“My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn't because I wanted to make simple music. It's because I don't really have the chops.”
Music bypasses the brain and goes straight to something deeper. These quotes explore rhythm, melody, performance, and the mysterious way that organized sound can make you cry, dance, or remember something you thought you had forgotten.
“I think what I'm going to do is get more balance in my life to still be able to go out and play the hard rock 'n' roll and do what I like to do in music.”
“My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn't because I wanted to make simple music. It's because I don't really have the chops.”
“The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false.”
“What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music.”
“If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.”
“I have terrible hearing trouble. I have unwittingly helped to invent and refine a type of music that makes its principal proponents deaf.”
“I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.”
“It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.”
“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.”
“Some music really does suck!”
“If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you.”
“You are the music while the music lasts.”
“I'm clearly most well known for my music. Eventually, ultimately, I'll be writing books. I'm still writing articles now. I just consider myself a writer.”
“Good music is good music, and everything else can go to hell.”
“My message to anyone who's afraid that they can't write music when they're happy is 'Just trust the passion.' The passion can write a lot of things.”
“Inspiration for my music just comes from, you know, my life experiences.”