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title: "2 A good thing Quotes By David Crosby"
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> [When it all started, record companies - and there were many of them, and this was a good thing - were run by people who loved records, people like Ahmet Ertegun, who ran Atlantic Records, who were record collectors. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crosby/when-it-all-started-record-companies-and-there-were-many-of-them-and/)

[David Crosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crosby/)

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> [When it all started, record companies - and there were many of them, and this was a good thing - were run by people who loved records, people like Ahmet Ertegun, who ran Atlantic Records, who were record collectors. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crosby/when-it-all-started-record-companies-and-there-were-many-of-them-and-2/)

[David Crosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crosby/)

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## More by David Crosby

> [I'm an inveterate bookstore wanderer. I read constantly, so I love a good bookstore. I can't help it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crosby/i-m-an-inveterate-bookstore-wanderer-i-read-constantly-so-i-love-a/)

[David Crosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crosby/)

> [My songs emerge from my life, or wherever they do, unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crosby/my-songs-emerge-from-my-life-or-wherever-they-do-unbidden-and/)

[David Crosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crosby/)

> [My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people in coffeehouses,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crosby/my-father-being-in-the-movie-business-i-thought-being-an-actor-would/)

[David Crosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crosby/)

> [I gave a Collings dreadnought to a young guitar player in the Valley where I live because he didn't have a good acoustic, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crosby/i-gave-a-collings-dreadnought-to-a-young-guitar-player-in-the-valley/)

[David Crosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crosby/)

> [I can't legislate a song into being; it just will not happen for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crosby/i-can-t-legislate-a-song-into-being-it-just-will-not-happen-for-me/)

[David Crosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crosby/)

> [Largely I write from life. ... I write from what happens to me. Mostly about love. People notice the other stuff more but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crosby/largely-i-write-from-life-i-write-from-what-happens-to-me-mostly/)

[David Crosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crosby/)

> [My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people in coffeehouses,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crosby/my-father-being-in-the-movie-business-i-thought-being-an-actor-would-2/)

[David Crosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crosby/)

> [I do see things that are funny on the net. I Googled myself the other day and found out that I was worth $250m,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crosby/i-do-see-things-that-are-funny-on-the-net-i-googled-myself-the-other/)

[David Crosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crosby/)

> [I think music is a lifting force, I think love is the lifting force in the human condition. I think you see someone loving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crosby/i-think-music-is-a-lifting-force-i-think-love-is-the-lifting-force-in/)

[David Crosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crosby/)

> [And I thought, I'd seen someone who seemed at last to know the truth. I was mistaken. Only a child laughing in the sun.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crosby/and-i-thought-i-d-seen-someone-who-seemed-at-last-to-know-the-truth-i/)

[David Crosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crosby/)

> [I'm not givin' in an inch to fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crosby/i-m-not-givin-in-an-inch-to-fear/)

[David Crosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crosby/)

> [While I was an addict, I didn't write anything. I didn't have the attention span or the will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crosby/while-i-was-an-addict-i-didn-t-write-anything-i-didn-t-have-the/)

[David Crosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crosby/)

> [Elections aren't supposed to be for sale... it's that simple.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crosby/elections-aren-t-supposed-to-be-for-sale-it-s-that-simple/)

[David Crosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crosby/)

> [All wars would end immediately if the various chiefs of state dropped a little LSD.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crosby/all-wars-would-end-immediately-if-the-various-chiefs-of-state-dropped/)

[David Crosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crosby/)

> [When it all started, record companies - and there were many of them, and this was a good thing - were run by people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crosby/when-it-all-started-record-companies-and-there-were-many-of-them-and/)

[David Crosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crosby/)

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