Home / Quotes / Quote by Crowder

Quote by Crowder

“Language is in the way. Music's in the way. Songs are in the way. Stuff's in the way. That's just our state here. And to acknowledge that we're broken and to even ... create tradition that helps us embrace that, and to understand that, I think is a very healthy, good thing.”

Quote by Crowder

Author

Crowder, born on November 29, 1971, is a talented musician known for his unique musical style and deeply resonant voice. more

You May Also Like

“We really had the whole piece laid out in like a Word file, just from beginning to end. It was kind of more like your creative-writing class in school. You know, you have the outline and then you just kind of plug the stuff in the little map you've made.”

Knows Writing Kind Littles Made Ends Whole School Stuff Class Creative Pieces Like You Maps Creative Writing Files Outlines Plugs Classes In School

Author:Crowder

“I've been lucky and have played some interesting characters - I'd quite like to play Sweeny Todd.”

Character Interesting Lucky Some Interesting

Author:David Essex

“It was around that time, early 60s. There were like three kindred spirits in New Jersey. I had two friends who played folk music, old-time music and bluegrass and we started a little band called the Garret Mountain Boys.”

Littles Two Spirit Three Boys Band Mountain Folks Jersey New Jersey Kindred Folk Music Old Time Bluegrass Two Friends Kindred Spirit Old Time Music

Author:David Grisman

“Well, Peter Rowan and I had plans to form a band when he left Bill Monroe. I always thought it was going to be a bluegrass band, but I guess when Peter left Bill Monroe he had had enough of bluegrass. He had written some songs and of course the Beatles were a big influence back then. So, we decided to something different and it ended up being that.”

Wells Different Enough Bigs Form Song Courses Left Plans Written Influence Band Decided Bills Peter Had Enough Bluegrass

Author:David Grisman

“Well, you know, the first step I took was to drop the alto and baritone and concentrate on tenor exclusively, a decision I've never really looked back on with any regret. Another thing was that I was 17 when I moved up there, and my listening had really focused on freer music in the previous couple of years- Coltrane was playing with his expanded group, and everyone was listening closely to that, and we were into Shepp and Ayler as well.”

Knows Years Firsts Wells Decision Steps Groups Regret Listening Couple Moved Focused First Steps Tenors Coltrane Baritones

Author:David S. Ware

“I was in bands as a singer-guitarist-songwriter until 1980-81. So, there's a bunch of stuff. A lot of the stuff is hard to come by-stuff by the Special Interest Group and the Zobo Funn Band. The Zobo Funn Band was a big Northeast cult band. We had about a billion skirmishes with the big rock industry.”

Hard Bigs Stuff Interest Groups Special Rocks Industry Band Singers Billions Bunch Songwriters Cult Guitarist Special Interests Interest Groups Special Interest Groups

Author:David Torn

“Well you can see that I'm still in motion. It happens that you share the music with the audience. That is the best happiness an artist can have. I'm not alone on stage but with a group of musicians. So the more the music is successful, the more the audience feel happy about the music. It's the responsiblity of an artist to make his fans happy. That is proposition. I'm always talking about proposition.”

Feels Wells Stills Happens Artist Talking Audience Successful Groups Share Fans Stage Musician Music Is Propositions Not Alone

Author:Manu Dibango

“I'm glad I'm still in motion. I don't think of my past achievements. The most important thing is what I'm going to do tomorrow. I'm happy I did what I did. Thanks be to God.”

Thinking Stills Important Past Tomorrow Achievement Important Things Glad Thanks My Past

Author:Manu Dibango

“Well, talking about Ethiopia is like talking about the whole continent. A month ago we played against AIDS and famine. We also played in Dakar. It is not only the music which is playing an important role on this issue of problems affecting Africa, but the activities of doctors, sportsmen and journalists are also helping in various ways.”

Way Wells Important Whole Helping Problem Talking Roles Issues Months Activity Doctors Various Aids Journalist Continents Famine Sportsman Ethiopia

Author:Manu Dibango

“You know that one don't play music just for the hours to pass. But you play music because you are in love with music and luckily if it happens that people like what I'm proposing, then I'm happy. Although music is business, yet you don't start thinking about money from the initial stages when you are in music. First propose to the people what they want and if they like it, then the money comes later.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Want Firsts Play Happens Hours Stage Music Is Initials Propose

Author:Manu Dibango