American - Musician | January 3, 1945 -
I spent my last year of high school in Latin America, and there's a edge of salsa under all of my rhythms.
Stephen Stills
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I've just built a studio in my mama's old bedroom, which I thought was fitting; she died last year. We've recorded nine songs recorded in there already; we're sort of just chipping away.
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One thing the blues ain't, is funny.
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Sometimes I get a little drunk, sometimes I get a little out of it, sometimes I get out of tune onstage, but that's something that shouldn't be dissected.
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That was when Neil discovered Jack Nietzsche. They went off and pretty much came up with that by themselves, but I thought it was a great song, and I was more than happy to do my harmony parts on it.
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The only albatross is the hurt you divine from what people say about your art.
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There were times I thought I was going to turn to the blues, but then I'd hear better blues players.
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Yeah; I'm a much better blues player than anybody knows, but being in the kind of group I'm in, we were always trying to make popular records.
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I detest talking about myself. There is a reason why people pick up an instrument and put it between themselves and the rest of the world.
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Language is an inadequate form of communication. If you've picked up an instrument, it's because you don't feel you are communicating sufficiently.
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I much prefer the road. My thing is getting live in front of people. There is a sterile environment to a studio that doesn't make me let go.
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I don't set out to write a political song. I am not one of those that feels compelled to write about what's going on.
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