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Quotes by Musician

"So I had a couple of years of playing trumpet. I really enjoyed it, but it was not the kind of instrument you could whip out at a party. Let's face it."

"I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make the distinction."


"I bought an espresso maker and coffee maker and make them myself every day."

"We seem to somewhat be behind an eight ball, and what I mean by that is we're constantly waiting for a call from Neil as to whether he wants to do CSNY."

"Do not be afraid to be you. Because that is your greatest gift."

"So to make those checks better, I used to steal lollipops and sell them at school - but I got caught."

"At their core, when things really matter, people see a need to turn to God for strength and protection."

"I'd rather be dead than singing "Satisfaction" when I'm forty-five."

"I like to put on hardcore when I have to clean my apartment, which I hate to do, but it's motivational. I like old heavy metal when I'm outside working on my car. Music has definite functions for me."

"I am a fan of today's sound as long as we don't get too slick, and yet I am very reverent of my roots."

"And we used to do a lot of drugs and get very drunk on very cheap wine."

"They were keen for me still to play the piano, which I was going to, but 45 minutes of piano would be extremely boring. I like a bit of light and shade."


"Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too."
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"I don't like to sit and bask in my own awards. Awards represent artistic death to me."

"The thing that's characteristic of my performance is that I literally do drag the whole studio onto the stage."

"Our ages ranged from 22, down to 18, and we had a 6 month contract to go to Bogata, Columbia. And of course, it was during the depression, we were still with our parents, and things were still pretty tough on them back in the United States."


"I love being in a band. I love that collaborative spirit, although some would suggest that I don't get involved in the collaborative spirit, but it's not true."

"I think that the climate within the band has changed, it's now in a more functional situation."

"I think that's one of the things that has always put me in kind of an odd niche. It's that all of my understanding of orchestral music is via film, not via classical music like it's supposed to be. To me it's the same, it doesn't make any difference."


"We try to create this interesting appearance to make ourselves feel better about ourselves."

"Perhaps it's more merciful to forget the dead instead of remembering them."


"That's a song about reaching deep inside yourself where you can completely be who you are."

"But I think that the most important thing was to really stop drinking."

"My biggest challenge was to make sure that the songs I did were who I am."
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