Jules Shear Professions : Songwriter Born : 1952 Browse All Authors Top 27 quotes by Jules Shear Shouldn't the low strings be at the bottom? Jules Shear strings bottom lows Some people just come in, do it and they know it's right. It turns out better than you imagined it was going to sound. When that happens, you take it as a gift. Jules Shear turns sound people If you're asking me to compare myself to other people, I don't really know what other people are like. Jules Shear compare asking people I taught myself how to play when I was about 13. I'm a lefty. Jules Shear lefties taught play Rewriting to me means, if I work on it for three days, I've rewritten it. Jules Shear rewriting three mean I love to get people to sing and play together. Jules Shear together play people I tend to think of all the songs the same - I give them all kind of equal rights. Jules Shear rights song thinking I don't know too many people because I stay at my house, I write songs, I go to the store. Jules Shear writing song people The bottom string is tuned to an open G. Jules Shear strings bottom The nice thing about true hopelessness is that you don't have to try again. Jules Shear hopelessness nice trying Some gigs will go great. I figure you do a gig, and as many as can get there will get there. Jules Shear gigs figures I saw Krishnamurti speak one time. And I thought, I'm not going to live here. Jules Shear one-time saws speak Why do it, just because I can? That's kind of crazy. Jules Shear madness crazy kind Every one of the songs was based around picking an acoustic guitar. That was part of the concept from the beginning, that the tempos were going to go from slow to almost mid-tempo. Jules Shear acoustics guitar song I just sat down and thought, I'm going to write a song today, I'm going to give it a try. So I just stuck it on a tape like everything else. That was just another song. Jules Shear writing song giving I guess any time you believe in God you've got to be considered a spiritual person. That would make me a spiritual person. But I don't really know what that means. Jules Shear spiritual mean believe A person like Carole King could make up something, change it, and actually improve it. Jules Shear things-change persons kings Things kind of happen organically with me. Jules Shear kind happens I was living in Woodstock for a long time, and I thought, I got to get out of here, man. Jules Shear woodstock men long People don't come to Asheville very often, and they don't know I'm there. I enjoy it. I like it. Jules Shear enjoy knows people Similar Authors Ahmet Ertegun songwriter Brenton Brown songwriter Butch Walker songwriter Bryan-Michael Cox songwriter Aurora Aksnes songwriter Audrey Assad songwriter All Authors
