The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
Everything around a writer, or musician in the record business, probably everything in all the United States or in all of western civilization, is about competition. — 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 Image
At different times in my life I met God from a different point of view. — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me. — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
For centuries, everything was taught through music. History was taught through music; language and mathematics were taught through music. — 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 trying to… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
