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title: "1 Think Songwriter Quotes By David Berman"
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> [I don't think any songwriter who comes up through playing clubs can really claim to have independently developed their art. All along the way so much information is coming, the writer inside the performer unconsciously reacts to all of that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berman/i-don-t-think-any-songwriter-who-comes-up-through-playing-clubs-can/)

[David Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berman/)

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## More by David Berman

> [I don't know if I actually respect other artists as people as much as I should. I look at their work as excellent data…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berman/i-don-t-know-if-i-actually-respect-other-artists-as-people-as-much-as/)

[David Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berman/)

> [Some nights I'm funny with the between-song commentary, some nights I'm not. I have no control over this. I pace the stage a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berman/some-nights-i-m-funny-with-the-between-song-commentary-some-nights-i/)

[David Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berman/)

> [...and my signature is drawn in magic markeron the lower right hand corner of the windowso when something passes in the darkit's captured for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berman/and-my-signature-is-drawn-in-magic-markeron-the-lower-right-hand/)

[David Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berman/)

> [“Nude descending a staircase headless, not knowing where she is going but brave because all dreams lack conclusions and she is not enlisted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berman/nude-descending-a-staircase-headless-not-knowing-where-she-is-going/)

[David Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berman/)

> [I trust myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berman/i-trust-myself/)

[David Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berman/)

> [For Berkeley (normal) vision is a language whereby God tells us about the tangible world. But prior to having experience of the tangible world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berman/for-berkeley-normal-vision-is-a-language-whereby-god-tells-us-about/)

[David Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berman/)

> [I am about to learn what it's like to live here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berman/i-am-about-to-learn-what-it-s-like-to-live-here/)

[David Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berman/)

> [I try every day and every night to find a movie or a TV show that I can watch, but I just can't make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berman/i-try-every-day-and-every-night-to-find-a-movie-or-a-tv-show-that-i/)

[David Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berman/)

> [Fan reaction is so out-sized and hyperbolic in rock music compared to other arts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berman/fan-reaction-is-so-out-sized-and-hyperbolic-in-rock-music-compared-to/)

[David Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berman/)

> [I mean, I wasn't fortunate enough to have ever experienced starting out with a band and sticking with them, so that would be interesting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berman/i-mean-i-wasn-t-fortunate-enough-to-have-ever-experienced-starting/)

[David Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berman/)

> [Spend regularly and constantly two or three hours of the morning in study and retirement. I do not take upon me to prescribe what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berman/spend-regularly-and-constantly-two-or-three-hours-of-the-morning-in/)

[David Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berman/)

> [Mostly i write on an unplugged Mustang or a Baby Taylor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berman/mostly-i-write-on-an-unplugged-mustang-or-a-baby-taylor/)

[David Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berman/)

> [I've never done much to try to build an audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berman/i-ve-never-done-much-to-try-to-build-an-audience/)

[David Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berman/)

> [It would be wrong of me to suppose that just because I can form private mental images, that everyone can. As Francis Galton and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berman/it-would-be-wrong-of-me-to-suppose-that-just-because-i-can-form/)

[David Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berman/)

> [I have always had a blank spot where my regret is supposed to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berman/i-have-always-had-a-blank-spot-where-my-regret-is-supposed-to-be/)

[David Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berman/)

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