“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 come from a school of people, folk singers, and the tradition there is troubadours, and you're carrying a message. Admittedly, our job is partly just to make you boogie, just make you want to dance. Part of our job is to take you on a little voyage, tell you a story.But part of our job is to communicate the way a town crier did: It's 12:00 and all is well, or it's 11:30 and the whole Congress is sold. It's part of the job.” PeopleWayWantWellsLittlesWholeStoriesSchoolJobsMessagesTraditionTownsCongressFolksCommunicateSingersVoyagesBoogieTroubadours Author:David Crosby
“I think ideas are still the most powerful things on the planet, and music is a great way to transmit them.” ThinkingWayStillsIdeasPowerfulPlanetsMusic IsMost PowerfulTransmit Author:David Crosby
“After all the time we [people] spent saying look, war is a stupid way to solve stuff - oh, you're not trying to solve stuff. You're trying to make money.” PeopleWayTryingLooksWarStuffStupidSolveMaking Money 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
“Alec Guinness classed up that movie [Star Wars]. Nobody else in that movie knew how to act. Nobody else had a clue of what they were doing. The young guy was a complete loss, absolutely couldn't act his way out of a bag, but Alec Guinness carried that movie. He was such a class act that it elevated the film to be a joy to watch.” WayWarFilmYoungJoyGuyStarsLossClassWatchesBagsClueMovie StarYoung GuysGuinness 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
“Describing Woodstock as the "big bang," I think that's a great way to describe it, because the important thing about it wasn't how many people were there or that it was a lot of truly wonderful music that got played.” PeopleThinkingWayImportantBigsWonderfulImportant ThingsBangsDescribingWoodstock Author:David Crosby
