Bruce Hornsby Quotes

• I feel like what I owe my audience is what I'm most passionate about.

  Bruce Hornsby

  Passionate, Feels, Audience

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• People were talking while I was playing, so I got up and left the stage. I've gotten to the point where I'm not really very patient with patrons rapping during the show. And the people were all nice and quiet when I cam back.

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  Nice, Rap, Talking

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• Songwriters I've always been drawn to are people who deal with something of depth in the lyric writing. ...I've always been influenced by the folk song, the storytelling tradition in folk music. And so for years I wrote mostly story songs. I still do that, but as I've gone on, it's gotten a little more personal. I used to write mostly in the third person. I write a little more in the first person now.

  Bruce Hornsby

  Song, Writing, Years

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• We still play three or four hits every night. Now, we don't play them like the record. We try to find new ways to do it.

  Bruce Hornsby

  Night, Play, Trying

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• When I have the time at home, I'll practice three or four hours a day. I have to. And I'm a late starter; I started at age 17 and at age 51 I'm still learning.

  Bruce Hornsby

  Home, Practice, Age

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• When I wrote the song, The Way It Is, I wanted to move people to take a stand on civil rights in this country.

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  Country, Song, Hippie

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• Some things will never change.

  Bruce Hornsby

  Never Change, Things Will Never Change

  Song: Thats Just The Way It Is

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• There is no one who has ever created music with the combination of intelligence, intuition, depth, creativity, and humor that Jerry Garcia has. His work and life will continue to be a limitless source of inspiration for all of us.

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  Inspiration, Creativity, Intuition

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• I guess after you've been doing something for 20 plus years, you have to work to stay interested.

  Bruce Hornsby

  Years, Plus

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• Made my bed and here I lie, try to hold my head up high. Lying to myself sometimes, bad decisions but I, I won't cry.

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  Philosophy, Lying, Decision

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• While housing discrimination and segregation in 2005 still affect millions of people, that's not the way it has to be. Some things can change and should.

  Bruce Hornsby

  People, Way, Things Change

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• I'm a kid for a living: I get to play the piano for a living.

  Bruce Hornsby

  Kids, Play, Piano

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