English - Musician | May 12, 1948 -
The percentage you're paying is too high priced While you're living beyond all your means And the man in the suit has just bought a new car From the profit he's made on your dreams.
Steve Winwood
DreamsCarYour DreamsManNew Car
Punk was more based on social change than on music, so it didn't bother me too much. It wasn't really a musical threat.
ChangeMusicMeToo MuchMorePunk
Don't buy this 'believe in yourself' rubbish. Why do they keep telling youngsters that? There's no point believing in yourself if you don't know what you're doing. Once you've got a vision of what you want to do, by all means stick to that passionately and doggedly. Believe in your ideas. It's not quite the same thing.
VisionBelieve In YourselfYourself
Networking is rubbish; have friends instead.
NetworkingFriendsRubbishInstead
Here we were supposedly changing the world for the better in the Sixties, but as we get 40 years further down the line, we realise that some of those changes such as the drugs probably weren't all that great or sensible. It was all about social experiments.
GreatWorldBetterDownChanges
I think a lot of people came into rock n' roll to try to change the world. I came into rock n' roll to make music.
ChangeMusicChange The WorldPeople
To make a living from doing something I love is fantastic. As long as people want to listen to me, I'll keep doing it. In fact, to tell you the truth, even if no one did want to listen to me, I'd still be doing it!
LoveTruthLove IsPeopleMeDoing
Don't you know by now, luck don't lead to anything or why you keep on moving.
LuckMovingYouKnowNowWhy
It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion.
PassionFreedomDisciplineMeAdmire
One of my problems is I'm not really sure if I slot into rock or not. I've always tried to combine world music, folk, jazz, blues and rock, and have done since Traffic.
MusicWorldProblemsDoneJazzRock
If you call someone up on a mistake - if the drummer's put an extra beat in a bar or something - you have a lot more authority if you can show them how to do it right.
MistakeSomeoneYouAuthorityRight
A band is not a marriage. There are no oaths of allegiance. If you feel your life will be better served by splitting up the group, you've got to do it - but of course it does cause problems.
LifeMarriageProblemsBetterYou
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Steve Winwood quotes