All T Bone Burnett Quotes
- We live in an age of music for people who don't like music. The record industry discovered some time ago that there aren't that many… Actually Like
- We live in an age lit by lightnin'; after the flash, we're blind again. Age
- When the arts are eliminated, children get bored and tired of school. When the arts are included, children's imaginations are allowed to run wild. Allowed
- Honesty is the most subversive of all disguises, All
- Everything around a writer, or musician in the record business, probably everything in all the United States or in all of western civilization, is about… All
- At different times in my life I met God from a different point of view. Different Point
- My original idea was to produce and not make records myself. Idea
- Listen, the story of the United States is this: One kid, without anything, walks out of his house, down the road, with nothing but a… Bob
- Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around it may be… Almost Everything
- I'm not going to get in to an argument with anyone about the relative merits of Judaism and Christianity, and what it means for a… Anyone
- I've seen a study in the last year that digital sound actually induces stress in the listener. Actually Induces
- In other words, I'd say the whole story of Bob Dylan is one man's search for God. The turns and the steps he takes to… Bob
- You know, the thing that struck me about Civil War music was how bloody it was; it was full of hatred. There was incredible vitriol… Bloody
- Still, records are documents of a period of time. Most records are documents of two or three years, and I just approached it as a… Approached
- I think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked up on us… Advocating
- I'm not stupid enough to want to be famous. But I would like to be able to earn a living playing music. Able
- I figured out early on what I wanted to do. Early
- I got out of high school, bought a recording studio and started operating it as an engineer and a producer. Bought
- I love loud music. I listen loud, and that's part of how I've learned how to do this. Record softly and play back loud and… Back Loud
- I naturally wanted to be saved, so when I came home I told my mom I wanted to be confirmed. That's the way I related… Came
- I want to write songs and play them for people - live. Live
- If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me. God
- It's also ironic that in the old days of tape and tape hiss and vinyl records and surface noise, we were always trying to get… Always Trying
- The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any… Any
- But my point is these Civil War songs were gruesome. The hatred that's so bad in this country today, and for the past 10 or… Bad