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"People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas."
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"This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway."
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"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."
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"Strains of music spring up, crystallizing in the night air like rain turning suddenly to snow, drifting to earth."
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"A tapping foot isn't the best a listener can get from a song: A good song makes a listener dance. A great song makes him think."
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"Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. My father thought the sun rose and set with me. Neither one had a musical background or any musical talent. They liked classical music, but neither could carry a tune."
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"And of course there's so much music in and around our family. I had a piano during Christmas because it's obviously useful through the season. There are so many people, songwriters, who are around."
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"I knew the words to 25 rock songs, so I got in the group. Long Tall Sally and Tutti-Frutti, that got me in. That was my audition."
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"Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music."
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"It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard "Heartbreak Hotel" I thought, this is it."
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"I find it hard to get excited by just a sound. I have to have a song there, then I'll find what used I can make of that sound within the song."
Music
"The old Fleetwood Mac was much better; they did some beautiful and, to my mind, very authentic blues. Chicken Shack did pretty well in Europe, but after I left, it was over."
Europe
"There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be able to record it... so I don't write a million songs."
Books
"I still like to play the blues more than anything else."
Play
"I wasn't raised with money, so I had to get used to having it. I think I've adjusted to it pretty well."
Money
"There were a lot of bad feelings when Lindsey first left the band. But there's been a lot of healing going on, growing up, maturing. The bond is a great deal stronger than what we first thought."
Thought
"Learn your instrument. Be honest. Don't do anything phony. There is so much crap floating around. There is plenty of room for a bit of honest writing."
Writing
"I was in Tower Records in San Francisco a few weeks ago, buying some cassettes, and a couple of people recognized me and ran up with albums, and I just wanted to cover my face and have a seizure or something. I want people to just go away."
People
"We all enjoyed the success of Rumours obviously."
Success
"For Stevie, the words are of prime importance; the song moves around the words, rather than the words moving around the song."
Importance
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