"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

#Musician Quotes #Helping Quotes #Jazz Quotes

“I grew up watching a lot of the coverage of the early U.S. space program, all the way back starting with Mercury and then through Gemini and Apollo and of course going to the moon as the main part of the Apollo program.”
“I'd rather be overweight and curvy than super thin with no curves. I'm proud of my body.”
“Remember this-that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.”
“My identity is in Christ, not in basketball.”
“There are readers who want every point to be clearly and unambiguously set forth, and there are those who want to pry ideas and meanings out for themselves.”
“America's veterans deserve the very best health care because they've earned it.”
“The bluebells made such a pool that the earth had become like water, and all the trees and bushes seemed to have grown out of the water. And the sky above seemed to have fallen down on to the earth floor; and I didnâ€™t know if the sky was the earth or the earth was water. I had been turned upside down. I had to hold the rock with my fingernails to stop me falling into the sky of the earth or the water of the sky. But I couldnâ€™t hold on.”

Source : Graham Joyce (2012). “Some Kind of Fairy Tale”, p.37, Hachette UK
“I am deeply inspired by the courage and achievements of young people who didn't have the safety nets I had growing up.”

You may also like:

Bob Dylan
Musician
Marcus Mumford
Musician
Oscar Isaac
Actor
Pete Seeger
Singer
Phil Ochs
Singer-songwriter
T Bone Burnett
Musician
Tom Paxton
Singer-songwriter
Woody Guthrie
Singer-songwriter
Tom Russell
Singer-songwriter