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Over the years, I've had fairly benign record companies who gave me a lot of rope, but in spite of that, there's still restrictions and expectations. It's nice to be at the cottage-industry size, which I think is kind of the business model of the age anyway. It's the way to be. The Internet makes a lot of that possible. Having a loyal fan base is also very useful to keep me operating; people can find your website, and the venues that you're playing at, the merchandise you have for sale, all that kind of stuff. It's great to be able to reach the audience in a more direct way.
Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists.
To see both sides of a quarrel, is to judge without hate or alarm
What I wanted to hear didn't exist, so it was necessary for me to go out and create it.
They came in the thousands from the whole human race to pay their respects at his last resting place.
The best thing you've got going for you is individuality.
I think there are shades of political songs; some are more subtle and can be more effective for being subtle, for being more metaphorical. I've written a lot of songs like that, where it's not really clear if it's a war song or a relationship song. The metaphor can be the most powerful thing of all, but sometimes you have to speak more clearly to more people, and I think this is one of those times.
I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands.
I'm sure every pattern has been covered, but it's nice to think you might dwell on some that other people don't.
I don't really know how writing process happens, how these songs are arrived at. One of the things I like about the writing process is, I don't necessarily know where it's going, and even if I think I know where it's going, it'll turn out different. I find that exciting and rewarding.
I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.
Nothing is plainer than that, if the principles of the church of Rome prevail here, our Constitution would fall. The two cannot exist together. They are in open and direct antagonism with the fundamental theory of our government and of all popular government everywhere.
Will there be any bartenders up there in Heaven, will the pubs never close?
I think the reason kids get into drugs and smoking is they don't have anything to do.
Every day I'll wear your memory like a favorite shirt upon my back
There are only three white blues singers -- Geoff Muldaur is at least two of them.
All audiences should be slightly off balance.
The good part of writing is where it gets out of your control and turns into something else. You look at it and think "Whoa, where did that come from? That wasn't what I meant to write, but it's more interesting than what I was intending. Which part of my subconscious or my experience did that come from?" Often the answer isn't clear, and often the line between fiction and fact isn't clear, either.
I think it's absolutely possible to write a song and go somewhere where no one's been before, uncharted territory. In terms of content, I see limitations where there should be none. I know there are things I wouldn't write about, but that shouldn't be the case. You should be able to make a song out of anything, out of any situation.
It's fun to sing sad songs. And it's fun to listen to sad songs. Enjoyable. Satisfying. Something.