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Todd Rundgren Quotes

I guess country music works better in supermarkets Picture Quote #1

Once I go on stage, the atmosphere is totally theatrical. The greater the illusion, the greater the intensity of the excitement it creates Picture Quote #1

It’s the only way that YOUR life is gonna have any value to you. If you’re just living the same life that everybody else is living what’s the point? Picture Quote #1

Most people didn’t have the bandwidth to download whole albums. And so it brought back this cherry picking idea that the audience would focus on certain songs and possibly be the impetus behind what eventually got on AM radio: the single or whatever Picture Quote #1

Most people outside of America won’t get it. It’s the Easter bunny. It’s another lie and I don’t understand why we had to invent this character Picture Quote #1

I’ve had production offers with artists I really admire, and oftentimes that doesn’t work out. Sometimes it does, but... For instance I was asked if I wanted to do a Talking Heads album back in the late 70s, early 80s, and I was already working on a different project and didn’t have time, so I never got the opportunity to work with them Picture Quote #1

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People write me letters and say I should answer them. But I don’t like to answer letters. I don’t write letters. I’ve never written my mother one Picture Quote #1

The Nazz survived for 18 months - that was my first taste of fame on some level and of the overall experience of being in a band. There are good and bad aspects, and I got to taste some of both, and, well, it’s not as much fun as what you see in ‘A Hard Day’s Night,’ let me just say that Picture Quote #1

My guitar heroes are Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck and people like that - so I’ve tried to make an album of Robert Johnson covers that, well, while not totally faithful for blues purists, is faithful for people like me that grew up with the 60s and the electric blues-rock versions of Johnson’s songs Picture Quote #1

I don’t use any real vintage hardware any longer. That’s always been the object as far as gaining control of the studio environment, going back to when I built my first studio, Secret Sound, in New York City. The whole point was to not have to pay studio bills anymore and not be looking at the clock Picture Quote #1

The Toddstock thing is the closest thing, I have to say, a Grateful Dead sort of thing where it all lapses over from the formality of a concert into more of a lifestyle thing Picture Quote #1

I write in a very strange way. Things are very fragmentary for a very long time, and then they come together very quickly near the end of the process Picture Quote #1

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It’s hard for me to say that what I’m doing isn’t even really music, because deep inside of me, what I want to do is much greater than music Picture Quote #1

It’s nearly redundant to enumerate the reasons The Beatles are important. There are probably different reasons why The Beatles are important to a musician like myself and to the millions of Beatles fans who just enjoy listening to the music Picture Quote #1

I decided early on that I wanted to be Michael Bloomfield, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton - not George Harrison Picture Quote #1

When I got out of high school, I was in a blues band. It was the kind of music I was interested in, and listening to, mostly because it was becoming a vehicle for a generation of guitarists - like Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton. Mike Bloomfield. And that’s what I wanted to be, principally: a guitar player Picture Quote #1

I don’t know what the inspiration for most of songs really mean until I finish them. For the most part, I’m going for a visceral impression, and I write the words last Picture Quote #1

It may not necessarily reflect my current frame of mind. Sometimes I have to put myself at the point in time of the voice that I’m trying to sing with Picture Quote #1

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If bearing a reputation as a weirdo is all it takes to be a genius, I’m a shoo-in. Come to think of it, half the people I know are geniuses - the other half, peculiarly enough, idiots Picture Quote #1

Every once in a while, we have some sort of movement in music that everyone suddenly wants to work in, like grunge or rap or disco or some other musical phase, and then suddenly, that’ll be the thing to do Picture Quote #1

In a way, I created Utopia as a platform for me to become more of a guitar player and less of the kind of balladeer that people were taking me for Picture Quote #1

I used to have sort of mixed feelings about a producer whose only skills seemed to be going into the studio, schmoozing the artists and making them feel good. I can see now that in some cases, that’s what you have to do because that’s the only way you’re going to get them to produce Picture Quote #1

So I don’t think I’m gonna pull my head into my shell just because a bunch of people start acting like idiots Picture Quote #1

Behind every tree there’s a new monster Picture Quote #1

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Today I saw a car crush my little dog under it’s wheel Picture Quote #1

Look upon yourself only with compassion Picture Quote #1

My senses tell me hubba Picture Quote #1

The ultimate crime is not to care Picture Quote #1

They may be stupid, but they sure are fun Picture Quote #1

The problem turned out to be that I never was that kind of an artist Picture Quote #1

