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> [I know when I started I would have been happy to sound like the Beatles or Joe Tex or whoever. You want to sound like most bands, you want to sound like their records and that's how you learn your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-anderson/i-know-when-i-started-i-would-have-been-happy-to-sound-like-the/)

[Jon Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-anderson/)

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## More by Jon Anderson

> [The sun is so powerful, that without it we are nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-anderson/the-sun-is-so-powerful-that-without-it-we-are-nothing/)

[Jon Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-anderson/)

> [Cage of freedom, that's our prison; we're the jailer and captive combined Cage of freedom, cast in power; all the trappings of our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-anderson/cage-of-freedom-that-s-our-prison-we-re-the-jailer-and-captive/)

[Jon Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-anderson/)

> [There's so much corruption in America; there's so much corruption around the world. It's all coming to the surface thanks to the Internet, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-anderson/there-s-so-much-corruption-in-america-there-s-so-much-corruption/)

[Jon Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-anderson/)

> [To be an American is to be part of the world because America, all the people of the world come to America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-anderson/to-be-an-american-is-to-be-part-of-the-world-because-america-all-the/)

[Jon Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-anderson/)

> [We are all in Christs energy. We are all in the divine plan. We are all on the sacred journey, if you want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-anderson/we-are-all-in-christs-energy-we-are-all-in-the-divine-plan-we-are-all/)

[Jon Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-anderson/)

> [Tell me I'm a fool. I would not know how to believe it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-anderson/tell-me-i-m-a-fool-i-would-not-know-how-to-believe-it/)

[Jon Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-anderson/)

> [The secret of poetry is cruelty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-anderson/the-secret-of-poetry-is-cruelty/)

[Jon Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-anderson/)

> [We are all in Christ's energy. We are all in the divine plan. We are all on the sacred journey, if you want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-anderson/we-are-all-in-christ-s-energy-we-are-all-in-the-divine-plan-we-are/)

[Jon Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-anderson/)

> [There's only one reason we live. It's very simple. To find the creator. That's just my understanding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-anderson/there-s-only-one-reason-we-live-it-s-very-simple-to-find-the-creator/)

[Jon Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-anderson/)

> [I believed and still believe that success is only part of the story. It makes you want to get better and better so as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-anderson/i-believed-and-still-believe-that-success-is-only-part-of-the-story/)

[Jon Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-anderson/)

> [Jewel of life, guiding light, heralding a joyous new dawn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-anderson/jewel-of-life-guiding-light-heralding-a-joyous-new-dawn/)

[Jon Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-anderson/)

> [Who sings of all of Love's eternity Who shines so bright In all the songs of Love's unending spells? Holy lightning strikes all that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-anderson/who-sings-of-all-of-love-s-eternity-who-shines-so-bright-in-all-the/)

[Jon Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-anderson/)

> [Sweet songs of youth, the wise, the meeting of all wisdom To believe in the good in man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-anderson/sweet-songs-of-youth-the-wise-the-meeting-of-all-wisdom-to-believe-in/)

[Jon Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-anderson/)

> [I think if you let go of preconceived ideas, you'll find everything in this life. For me, my understanding is God is all that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-anderson/i-think-if-you-let-go-of-preconceived-ideas-you-ll-find-everything-in/)

[Jon Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-anderson/)

> [Some people haven't got a life, I suppose. They want to be on the road all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-anderson/some-people-haven-t-got-a-life-i-suppose-they-want-to-be-on-the-road/)

[Jon Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-anderson/)

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