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title: "1 Corporate Sense Quotes By Van Dyke Parks"
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> [By doing what I do, by just staying, pardon me, true to myself and maintaining my maverick position, unbranded, unbought in a corporate sense, I've managed to migrate to and participate in the work of people far younger than my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-dyke-parks/by-doing-what-i-do-by-just-staying-pardon-me-true-to-myself-and/)

[Van Dyke Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-dyke-parks/)

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## More by Van Dyke Parks

> [Well, to me, the tensile strength and the very definition of an artist is something that I would place at the top of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-dyke-parks/well-to-me-the-tensile-strength-and-the-very-definition-of-an-artist/)

[Van Dyke Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-dyke-parks/)

> [By doing what I do, by just staying, pardon me, true to myself and maintaining my maverick position, unbranded, unbought in a corporate sense,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-dyke-parks/by-doing-what-i-do-by-just-staying-pardon-me-true-to-myself-and/)

[Van Dyke Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-dyke-parks/)

> [I realized I couldn't get bookings as a performing artist on the road, as it were, I could not make a living in music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-dyke-parks/i-realized-i-couldn-t-get-bookings-as-a-performing-artist-on-the-road/)

[Van Dyke Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-dyke-parks/)

> [The older I get, the better I was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-dyke-parks/the-older-i-get-the-better-i-was/)

[Van Dyke Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-dyke-parks/)

> [You know, any sane magician would never reveal his method of deception. And I don't think that a sensible musician would either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-dyke-parks/you-know-any-sane-magician-would-never-reveal-his-method-of-deception/)

[Van Dyke Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-dyke-parks/)

> [I think that smoking is a very good thing to do - it's got the association with the Indians; it's a peaceable thing. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-dyke-parks/i-think-that-smoking-is-a-very-good-thing-to-do-it-s-got-the/)

[Van Dyke Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-dyke-parks/)

> [To make a collaboration succeed there can be no visible contusions or abrasions. For the collaboration to succeed, the relationship must be nourished and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-dyke-parks/to-make-a-collaboration-succeed-there-can-be-no-visible-contusions-or/)

[Van Dyke Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-dyke-parks/)

> [I notice that so many of my peers, aging ingénues, rock stars, are moving along in life into their wrinkles with an adoring audience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-dyke-parks/i-notice-that-so-many-of-my-peers-aging-ing-nues-rock-stars-are/)

[Van Dyke Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-dyke-parks/)

> [Eclectic is a word that appears almost as much as the word smarmy in rock journalism and I've come to the fact, just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-dyke-parks/eclectic-is-a-word-that-appears-almost-as-much-as-the-word-smarmy-in/)

[Van Dyke Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-dyke-parks/)

> [I don't want to give too much lugubrious thought to the gravitas of a coherent album. I don't want to develop a life of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-dyke-parks/i-don-t-want-to-give-too-much-lugubrious-thought-to-the-gravitas-of-a/)

[Van Dyke Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-dyke-parks/)

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