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"The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic."
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"The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal."
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"I have often heard the statement made by foreign singers, as a demonstrated fact, that the German artists are artists in feeling indeed, and serious in their devotion, but that their singing is crude."
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"I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor."
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"Seeing how those companies operate, it didn't amount to a massive vote of confidence in their artists. There was talk of me going to Columbia after that, but nothing happened. I got disillusioned, and I pulled back."
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"A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist."
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"Derek Trucks is a real good new artist. He's a young guy."
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"For us chess players the language of artist is something natural."
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"So I guess the complete lack of any new developments is what struck me. That and the fact that much of the good we had done for the artists' side of the industry with G.O.D. had been just as quickly undone by the big boys."
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"I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I like because I like thousands and thousands and I've been influenced in some way by all of them."
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"I'm aware of the fact that a lot of talented people out there will never get this chance."
People

"Willie Nelson, out there 200 days a year, calls his band family. And it is."
Family

"If you're really on top, you probably didn't do that great, 'cause you have to water it down a bit for it to get that mass appeal."
Water

"You look out there and there's people that, their day is changed because of your contribution to it."
People

"I've been on the road I think probably three years."
Road

"Guitar playing isn't really for everybody."
Guitar

"I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go."
Word

"I love any and all situations where you celebrate creativity."
Love

"I'm sure there are a few things in my CD collection that might surprise people. I like classical music, the blues, and I'm a big fan of alternative rock."
Music

"As a guitar player, it's harder for me to impress somebody than it is to write a song that they like."
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