“I can't legislate a song into being, it just will not happen for me.” I CanHappensSong Author:David Crosby
“My songs emerge from my life, or wherever they do, unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own.” SongSchedules 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
“The easiest way to get laid by a girl, or get rid of her, is to write a song about her.” WayWritingSongGirlGetting Laid 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
“My songs emerge unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own...We have, all of us, over the years, written things that responded to the world as it slapped us in the face. Me and Nash, singing "To the Last Whale" and "Find the Cost of Freedom". Stills coming up with "For What It's Worth". These came right out of the news. People have accused us of taking stances and the truth is we don't.” PeopleWorldYearsStillsLastsFacesSongWrittenTruth IsCostNewsSingingSongwritingSongwritersSchedulesAccusedWhalesSinger SongwritersWriting SongsStance Author:David Crosby
“My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people in coffeehouses, you know, singing folk music and then, later, singing songs that I started to write myself, I felt more than an affinity for it.” PeopleKnowsWritingWould BeSongActorsFatherFeltSingingFolksAffinityFolk MusicMovie BusinessSinging Songs 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
“Chestnut brown canary, ruby throated sparrow, sing a song, don't be long, thrill me to the marrow.” LongPoetrySongBrownThrillSparrowsRubiesMarrowChestnutsCanaries Author:David Crosby
