Joseph Henry T Bone Burnett Quotes

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.

My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.

I figured out early on what I wanted to do.

At different times in my life I met God from a different point of view.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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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Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.

When I graduated, I promptly took a job in finance, making both my pre-med and poli-sci years essentially useless – or so I thought.

I think the American people should express their preferences, and we'll accept their choice.

If there was no ladies, I wouldn't wanna be on the planet. Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here.

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