"Copying one person is stealing. Copying ten is…" — Chet Atkins
"Copying one person is stealing. Copying ten is research."
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18 Quotes by Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins has 18 quotes on this site.
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Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.
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You shape your own destiny.
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If you hear something you like, and you're halfway like the public, chances are they'll like it too.
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A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give…
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You want a little talent on that?
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There is a long history in country music of songs celebrating drinking and lamenting drinking. Country songs for the most…
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...Everyone has their own sound, and if you're heard enough, folks will come to recognize it. Style however, is a…
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Lenny Breau is one of the true geniuses of the guitar. I suppose he is a musician's musician. His knowledge…
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Approach your guitar intelligently, and if there are limits, don't deny them. Work within your restrictions. Somethings you can do…
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It takes a lot of devotion and work, or maybe I should say play, because if you love it, that's…
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It took me 20 years to learn I couldn't tune too well. Â And by that time I was too…
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When I was a little boy, I told my dad, 'When I grow up, I want to be a musician.'…
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More Copying Quotes
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one of 131 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did.
— Sebastian Bach
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Every band had their own distinctive sound, but it was pretty much dancing music and rhythmic music with a tremendous…
— Ruben Blades
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Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.
— Paul Cezanne
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You've traveled up ten thousand steps in search of the truth. So many days in the archives, copying, copying. The…
— Hsu Yun
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...By allowing businesses to expense up to $75,000, it means somebody is more likely to buy a copying machine, or…
— George W. Bush
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It has not escaped our notice that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for…
— Francis Crick
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The first step is: accept yourself as you are; drop all shoulds. Don`t carry any ought on your heart! You…
— Rajneesh
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The world needs poetry now more than ever. It's the only thing that can keep music from copying itself and…
— Lana Del Rey
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When photographers get beyond copying the achievements of others, or just repeating their own accidental first successes, they learn that…
— Robert Adams
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As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy. Translation…
— Boris Pasternak
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I was meticulously copying other art and then I realized I could just use a camera and put my time…
— Cindy Sherman
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Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters.
— Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
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