Greg Brown Quotes

#1. I don't think people hear my songs and think, "Well this is a way to make a bunch of money."

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#2. I think the Internet has real potential for building community. People all around the world talking to each other can't be a bad thing.

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#3. It's impossible for me to think of music as a contest. All of the awards ceremonies, I mean I'm sure they're fun for people, but they have no meaning to me.

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#4. If the wind and rain could play guitar, they would sound a lot like Doc Watson

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#5. Teamwork is not a matter of persuading yourself and your colleagues to set aside personal ambitions for the greater good. It's a matter of recognizing that your personal ambitions and the ambitions of the team are one and the same. That's the incentive.

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#6. In a mucked up lovely river, I cast my little fly. I look at that river and smell it And it makes me want to cry. Oh to clean our dirty planet, Now there's a noble wish, And I'm puttin' my shoulder to the wheel 'Cause I wanna catch some fish.

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#7. Life is a thump ripe melon, so sweet and such a mess.

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#8. I don't need to read the news. I see it on the faces of everyone I meet.

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#9. Life is a thump-ripe melon ... it's so sweet and such a mess ...

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#10. I don't think of community as being a romantic notion. I think it's as vital as air and water, and so I think that informs a lot of what I write about. It could be a story about a couple, or a song about the slow death of the family farm or a small town.

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#11. Much is written about wine ... of its makers, its nuances, its myths. The white hot center of each wine's mystery lies in humble corners of the world, where growers pour their intention, their character and their love of labor into each wine.

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#12. I don't think that good politics ever excuse a bad song.

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#13. My job as a songwriter is to write good songs.

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#14. I'm reaching out my hand. I hope you are too. I just want to be in the dark with you.

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