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J J Cale Inspirational Quotes (18)

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I like what the future holds. I don't like thinking about the past.
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When somebody grabs a movement, you're kind of locked into it. It's all par for the course.
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I'm impatient. I get twitchy. When I get that feeling I just go out and make something happen.
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In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places.
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Time plays a role in almost every decision. And some decisions define your attitude about time.
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People sort of know me for that solo piano music I did.
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What I enjoy most about being on stage is that the natural instruments give you a greater freedom with texture. When you use natural instruments they have their own resonance.
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Growing up in Wales was a pretty Draconian experience with religion.
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I'm content with making records, but I don't want to be doing the same thing all the time.
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If you're all loaded up on love, you haven't got anywhere else to go.
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I never use the word, it's loaded. What love means to me is need.
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It would be a stronger world, a stronger, loving world, to die in.
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I'm writing a movie about Mozart going to New York in the '60s. I've been reading so many novels.
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Everyone should be encouraged...in spiration and artistic freedom is the cornerstone of rock and roll.
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Basically, I'm just a guitar player that figured out I wasn't ever gonna be able to buy dinner with my guitar playing so I got into songwriting, which is a little more profitable business.
J.J. Cale
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That's what my life is, writing songs.
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If you've got bad news, you want to kick them blues, cocaine.
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I am a ham. I've no business being rock 'n' roll. I've said it over and over again that I'm a classical composer, dishevelling my personality by dabbling in rock 'n' roll.
John Cale