All Jim Capaldi Quotes
- Traffic was very, very free. It was great. Free
- For me, naming bands was the forerunner to really writing lyrics, because I work off titles. Band
- Guys would hang out in groups just to be with the music. Groups
- I think you do better when you are really up for it, cause passion goes up. Better
- I turned everybody on so, psychologically, I guess I was pushing the boundaries creativity. Boundaries
- I have always had a tremendous amount of energy and any band I was ever in from the age of fourteen, I would always be… Age
- I have to confess that a strong contributing factor was that I had just taken what was probably the first acid ever made, given to… Acid
- Mr. Fantasy was the only song that was scribbling on a piece of paper. Fantasy
- So the name of a group has to say something. The name has to be strong. Group
- We all had a desire and appreciation for such a wide range of music. All
- Everything that Traffic ever did, I'd give Steve a complete lyric, titled, written out with the verse, the bridge, the shape and rhyme and then… Bridge
- We played at a club called, the Elbow Room. Don Carlos, the nightclub owner, was very hip and a very important person who made a… Big
- You know, I had the ability like a catalyst to really get everybody hyped up. Ability
- After that, I specifically started writing lyrics. I would like sweat and think and get it all together. All
- Far From Home was also my idea from a magazine I'd seen. Far
- You have to have a strong title. It's got to say something. Inspirational
- If you take the time away, you take the character away. Character
- It's a sort of philosophy you cook up for yourself. You probably write things the same as everybody else, but it's your own personal way… Cook
- If you have words and want to write music for them, the words hit you with a feeling which you can't really describe in words,… Come Together
- I like to hear songs which can lay it all on, songs which can look at the dark side as well as the bright side,… All