“I don't spend a lot of time thinking of what they'll do musically, I try to imagine being locked into a windowless room with this person for twelve hours at a time. If you can look at that and think it might be fun then maybe you've got the right musician.” IfsThinkingTryingLooksPersonsMightFunHoursRoomsImagineMusicianTwelveLocked Author:Leo Kottke
“The principle element in a performance is risk, and if you're losing interest then by scaring yourself to death the audience will feel it and boy it'll wake them up.” IfsFeelsInterestBoysPrinciplesAudienceRiskElementsLosingPerformancesWake UpLosing Interest Author:Leo Kottke
“Musically, I am still hooked and just hypnotized by the sound of the guitar itself. I mean, a guitar sounds good if you drop it on the floor.” IfsMeanStillsSoundGuitarHookedGuitar Sound Author:Leo Kottke
“I do have a library of events I can talk about and I always expect to find a different point of view on it so even if I talk about the same event in the same town it's fresh.” IfsI CanDifferentViewsAirEventsTownsLibraryPoint Of ViewDifferent Points Of View Author:Leo Kottke
“I would say that if you don't feel like talking to the crowd something is wrong and if you force yourself to talk to them things will happen and to that extent things aren't choreographed.” IfsFeelsHappensForceTalkingCrowds Author:Leo Kottke
“I think if you are writing an instrumental you are dealing with more of an aesthetic in a sense but a lyric is more of a putting yourself on the line and a much more expensive exercise.” IfsThinkingWritingLinesExerciseExpensiveAesthetic Author:Leo Kottke
“It's true that the more you put in the more you get out and that has to be there I think, If you aren't really hooked on your instrument this job would be a hell on earth but if you are, it's the best.” IfsThinkingWould BeEarthJobsHellInstrumentsHookedHell On Earth Author:Leo Kottke
