“I want to look at myself the way I do on purpose, because if you aggrandize and try to look at yourself the way a fan does or the way a reviewer does or the way - God bless them, they all got a right to, everybody's got a right to an opinion about it.” IfsWayWantTryingLooksDoePurposeOpinionFansBlessGod BlessReviewersLook At Yourself Author:David Crosby
“I love music. I love making songs. I feel like I've been given a path where I can contribute, where I can protest if somebody does something really obviously wrong or inhuman right in front of me, where I can make a difference. Where I can most especially elevate, make you happy, elevate the condition, elevate the thing.” IfsFeelsDoeI CanSongGivenDifferencesPathConditionsFrontsMaking A DifferenceProtestMake You HappyMusic LoveLove MakingInhumanI Love Music Author:David Crosby
“All wars would end immediately if the various chiefs of state dropped a little LSD.” IfsLittlesWarEndsStatesVariousChiefsLsd Author:David Crosby
“The greatest thing is the internet and that means that anybody, you have just as much access as I do. And you can make your little tape and work on it and work on it until you got it the way you want it. And then you can put it on the net. And if it's any damn good somebody's gonna notice. That's happened over and over again now. To me that's good. That's good access that isn't controlled by the companies. I think that's a great thing.” IfsThinkingWayWantMeanLittlesCompanyMusicHappenedInternetAccessGreat ThingsDamnControlledTapeDamn Good Author:David Crosby
“The fact is that all the recording science and technology in the world is no substitute for a good song or for real feeling. Music is about feeling and if there isn't any genuine feeling, if the song isn't about anything that anyone gives a damn about, there's nothing you can do. All the technique that exists won't make it any good; it'll just make it technological. All the production values you add won't do anything except make it glossy.” IfsWorldGivingWritingRealFactsFeelingsValuesSongCan DoTechnologyMusic IsAddProductionsTechniqueGenuineDamnSongwritingSubstitutesTechnologicalScience And TechnologyReal Feelings Author:David Crosby
“Neil Young played Helpless, and by the time he finished, we were asking him if we could join his band” IfsYoungMusicBandAskingFinishedHelpless Author:David Crosby
“The people who run record companies now wouldn't know a song if it flew up their nose and died. They haven't a clue, and they don't care. You tell them that, and they go, Yeah? So, your point is?” PeopleIfsKnowsCareRunningSongCompanyRecordsHavensDiedYeahDon't CareNosesClueFlewRecord CompaniesFlew Up Author:David Crosby
