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Dave Van Ronk Quotes

I think I have more in common with a carpenter than you might think. We’re putting things together Picture Quote #1

If you asked anybody in my family, they would have very stridently proclaimed themselves middle class. My mother and father were separated, so he doesn’t count Picture Quote #1

Most blues don’t have a beginning, middle, or end. You just cut a couple slices of blues Picture Quote #1

You can’t be afraid of failure and you can’t be afraid of success, because either one gets in the way of your work Picture Quote #1

If there was ever any truth to the trickle-down theory, the only evidence of it I’ve ever seen was in that period of 1960 to 1965. All of sudden they were handing out major label recording contracts like they were coming in Cracker Jack boxes Picture Quote #1

By the mid-70s, I wanted to get out of the business. I was tired anyway Picture Quote #1

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One of my earliest memories... I knew three full verses of the Star Spangled Banner when I was seven or eight years old. And one of the nuns discovered this phenomenon and I was actually sent around from classroom to classroom to do the whole thing Picture Quote #1

In the early 1970s. 1971, 72. The rooms were closing down, record labels weren’t signing acoustic acts any more. Although they had been pretty much been getting out of that for some time before that Picture Quote #1

Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time Picture Quote #1

Ian and Sylvia, who, when you got right down to it, were essentially country and western singers. I just recorded his Four Strong Winds. It’s a wonderful song Picture Quote #1

I’m a very, very stubborn man Picture Quote #1

I’m an exhibitionist, I was an exhibitionist as a kid Picture Quote #1

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When you’re working in front of an audience, you have incentive to excel Picture Quote #1

God has a way of telling you when to change your strings Picture Quote #1

Sometimes you have to forget your principles and do what’s right Picture Quote #1

If you look at music, you see theme, variation, you see symmetry, asymmetry, you see structure, and these are related to skills in the real world Picture Quote #1

There is an apprenticeship system in jazz. You teach the young ones. So even if the musicians weren’t personally that likable, they felt an obligation to help the younger musicians Picture Quote #1

Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz Picture Quote #1

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If you asked anybody in my family, they would have very stridently proclaimed themselves middle class. My mother and father were separated, so he doesn’t count Picture Quote #1

Most blues don’t have a beginning, middle, or end. You just cut a couple slices of blues Picture Quote #1

You can’t be afraid of failure and you can’t be afraid of success, because either one gets in the way of your work Picture Quote #1

I think I have more in common with a carpenter than you might think. We’re putting things together Picture Quote #1

I don’t think I went a year or so without a record between 1959 and 1979, sometimes two Picture Quote #1

I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician Picture Quote #1

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I think I have more in common with a carpenter than you might think. We’re putting things together. (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) If you asked anybody in my family, they would have very stridently proclaimed themselves middle class. My mother and father were separated, so he doesn’t count. (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) Most blues don’t have a beginning, middle, or end. You just cut a couple slices of blues. (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) You can’t be afraid of failure and you can’t be afraid of success, because either one gets in the way of your work. (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) If there was ever any truth to the trickle-down theory, the only evidence of it I’ve ever seen was in that period of 1960 to 1965. All of sudden they were handing out major label recording contracts like they were coming in Cracker Jack boxes (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) By the mid-70s, I wanted to get out of the business. I was tired anyway (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) One of my earliest memories... I knew three full verses of the Star Spangled Banner when I was seven or eight years old. And one of the nuns discovered this phenomenon and I was actually sent around from classroom to classroom to do the whole thing (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) In the early 1970s. 1971, 72. The rooms were closing down, record labels weren’t signing acoustic acts any more. Although they had been pretty much been getting out of that for some time before that (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) Ian and Sylvia, who, when you got right down to it, were essentially country and western singers. I just recorded his Four Strong Winds. It’s a wonderful song (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) I’m a very, very stubborn man (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) I’m an exhibitionist, I was an exhibitionist as a kid (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) When you’re working in front of an audience, you have incentive to excel (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) God has a way of telling you when to change your strings (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) Sometimes you have to forget your principles and do what’s right (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) If you look at music, you see theme, variation, you see symmetry, asymmetry, you see structure, and these are related to skills in the real world (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) There is an apprenticeship system in jazz. You teach the young ones. So even if the musicians weren’t personally that likable, they felt an obligation to help the younger musicians (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) If you asked anybody in my family, they would have very stridently proclaimed themselves middle class. My mother and father were separated, so he doesn’t count (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) Most blues don’t have a beginning, middle, or end. You just cut a couple slices of blues (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) You can’t be afraid of failure and you can’t be afraid of success, because either one gets in the way of your work (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) I think I have more in common with a carpenter than you might think. We’re putting things together (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) I don’t think I went a year or so without a record between 1959 and 1979, sometimes two (Dave Van Ronk Quotes) I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician (Dave Van Ronk Quotes)