All Leo Kottke Quotes
- The principle element in a performance is risk, and if you're losing interest then by scaring yourself to death the audience will feel it and… Audience
- I was required by Capital to release one every six months and the fastest I could do with all my touring was every nine months,… All
- Musically, I am still hooked and just hypnotized by the sound of the guitar itself. I mean, a guitar sounds good if you drop it… Drop
- I do have a library of events I can talk about and I always expect to find a different point of view on it so… Air
- When the audience is awful you can still have a great night and people will walk out thinking they had a great time even though… Audience
- You can't really tell what the audience wants but you can tell what will keep everybody's attention in the same place. Attention
- With all these great (guitar teachers) around here, don't cop their licks, COP THEIR ATTITUDE. All
- I had been playing single note instruments and I wanted to hear a guitar played as a piano. Been
- The bulk of my set is instrumental and you have to give yourself and the audience some relief because a performance is not about great… Audience
- I would say that if you don't feel like talking to the crowd something is wrong and if you force yourself to talk to them… Choreographed
- I think if you are writing an instrumental you are dealing with more of an aesthetic in a sense but a lyric is more of… Aesthetic
- It's true that the more you put in the more you get out and that has to be there I think, If you aren't really… Best
- It is not a mystical thing, however, it is obvious and practical and I think that what the performer does is to try to get… Choice
- I think that open tunings are a trap really because it's really hard not to sound like an open tuning when your using one and… Gets Old
- I am evidence that you don't have to sell a lot of records or succeed in the usual way to have a big audience and… Audience
- I have always thought of myself as a performer first and way down the line as a recording artist. Always Thought
- The first music I was exposed to was Stravinsky and I loved it but I don't remember it. Exposed
- 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 this… Fun
- I was taking a nose dive somewhere between eleven and twelve because my sister had died and I was practicing something that siblings do which… Die
- We had a day off here yesterday and I just sat in my room and played. Day
- I will literally open my mouth not knowing what is coming out. Coming
- I seem to find different material every four to six months and I frequently forget it which is a shame because it would be nice… Bigger
- Yeah, the first thing that comes to mind is not to try too hard. First Thing
- I was two and a half and my folks would put it on the record player and I would run around the house screaming, but… Been
- I'm not subject to their rise and fall because I'm not accepted by them, so I have my own little curve going on. A lot… Accepted