John Hartford famous quotes

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I'm like a child trying to do everything, say everything and be everything all at once.
-- John Hartford

#Children #Trying
A banjo will get you through times of no money, but money won't get you through times of no banjo
-- John Hartford

#Rough Times #Banjos #No Money
The whole universe is based on rhythms. Everything happens in circles, in spirals.
-- John Hartford

#Circles #Spirals #Rhythm
After you start learning all about the mechanics of piloting a riverboat, you stop seeing all the pretty sunsets and you start thinking about the weather.
-- John Hartford

#Sunset #Thinking #Weather
Time is the most important thing there is. That is the only element that you can't withdraw from the situation and still have the situation exist. Everything depends on time.
-- John Hartford

#Important #Elements #Situation
You cannot run a successful retail business from memory.
-- John Hartford

#Running #Memories #Successful
She dries her eyes and bakes her pies and leaves 'em on the window sill
-- John Hartford

#Eye #Pie #Ems
You read about somebody, and doesn't really matter whether or not they really exist - the point is that you get into them like real characters.
-- John Hartford

#Real #Character #Matter
What's the use in being different when it's being different that's the same.
-- John Hartford

#Life #Being Different #Different
Mike Compton knows more about Bill Monroe style mandolin than the Father of Bluegrass himself.
-- John Hartford

#Father #Style #Bills
Just when you think it can't get no better, then it does.
-- John Hartford

#Thinking #Doe
Style is based on limitations.
-- John Hartford

#Style #Limitation
The best way to express rhythm is music.
-- John Hartford

#Way #Rhythm
Sometimes when a new piece of knowledge comes along you suddenly change your priorities and focus on something completely different instead.
-- John Hartford

#Focus #Priorities #Different

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