“I think I always thought of the guitar as the vehicle to be able to make some musical idea up. The only appeal to learning more chords was having more chords to put into songs. I never got too wrapped up in becoming technically good. So writing songs happened pretty simultaneously with learning how to play the guitar.” ThinkingWritingIdeasPlayAbleSongHappenedBecomingGuitarMusicalAppealsVehicleChordsWriting SongsLearning More Author:Jeff Tweedy
“What happened during the previews of 'Taboo' [musical] was that it was the first time I'd ever been written about as a great song-writer - I cried. I absolutely wept, because it wasn't the usual stuff like, "Oh, he was a drug addict and he did this and that..." It was really looking at the music and it was really complimentary. It was a huge thing.” FirstsSongStuffWrittenHappenedHugeDrugFirst TimeMusicalUsualCriedAddictTabooDrug AddictPreview Author:Boy George
“I wasn't pursuing a musical career or anything. It just happened and then it was there.” CareersHappenedMusical Author:Ian Astbury
“Her sister [June Havoc] said the musical portrayed who Gypsy [Rose Lee] wanted to be before the burlesque thing happened she wanted to be this beautiful, romantic person with dreams. So Gypsy told the story of her life as she wished she'd lived it: embellishing, softening the edges, eliminating certain things altogether.” PersonsSaidStoriesDreamWantedBeautifulCertainHappenedRoseMusicalEdgesThings HappenJuneGypsyEliminatingHavocBurlesqueBeautiful RomanticRomantic Person Author:Karen Abbott