence in what I was doing. Lindsey Buckingham
american-musician game great
That was a great game of golf, fellas. Bing Crosby
american-musician bebop oh wave
Oh yeah, that was the thing to do at that time. This was before the new wave of bebop started. Martin Denny
american-musician fall love talking women
So many women are talking about how they could fall in love with Sherman, and he's someone I could fall in love with because it's about what's inside. Janet Jackson
american-musician miss
Shoot for the moon - if you miss you'll end up in the stars. Artie Shaw
american-musician awesome excited fact hearing media people talk
The fact that this is getting released, and people are just now hearing it, kind of tickles me. This is just awesome that the media is excited to talk to me and find out what's happening. Jessi Colter
american-musician certain changing kids million sell votes
Well, there are certain words and emotions I don't want kids hearing, and I'm not changing because they think it's going to sell better. This is going to sound horrible, but I got 12 million votes doing what I did. Clay Aiken
american-musician felt love
What I felt is the same kind of love I felt between Waylon and his audience. And that's what I miss.
american-musician discourage love rather
I don't think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you don't discourage something that may be rather nice. Linda Ronstadt
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Those 12 years, they were ambiguous at best.
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I was playing a Fender Telecaster when I first joined.
american-musician center focused instrument keeps stevie strength voice
That's one strength that Stevie has. She's really not a strong instrumentalist in any way. Her instrument is her voice and her words. And it keeps her focused on the very center of that.
american-musician couple days hours leave morning others painting ten till waltz
Some days I would be there at ten in the morning and wouldn't leave till ten at night, and the others would waltz in for a couple of hours and then leave, because I was doing that painting thing. And they were happy to see that being done.
american-musician fleetwood good mac thrilled time totally
You know, I was never totally thrilled with being a Fleetwood Mac member, but surprisingly, I was having such a good time reuniting with John, Mick, and Stevie.
american-musician certain joined pick
They tried to get me to use a pick when I first joined the band. They had certain things they thought were appropriate. I tried to adapt as much as I could.
american-musician bunch edit great performance string takes
That's the only way to do it. Just like an actor. You can get a great performance if you do a bunch of takes and edit it. You find the moments and string them together.
american-musician best daily environment good pushed tango though time
Even though I had pushed through the Tango album, it was just not a very good environment to be in on a daily basis. In many ways, this is the best time of my life.
american-musician christine john love since stevie
Years on, Christine and John still have a deep love for each other, as do Stevie and I - we've been working together since I was 17.
american-musician learned sort stuff vindicated
Another thing that was unique about working on this stuff was that I was engineering it. I used many of the things I had learned while I was away from the band. It sort of vindicated my decision to leave in '87.
american-musician english-musician gees respect
The Bee Gees, to us, was the three brothers. In Maurice's name, we would respect that and not be the Bee Gees anymore. Robin Gibb
american-musician dignified dignity loved older saw seeing stand ten wounded
It slaps your dignity just right. I loved the idea of these proud, dignified black men, and I saw the older ones wounded, and it wounded me ten times as much because I couldn't stand seeing them hurt like this. Quincy Jones
american-musician life rats running spent ten until
We spent most of our life almost like street rats just running around the street until we were ten years old.