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I guess country music works better in supermarkets (Todd Rundgren Quotes) Once I go on stage, the atmosphere is totally theatrical. The greater the illusion, the greater the intensity of the excitement it creates. (Todd Rundgren Quotes) It’s the only way that YOUR life is gonna have any value to you. If you’re just living the same life that everybody else is living what’s the point? (Todd Rundgren Quotes) Most people didn’t have the bandwidth to download whole albums. And so it brought back this cherry picking idea that the audience would focus on certain songs and possibly be the impetus behind what eventually got on AM radio: the single or whatever (Todd Rundgren Quotes) Most people outside of America won’t get it. It’s the Easter bunny. It’s another lie and I don’t understand why we had to invent this character (Todd Rundgren Quotes) I’ve had production offers with artists I really admire, and oftentimes that doesn’t work out. Sometimes it does, but... For instance I was asked if I wanted to do a Talking Heads album back in the late 70s, early 80s, and I was already working on a different project and didn’t have time, so I never got the opportunity to work with them (Todd Rundgren Quotes) People write me letters and say I should answer them. But I don’t like to answer letters. I don’t write letters. I’ve never written my mother one. (Todd Rundgren Quotes) The Nazz survived for 18 months - that was my first taste of fame on some level and of the overall experience of being in a band. There are good and bad aspects, and I got to taste some of both, and, well, it’s not as much fun as what you see in ‘A Hard Day’s Night,’ let me just say that. (Todd Rundgren Quotes) My guitar heroes are Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck and people like that - so I’ve tried to make an album of Robert Johnson covers that, well, while not totally faithful for blues purists, is faithful for people like me that grew up with the 60s and the electric blues-rock versions of Johnson’s songs. (Todd Rundgren Quotes) I don’t use any real vintage hardware any longer. That’s always been the object as far as gaining control of the studio environment, going back to when I built my first studio, Secret Sound, in New York City. The whole point was to not have to pay studio bills anymore and not be looking at the clock. (Todd Rundgren Quotes) The Toddstock thing is the closest thing, I have to say, a Grateful Dead sort of thing where it all lapses over from the formality of a concert into more of a lifestyle thing. (Todd Rundgren Quotes) I write in a very strange way. Things are very fragmentary for a very long time, and then they come together very quickly near the end of the process. (Todd Rundgren Quotes) It’s hard for me to say that what I’m doing isn’t even really music, because deep inside of me, what I want to do is much greater than music. (Todd Rundgren Quotes) It’s nearly redundant to enumerate the reasons The Beatles are important. There are probably different reasons why The Beatles are important to a musician like myself and to the millions of Beatles fans who just enjoy listening to the music. (Todd Rundgren Quotes) I decided early on that I wanted to be Michael Bloomfield, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton - not George Harrison. (Todd Rundgren Quotes) When I got out of high school, I was in a blues band. It was the kind of music I was interested in, and listening to, mostly because it was becoming a vehicle for a generation of guitarists - like Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton. Mike Bloomfield. And that’s what I wanted to be, principally: a guitar player. (Todd Rundgren Quotes) I don’t know what the inspiration for most of songs really mean until I finish them. For the most part, I’m going for a visceral impression, and I write the words last. (Todd Rundgren Quotes) It may not necessarily reflect my current frame of mind. Sometimes I have to put myself at the point in time of the voice that I’m trying to sing with. (Todd Rundgren Quotes) If bearing a reputation as a weirdo is all it takes to be a genius, I’m a shoo-in. Come to think of it, half the people I know are geniuses - the other half, peculiarly enough, idiots. (Todd Rundgren Quotes) Every once in a while, we have some sort of movement in music that everyone suddenly wants to work in, like grunge or rap or disco or some other musical phase, and then suddenly, that’ll be the thing to do. (Todd Rundgren Quotes) In a way, I created Utopia as a platform for me to become more of a guitar player and less of the kind of balladeer that people were taking me for. (Todd Rundgren Quotes) I used to have sort of mixed feelings about a producer whose only skills seemed to be going into the studio, schmoozing the artists and making them feel good. I can see now that in some cases, that’s what you have to do because that’s the only way you’re going to get them to produce. (Todd Rundgren Quotes) So I don’t think I’m gonna pull my head into my shell just because a bunch of people start acting like idiots. (Todd Rundgren Quotes) Behind every tree there’s a new monster (Todd Rundgren Quotes) Today I saw a car crush my little dog under it’s wheel (Todd Rundgren Quotes) Look upon yourself only with compassion (Todd Rundgren Quotes) My senses tell me hubba (Todd Rundgren Quotes) The ultimate crime is not to care (Todd Rundgren Quotes) They may be stupid, but they sure are fun (Todd Rundgren Quotes) The problem turned out to be that I never was that kind of an artist (Todd Rundgren Quotes)

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