“I don't want to make music for people who don't care about music.” PeopleWantCareDon't Care Author:T Bone Burnett
“My advice for young people is that, if you want to be a musician, the thing to do is practice eight hours a day.” PeopleIfsWantYoungHoursPracticeAdviceMusicianEightThings To Do Author:T Bone Burnett
“People make art on the sides of buildings, and they'll make art on the sides of trains. They'll make art wherever they decide to make art. The technology that people are working with now will be replaced in 10 years, so that's not where your future is, if you're a musician.” PeopleIfsYearsArtSidesTechnologyBuildingMusicianTrainOur FutureReplacedYour Future Author:T Bone Burnett
“[Bob] Dylan began to incorporate things into that scene that were controversial then. He got shouted at in Newport when he played electric guitar, for instance. There was a certain purity that was sought among those people.” PeopleCertainSceneGuitarInstancePurityBobElectricDylanControversialElectric Guitar Author:T Bone Burnett
“We live in an age of music for people who don't like music. The record industry discovered some time ago that there aren't that many people who actually like music. For a lot of people, music's annoying, or at the very least they don't need it. They discovered if they could sell music to a lot of those people, they could sell a lot more records.” PeopleIfsNeedsAgeRecordsIndustrySellsAnnoyingMusic Business Author:T Bone Burnett
“I want to write songs and play them for people - live.” PeopleWantWritingPlaySong Author:T Bone Burnett
“The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingArtProblemIndividualRecordsDangerousBandCompromise Author:T Bone Burnett
