Skip to content

Demos Quote by John Fahey

“I thought I'd be wasting my time to go to commercial record companies and make demos for them, because don't forget, I was doing what I was doing and nobody understood what I was doing.” quote by John Fahey — Download Open image

“I thought I'd be wasting my time to go to commercial record companies and make demos for them, because don't forget, I was doing what I was doing and nobody understood what I was doing.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (3 ratings)

Demos Forget My time Record companies Time Understood Wasting my time

More by John Fahey

Well folks, that's about it for the show tonight.

Image

I had a big background in listening to classical music and I started trying to compose, like I was playing the guitar but I…

Image

I just want to be treated like an average guy.

Image

I was using them as teachers for technique but I was never trying to be a folk.

Image

How can I be a folk? I'm from the suburbs you know.

Image

So I learnt a few country western songs, I bought a chord book, and right away I started writing my own stuff, which nobody…

Image

I also know that I am not a great technician.

Image

As for fame, it can go to your head and you can become full of yourself.

Image

See my father knew a lot about music, he played the piano and he would do theory and stuff like that, but I didn't…

Image

Being worshipped is a horrible experience.

Image

But I say these things in an objective dispassionate manner because, you know, and I can't explain why, but being one of the greatest…

Image

Early Bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that.

Image

Explore all 22 John Fahey quotes

More Demos quotes

“Don't be so cruel to me. Don't promise me anything. I've got everything that i need. I need love in a good way.”

Image

There is not, in my view, a single European demos.

Image

The short story and the truth is that I was taking vocal lessons here in New York... One day, instead of my lesson, the…

Image

I entered a songwriting competition, I didn't win, and one of the judges on the panel was an A&R man at a record label…

Image

I feel like when I get the demos - I get a lot of demos - but when I get the right demo, I…

Image

I had demos that I'd send out of the songs and I'd get, "Great, can't wait to get in a room and actually play…

Charlie Benante

Image

We need to have a bigger and more significant role for national parliaments. There is not, in my view, a single European demos.

Image

I have started to record some demos so hopefully in the near future I can play live.

Image

Infinite was me trying to figure out how I wanted my rap style to be, how I wanted to sound on the mic and…

Image

I never record anything like a demo, I just go for it.

Nuno Bettencourt

Image

“Okay you found me out. Beyond without a doubt, your lie is safe with me. A friend, i'm sure you are. And on this…

Image

In our time, the great task for libertarians is to find an escape from politics in all its forms—from the totalitarian and fundamentalist catastrophes…

Image

Browse all 120 Demos quotes