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. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Art • Bands • Business • Dangerous • Health • Learning • People • Problem • Record Business • Something • Ways People
At different times in my life I met God from a different point of view. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Different Times • God • Life • My Life • Point • Point Of View • View
I got out of high school, bought a recording studio and started operating it as an engineer and a producer. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Engineer • High • High School • Out • Producer • Recording Studio • School
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 Bob Dylan • Business • Excitement • God • Lot • Man • One Man • Search • Story • Study Group • Turns • Vineyard • Whole Story • Words
But my point is these Civil War songs were gruesome. The hatred that's so bad in this country today, and for the past 10 or 15 years, bad as it is, is nothing compared to the kind of things people would write down and sing back in the Civil War. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Bad • Civil War Songs • Country Today • Down • Gruesome • Hatred • Past • People • Point • Today • War • Years
I want to write songs and play them for people – live. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Live • People • Play • Songs • Want • Write
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 Ironic • Noise • Old • Old Days • Overcome • Surface • Trying • Vinyl
I figured out early on what I wanted to do. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Early • Figured • Out • Wanted
My original idea was to produce and not make records myself. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Idea • Make • Myself • Original • Original Idea • Produce • Records
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. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Comfortable • Default • Few • Records • Role • See • Stage • Time
I've seen a study in the last year that digital sound actually induces stress in the listener. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Actually Induces Stress • Last Year • Listener • Sound • Stress • Study • Year
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. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Business • Civilization • Competition • Everything • Record Business Probably • United States • Writer
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 Alpha Band • Band • Group • Know • Over • Strange • Strange Group • Think • Us
I'm not going to get in to an argument with anyone about the relative merits of Judaism and Christianity, and what it means for a Jewish kid to be a Christian – I'm just not interested in that argument. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Anyone • Argument • Christian • Christianity • Jewish • Judaism • Just • Kid • Relative Merits
If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Enough • God • Me • Personal Relationship • Relationship • True
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 Being • Dallas • Episcopalian • Got • Home • Mom • Way
Still, records are documents of a period of time. Most records are documents of two or three years, and I just approached it as a record I was doing over a 20-year period of time. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Documents • Doing • Over • Period • Record • Records • Three • Three Years • Time • Two • Years
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. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Back • Listen • Loud • Loud Music • Love • Music • Part • Play • Record • Thing
You know, the thing that struck me about Civil War music was how bloody it was; it was full of hatred. There was incredible vitriol in it. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Bloody • Civil War • Civil War Music • Full • Hatred • Me • Music • Thing • Vitriol • War • You
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. Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Around • Bach • Beatles • Everything • Great • Hard • May • Possible • Simple • Way
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