Quotes about american-music
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Me And The Radio is probably the most directed at my divorce and a turning point in my life to having to make a conscious choice to move on. Deana Carter
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Me and Eddie really hit it off as songwriters and also as just people. It lasted three years. I don't regret one moment. They were great to me. Gary Cherone
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Leonard Feather... was the one who arranged for me to come to London to work for the BBC, and we remained friends until Leonard passed away in 1994. Benny Carter
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Louis Jordan, I always liked him as well. Mose Allison
american-musician brothers finally people response
Lorne finally said, Do the Blues Brothers thing. The response was amazing. People went nuts. Steve Cropper
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Less Than Zero and American Psycho were both really different, so I was just like, Okay, he's just really doesn't have anything pleasant to say, you know? But I get it. I get at least why it's difficult and what he's really doing. Shannyn Sossamon
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Many movie people, who would never have dreamt of using jazz arrangers for scores, are doing it frequently now, even though they water them down. Norman Granz
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So, here we are in Santiago, Chile and the President had absconded. There were mob scenes and people were all up in arms. It was pretty grim. Martin Denny
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So, for instance, if you came to me, I'd ask,'Do you want to write? Do you want to improvise? Why do you want to play this instrument? What do you want to do?' Ornette Coleman
american-musician fan fight
So I've been a fight fan for a long time. Robert Goulet
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So it would be a Breeders thing where Kelley would come down and record. We went to New York City, and that's when we saw Kelley kicking. Kim Deal
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So I suppose that means we can actually play the instruments. Stewart Copeland
american-musician came chords composing course full harmonies orchestra
So I was really composing for full orchestra and of course I didn't know enough chords or harmonies yet but I came up with some interesting stuff. John Fahey
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We brought out the old catalog and the majority of the Van Halen fans did appreciate it, but in the end, they wanted their Dave. Gary Cherone
american-musician people requires room side three
Working with the band, you're in a room with three other people and you're more verbal. It requires the other side of the brain. Lindsey Buckingham
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Every record that you do man, is sooo different in every way. Jerry Cantrell
american-musician ballads power
And when power ballads come back, we'll get big hair again. Jerry Cantrell
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There are nights when you can feel stale because you've fallen into a pattern by touring too much, but it's easy to get out of it by deliberately getting in trouble and playing yourself into a corner to then see if you can get out of it. Leo Kottke
american-musician coming literally
I will literally open my mouth not knowing what is coming out. Leo Kottke
american-musician bear heard imitate secondly yes
Yes and for two reasons: one, I couldn't find anything to imitate at the time, and secondly because what I heard on the radio didn't bear any resemblance to what I wanted to hear on the guitar. Leo Kottke
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It was a kind of paralysis you would get from tendonitis and I would last about five to ten minutes into the set and it would set in and I really couldn't play. Leo Kottke
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We spent a lot of time on that record with the sound and recorded it on the Paramount sound stage which is this huge room where the sound is reflected but the reflection is so late and comes from so far away that it doesn't blur the music but gives you a room nonetheless. Leo Kottke
american-musician folks half hip player record
I was two and a half and my folks would put it on the record player and I would run around the house screaming, but I haven't been that hip since. Leo Kottke
american-musician mind
Yeah, the first thing that comes to mind is not to try too hard. Leo Kottke
american-musician particular record
It was almost two years after I left Capital that I put out the first one on Chrysalis and that was really instructive because it was no better in particular than any other record I'd done. Leo Kottke
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I seem to find different material every four to six months and I frequently forget it which is a shame because it would be nice to have a bigger library. Leo Kottke
american-musician best played
New Year's was insane! It was the best show I've ever played for New Year's. Les Claypool
american-musician time
I think Phish will come back. I just think it's time for a breather. Les Claypool
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Yeah, I kinda still get nervous sometimes now. Kenny Hickey
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Aww, come on man, I can barely handle 6 strings. Kenny Hickey
american-musician force great
Waylon was such a great force in music. Jessi Colter
american-musician company pull records taking
When The Supremes were taking off, the company, the company would pull in records so that The Supremes could go for the million. Brenda Holloway
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I hear many extra-musical things somehow in Coltrane. Lee Konitz