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Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Quotes

Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett

Everything around a writer, or musician in the record business, probably everything in all the United States or in all of western civilization, is about competition.

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I made a few records here and there by default, but I wasn't ever comfortable in that role. I wasn't comfortable on stage. We'll see how it goes this time.

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I think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked up on us and took us over, before we know what was going on.

Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett

Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around it may be to keep it as simple as possible.

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I want to write songs and play them for people – live.

Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett

I love loud music. I listen loud, and that's part of how I've learned how to do this. Record softly and play back loud and a whole other thing happens.

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In other words, I'd say the whole story of Bob Dylan is one man's search for God. The turns and the steps he takes to find God are his business. I think he went to a study group at the Vineyard, and it created a lot of excitement.

Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett

If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me.

Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett

It's also ironic that in the old days of tape and tape hiss and vinyl records and surface noise, we were always trying to get records louder and louder to overcome that.

Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett

I naturally wanted to be saved, so when I came home I told my mom I wanted to be confirmed. That's the way I related to it, being raised an Episcopalian. I went to Dallas and got confirmed.

Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett

I figured out early on what I wanted to do.

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