Steve Forbert Quotes
- It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what?
- I don't cringe when I think of doing old material. A lot of the people have been with me through the years.
- It doesn't matter much what kind of house you've got as long as it's a happy home...
- I've had an advantage; I've had a sort of open public acceptance in New York that doesn't happen to just anyone trying to make the…
- So I played the acoustic guitar and harmonica and stomped my foot and I think I was right in assuming that Greenwich Village would be…
- But I'm able to just keep going, and that's the challenge. It's the next song. And then just enjoying the shows and people who come…
- There was just no way I could leave this little Martin guitar in my apartment overnight or even in the afternoon, and expect to find…
- And the music, as far as a type of music, it's still pretty viable.
- Folk-rock hasn't changed much over the decades since the Byrds started it.
- I just play, and I'm always trying to write songs.
- I relate to the audiences and they know me. It's pretty real.
- I wouldn't be interested in just doing a show that's mapped out and choreographed with a set list. That would've been boring so long ago…
- I'm not trying to be the new anybody.
- You don't see a lot of difference between the Gin Blossoms and the Byrds.
- I like getting requests from audience members.
- I have a knack for writing tribute songs for people who will never know about them.
- Music should be truthful and real, but it should also be healing and uplifting.