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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things. You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings.
Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
I've crashed my car three times.
Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women.
I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women.
Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job.
When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
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