Quotes About Wisdom

I liked when I was naive and I thought it was just about making good music.

A wise man seeks by music to strengthen his soul: the thoughtless one uses it to stifle his fears.

Musically, he was like an old man in a boy's skin.

Nietzsche said without music, life would be a mistake. To me, without books, life would be a mistake.

You know, my music utilizes things from the past, because that's what the past is for. It's to learn from. It's not to limit you, you shouldn't be limited by it.

If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!

The more I can learn about music, the more I learn about other things.

After making music for twenty-six years I can't pretend I don't know anything about it anymore.

Rock stars are idiots. You know that! Remember this moron never went to music school, never learned music theory and can't read or write music. So why not be suspicious of everything this idiot says?

Our basic audience begins with creaking elderly types of twenty-three and above.

I thought I knew a lot about music. Then you start digging and the deeper you go, the more there is.

Rejection is one thing - but rejection from a fool is cruel.

True perfection has to be imperfect. I know that sounds foolish, but it's true.

If we turn to the divine Conductor and follow the wise and loving baton that is His will, His Word, then the music of our life will be a symphony.

This is just strictly me wanting to make a record that is the real deal. It is all the stuff that I have learned and know that I remember. It's what I perceive as country music is about.

O master poet, I have sat down at thy feet. Only let me make my life simple and straight, like a flute of reed for thee to fill with music.

I like a lot of old films, I like a lot old music, and a lot of it has to do with the fact that I like the idea of knowing what happens before, so that I can understand it.

If you're alive, you have all the experience necessary to understand classical music.

You can separate the men from the boys and ballads.

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.

Music wasn't made to make us wise, but better natured.

Dizzy used to tell me I'm playing too hard. He'd say to not give everything. Miles told me that too.

In ancient times the greatest of the prophets were great musicians.

From Mozart I learnt to say important things in a conversational way.