Music, for centuries and centuries, was used to teach everything. It was used to teach language, mathematics, history. The news was music. Everything traveled by song. It was used to teach ethics. It was used to create conscience, probably more… — 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
