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> [I have always thought of myself as a performer first and way down the line as a recording artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-kottke/i-have-always-thought-of-myself-as-a-performer-first-and-way-down-the/)

[Leo Kottke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-kottke/)

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## More by Leo Kottke

> [I seem to find different material every four to six months and I frequently forget it which is a shame because it would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-kottke/i-seem-to-find-different-material-every-four-to-six-months-and-i/)

[Leo Kottke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-kottke/)

> [I have always thought of myself as a performer first and way down the line as a recording artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-kottke/i-have-always-thought-of-myself-as-a-performer-first-and-way-down-the/)

[Leo Kottke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-kottke/)

> [You can't really tell what the audience wants but you can tell what will keep everybodies attention in the same place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-kottke/you-can-t-really-tell-what-the-audience-wants-but-you-can-tell-what/)

[Leo Kottke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-kottke/)

> [The first music I was exposed to was Stravinsky and I loved it but I don't remember it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-kottke/the-first-music-i-was-exposed-to-was-stravinsky-and-i-loved-it-but-i/)

[Leo Kottke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-kottke/)

> [You can't really tell what the audience wants but you can tell what will keep everybody's attention in the same place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-kottke/you-can-t-really-tell-what-the-audience-wants-but-you-can-tell-what-2/)

[Leo Kottke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-kottke/)

> [I will literally open my mouth not knowing what is coming out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-kottke/i-will-literally-open-my-mouth-not-knowing-what-is-coming-out/)

[Leo Kottke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-kottke/)

> [I think if you are writing an instrumental you are dealing with more of an aesthetic in a sense but a lyric is more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-kottke/i-think-if-you-are-writing-an-instrumental-you-are-dealing-with-more/)

[Leo Kottke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-kottke/)

> [Musically, I am still hooked and just hypnotized by the sound of the guitar itself. I mean, a guitar sounds good if you drop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-kottke/musically-i-am-still-hooked-and-just-hypnotized-by-the-sound-of-the/)

[Leo Kottke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-kottke/)

> [With all these great (guitar teachers) around here, don't cop their licks, COP THEIR ATTITUDE.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-kottke/with-all-these-great-guitar-teachers-around-here-don-t-cop-their/)

[Leo Kottke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-kottke/)

> [I don't spend a lot of time thinking of what they'll do musically, I try to imagine being locked into a windowless room with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-kottke/i-don-t-spend-a-lot-of-time-thinking-of-what-they-ll-do-musically-i/)

[Leo Kottke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-kottke/)

> [I do have a library of events I can talk about and I always expect to find a different point of view on it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-kottke/i-do-have-a-library-of-events-i-can-talk-about-and-i-always-expect-to/)

[Leo Kottke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-kottke/)

> [The bulk of my set is instrumental and you have to give yourself and the audience some relief because a performance is not about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-kottke/the-bulk-of-my-set-is-instrumental-and-you-have-to-give-yourself-and/)

[Leo Kottke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-kottke/)

> [We spent a lot of time on that record with the sound and recorded it on the Paramount sound stage which is this huge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-kottke/we-spent-a-lot-of-time-on-that-record-with-the-sound-and-recorded-it/)

[Leo Kottke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-kottke/)

> [That was when I found out that you could talk to them and it was a whole other way to blow your stack, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-kottke/that-was-when-i-found-out-that-you-could-talk-to-them-and-it-was-a/)

[Leo Kottke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-kottke/)

> [There are nights when you can feel stale because you've fallen into a pattern by touring too much, but it's easy to get out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-kottke/there-are-nights-when-you-can-feel-stale-because-you-ve-fallen-into-a/)

[Leo Kottke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-kottke/)

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