Steve Forbert Quotes

And the music, as far as a type of music, it's still pretty viable.
But I'm able to just keep going, and that's the challenge. It's the next song. And then just enjoying the shows and people who come out to the shows. It's pretty organic, really.
Folk-rock hasn't changed much over the decades since the Byrds started it.
I don't cringe when I think of doing old material. A lot of the people have been with me through the years.
I just play, and I'm always trying to write songs.
I relate to the audiences and they know me. It's pretty real.
I wouldn't be interested in just doing a show that's mapped out and choreographed with a set list. That would've been boring so long ago it just wouldn't be any fun.
I'm not trying to be the new anybody.
I've had an advantage; I've had a sort of open public acceptance in New York that doesn't happen to just anyone trying to make the transition you were talking about.
It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what?
So I played the acoustic guitar and harmonica and stomped my foot and I think I was right in assuming that Greenwich Village would be the best place to perform my own material and possibly get some attention, move on to making records and all.
There was just no way I could leave this little Martin guitar in my apartment overnight or even in the afternoon, and expect to find it there when I got back.
You don't see a lot of difference between the Gin Blossoms and the Byrds.
As you get out and try to do things, you always find that in order to make an idea a reality, it goes through some changes. It doesn't always come out exactly like you envisioned it.
For as long as I'm able to write songs and sing them, it's just about making them ones I feel proud to sing again and again.
I have a knack for writing tribute songs for people who will never know about them.
I have ideas in mind, things that I'm working toward. There have to be goals; there has to be a challenge. Just playing, in and of itself, is great. But there has to be some motivation to it.
I haven't had the most lucrative career. If I'm going to be completely honest, I'm a one-hit wonder.
I like getting requests from audience members.
If something doesn't work, you have to admit it. Always try to find what's going right and what's going wrong with your music. If you can, pool your resources and record yourself; do that frequently.
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