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title: "1 Mother Born Quotes By Jeff Buckley"
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> [I'm actually the son of Mary Guibert. My mother was born in the Panama Canal zone and came to America when she was five with my grandmother and grandfather, and that was the family I knew. Everybody sang; everybody had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-buckley/i-m-actually-the-son-of-mary-guibert-my-mother-was-born-in-the-panama/)

[Jeff Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-buckley/)

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## More by Jeff Buckley

> [There are thousands of great artists that wouldn't be doing the same kind of work if there were no music business machine. The ones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-buckley/there-are-thousands-of-great-artists-that-wouldn-t-be-doing-the-same/)

[Jeff Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-buckley/)

> [I don’t know, I don’t know that I’m missing anything. I just think too much sometimes. Sometimes I’m even happy because I’m so engaged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-buckley/i-don-t-know-i-don-t-know-that-i-m-missing-anything-i-just-think-too/)

[Jeff Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-buckley/)

> [I have a lot of my mother in me, but I was just born with the same parts as my father. I don't sound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-buckley/i-have-a-lot-of-my-mother-in-me-but-i-was-just-born-with-the-same/)

[Jeff Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-buckley/)

> [Music should be like making love. Sometimes you want it soft and tender, another time you want it hard and aggressive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-buckley/music-should-be-like-making-love-sometimes-you-want-it-soft-and/)

[Jeff Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-buckley/)

> [If you do anything regularly for a while, sooner or later the weirdoes will show up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-buckley/if-you-do-anything-regularly-for-a-while-sooner-or-later-the-weirdoes/)

[Jeff Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-buckley/)

> [I've already created my own thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-buckley/i-ve-already-created-my-own-thing/)

[Jeff Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-buckley/)

> [The only goal is in the process. The process is in the thing with little flashes of light: those are the gigs, the live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-buckley/the-only-goal-is-in-the-process-the-process-is-in-the-thing-with/)

[Jeff Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-buckley/)

> [If you feel blocked, do not turn to others, but look inside, in silence, for the enemy of your progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-buckley/if-you-feel-blocked-do-not-turn-to-others-but-look-inside-in-silence/)

[Jeff Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-buckley/)

> [Music is my mother and my father; it is my work and my rest...my blood...my compass...my love...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-buckley/music-is-my-mother-and-my-father-it-is-my-work-and-my-rest-my-blood/)

[Jeff Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-buckley/)

> [I don't choose the songs; the songs choose me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-buckley/i-don-t-choose-the-songs-the-songs-choose-me/)

[Jeff Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-buckley/)

> [Thinking so hard on her soft eyes and memories of the signs that it's over. It's over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-buckley/thinking-so-hard-on-her-soft-eyes-and-memories-of-the-signs-that-it-s/)

[Jeff Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-buckley/)

> [I'm convinced I got signed because of who I am. And it makes me sad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-buckley/i-m-convinced-i-got-signed-because-of-who-i-am-and-it-makes-me-sad/)

[Jeff Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-buckley/)

> [What I'm trying to do is just sing what comes to my body in the context of the song. And if you go by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-buckley/what-i-m-trying-to-do-is-just-sing-what-comes-to-my-body-in-the/)

[Jeff Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-buckley/)

> [“I surrendered who I was to who you are..”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-buckley/i-surrendered-who-i-was-to-who-you-are/)

[Jeff Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-buckley/)

> [I think that all people are many people. I think all people have many, many, many different souls inside, and they just shift from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-buckley/i-think-that-all-people-are-many-people-i-think-all-people-have-many/)

[Jeff Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-buckley/)

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