Music was the medium through which knowledge was passed from generation to generation. — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
Probably the deepest use of music and of art is to create conscience. — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
It's also ironic that in the old days of tape and tape hiss and vinyl records and surface noise, we were always… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
The more perfect music we have, the more attractive the peculiarities and anomalies of human performance become. Perfection is a second rate… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
I can tell for sure, the technologists have made it clear that they don't care about musicians. The arts have been sacrificed… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
I think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
Still, records are documents of a period of time. Most records are documents of two or three years, and I just approached… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
We live in an age of music for people who don't like music. The record industry discovered some time ago that there… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
Music, for centuries and centuries, was used to teach everything. It was used to teach language, mathematics, history. The news was music.… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
Listen, the story of the United States is this: One kid, without anything, walks out of his house, down the road, with nothing but… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share
If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me. — T Bone Burnett Copy Share
For centuries, everything was taught through music. History was taught through music; language and mathematics were taught through music. — T Bone Burnett Copy Share
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… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share
The essence of show business is, if you see a tight-rope walker go across a tight rope, everybody claps. But, if you see him… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share
The more perfect music we have, the more attractive the peculiarities and anomalies of human performance become. Perfection is a second rate idea. — T Bone Burnett Copy Share
Let the business take care of itself. If you get involved in the business, every hour that you're involved in business is an hour… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share
When the arts are eliminated, children get bored and tired of school. When the arts are included, children's imaginations are allowed to run wild. — T Bone Burnett Copy Share
I can tell for sure, the technologists have made it clear that they don't care about musicians. The arts have been sacrificed on the… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share
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… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share
