Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" I don't believe in dressing up reality. I don't believe in using makeup to make things look smoother. "

Related Quotes:

" When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment. "

" I think it's pretentious to create art just for the sake of stroking the artists ego. "

" You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums. "

" You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it. "

" I cleaned up my act because otherwise I would have kicked the bucket. "

" The first generation of CDs sounded terrible. Any chance to remaster would make the music sound better than what was already out there. "

" I love Ornette Coleman. I love Don Cherry. I love the way those guys play. "

" It's depressing when you're still around and your albums are out of print. "

" I always thought martial arts was the most modern choreography we could have right now, and I always wanted to put it to music. "

" I tried to give up drugs by drinking. "

" Raymond Chandler managed to write about L.A. his whole career. Should I keep going writing about New York? Is that what I should be doing? Songwriting doesn't work that way. "

" These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible. "

" If it has more than three chords, it's jazz. "

" Perfect Night has that magic and it has the raw energy that grabs you by the throat. "

" I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any attention at all. Sometimes it's me, or a composite of me and other people. Sometimes it's not me at all. "

" People think that I work out but it's all t'ai chi. "

" I always believed that I have something important to say and I said it. "

" The most important part of my religion is to play guitar. "

" I'm too old to do things by half. "

" I'm not joking around when I've said occasionally, trying to learn how to play a D chord properly has been a very big thing for me. "

" Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony. "

" I'm a humanist. "

" I was a product of Andy Warhol's Factory. All I did was sit there and observe these incredibly talented and creative people who were continually making art, and it was impossible not to be affected by that. "

" The music is all. People should die for it. People are dying for everything else, so why not the music? "

" I've never been super confident about anything. The work is never as good as it could be. "

" I don't like overdubs, never liked them. "

" I wouldn't want to hear Beethoven without beautiful bass, the cellos, the tuba. It's very important. Hip-hop has thunderous bass. And so does Beethoven. If you don't have the bass, it's like being amputated. It's like you have no legs. "

" One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz. "

" I've become completely well adjusted to being a cult figure. "

" Some even claim that I'm a terror, a dictator and they're right. "