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> [By the time my first solo record came out, I was making a handsome living as a record producer. I had worked with the Band, Janis Joplin and all of these other artists in the Albert Grossman organization. So as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-rundgren/by-the-time-my-first-solo-record-came-out-i-was-making-a-handsome/)

[Todd Rundgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-rundgren/)

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## More by Todd Rundgren

> [I suppose people also have to be a little more careful or circumspect if they're going to leverage their celebrity to promote their political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-rundgren/i-suppose-people-also-have-to-be-a-little-more-careful-or-circumspect/)

[Todd Rundgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-rundgren/)

> [It's the only way that YOUR life is gonna have any value to you. If you're just living the same life that everybody else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-rundgren/it-s-the-only-way-that-your-life-is-gonna-have-any-value-to-you-if/)

[Todd Rundgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-rundgren/)

> [Once I go on stage, the atmosphere is totally theatrical. The greater the illusion, the greater the intensity of the excitement it creates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-rundgren/once-i-go-on-stage-the-atmosphere-is-totally-theatrical-the-greater/)

[Todd Rundgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-rundgren/)

> [I know that I could make this world peaceful and calm, if I only could get my hands on a hydrogen bomb.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-rundgren/i-know-that-i-could-make-this-world-peaceful-and-calm-if-i-only-could/)

[Todd Rundgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-rundgren/)

> [The Toddstock thing is the closest thing, I have to say, a Grateful Dead sort of thing where it all lapses over from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-rundgren/the-toddstock-thing-is-the-closest-thing-i-have-to-say-a-grateful/)

[Todd Rundgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-rundgren/)

> [By the time my first solo record came out, I was making a handsome living as a record producer. I had worked with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-rundgren/by-the-time-my-first-solo-record-came-out-i-was-making-a-handsome/)

[Todd Rundgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-rundgren/)

> [Music gets recorded usually in one format, and when you have to take it out and perform it there are other applications and things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-rundgren/music-gets-recorded-usually-in-one-format-and-when-you-have-to-take/)

[Todd Rundgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-rundgren/)

> [Singles needed to come back. And what I tried to do in my online experiment was to change the rules for myself and make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-rundgren/singles-needed-to-come-back-and-what-i-tried-to-do-in-my-online/)

[Todd Rundgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-rundgren/)

> [As much as I'd like to be listening to other things, I can't do that until I get all of this sort of put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-rundgren/as-much-as-i-d-like-to-be-listening-to-other-things-i-can-t-do-that/)

[Todd Rundgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-rundgren/)

> [It may not necessarily reflect my current frame of mind. Sometimes I have to put myself at the point in time of the voice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-rundgren/it-may-not-necessarily-reflect-my-current-frame-of-mind-sometimes-i/)

[Todd Rundgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-rundgren/)

> [When the Beatles first came out, you had to go to a certain amount of trouble to have long hair. You just couldn't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-rundgren/when-the-beatles-first-came-out-you-had-to-go-to-a-certain-amount-of/)

[Todd Rundgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-rundgren/)

> [People have always said that I could have been a highly successful pop artist, if only that were my intention. It never was. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-rundgren/people-have-always-said-that-i-could-have-been-a-highly-successful/)

[Todd Rundgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-rundgren/)

> [When I got out of high school, I joined a local blues band in Philadelphia - Woody's Truck Stop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-rundgren/when-i-got-out-of-high-school-i-joined-a-local-blues-band-in/)

[Todd Rundgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-rundgren/)

> [I'm a guitar player, really - I mean, first and foremost - I grew up with all that great 1960s music, in terms of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-rundgren/i-m-a-guitar-player-really-i-mean-first-and-foremost-i-grew-up-with/)

[Todd Rundgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-rundgren/)

> [The ultimate crime is not to care.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-rundgren/the-ultimate-crime-is-not-to-care/)

[Todd Rundgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-rundgren/)

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