I don’t like to have everything all worked out in my head because there’s always a chance of it coming out different than you think it should anyway.
BLACK FRANCISBob Dylan is quite a songwriter, and a great singer and musician. I won’t bother with comparing myself to him, but I will say that I heard his records at a very young age and I still listen to all his records.
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I initially felt shy about doing painting because I wasn’t a professional painter. I almost felt like I didn’t deserve to paint. But I have gradually adopted a different kind of attitude about this.
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A lot of my heroes are artists and a lot of my musical heroes have an artistic side.
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We sing some song that we made up but I don’t want to make a record like that.
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There’s more to life than listening to rock music.
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I have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That’s three college funds.
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I think if everyone agrees that that’s the goal then it doesn’t matter who’s the band and it doesn’t matter who’s the producer. It just means that that you try to realise the ambition no matter what the situation is or who the people are.
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If I have more creativity that I want to get out of me, I try to find other ways than pursuing solo records so much.
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Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.
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The first thing that inspires any song is a chord progression. When I have one I really like, I get into the lyrics even more.
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For some artists the live performance is the chicken before the egg of writing or recording of repertoire. For other artists the writing or recording of repertoire is the chicken before the egg of live performance.
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You think you’ve made something really great, but there’s a reason why it’s not resonating the way some previous work did. But it’s not that easy to just replicate.
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I’m really inspired by the interplay of visual art and music, a total artistic environment where there’s sound and visuals.
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I’ve got a small, loyal audience, which is great. And I appreciate that. They’re there for me every time.
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That’s more important even then what their background is or what they’ve done before, how good they are, how new they are or whatever. All that stuff is really secondary to just getting along with the person.
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Record companies have been overcharging people for way too long and now this is the trouble that they’re in.
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