“When I was 11 years old, my parents wanted me to do something besides get in trouble. So they enrolled me in sailing classes at the Sea Shell Association in Santa Barbara, Calif. From the moment I climbed into that 8-foot dinghy in 1952, I knew instinctively what to do and sensed I had done it before.” YearsDoneMomentsWantedParentClassTroubleSeaFeetAssociationShellsSailingSantaBarbaraSanta BarbaraSea ShellDinghies Author:David Crosby
“I write very sporadically. I write sometimes three things in a week and then nothing for a year. I make a space for it but I don't push it. They just come and they come.” WritingYearsSometimesThreeSpaceMusicWeekThree Things Author:David Crosby
“Sometimes the entire thing comes out in one burst. Sometimes you hack away at a thing for years before you get something that satisfies you.” YearsSometimesMusicHacks 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
