I feel with ELP that I wasn't making the most of my life and I wasn't making the most of my creativity. I was marking time. I don't want to do that. Life is to short. Greg Lake More Quotes by Greg Lake More Quotes From Greg Lake I couldn't say there is a formula to songwriting. Each time is a unique experience. Greg Lake unique-experiences songwriting unique Traveling is a bit of a push sometimes. When you're doing a lot of miles and you're doing a lot of shows, it does get wearing. Greg Lake miles doe sometimes Walking through the Capitol Building gives you a sense of how it all began here. It was reassuring to see how restrained it was. It was very humble in a way. Greg Lake humble giving way I love to see new talent, new people beginning. It's a wonderful thing, and one wonders where their journey will take them. Sometimes they ask me for advice but it's very difficult to advise people. Everyone has their own destiny really. Greg Lake destiny journey people Songwriting is never one thing. I've spent as long as three months writing a song. Other times I've done it in twenty minutes. Greg Lake writing song long Philosophically, what I have learned is to thy own self be true. That is the biggest lesson of all. Relax; music is fun. To many people take it to seriously because of the money involved. Greg Lake self fun people I don't think art is a goal orientated business. I don't do things for the challenges, I only do them because I love them, I'm not really a goal orientated, achiever type of person. Greg Lake goal art thinking I understand travel. I understand the experience of travel. I mean there is something of the "air-conditioned gypsy" in me. Greg Lake gypsy air mean It's true when they say songwriting is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. In truth, what happens is... songs comes through you. Greg Lake they-say true you truth Music is an emotional experience, and that is what imprints itself on the soul. And I think for me, any great art is art which communicates human emotion. Greg Lake me experience music art You often hear people say 'Luck is self made.' I think it is, to a certain extent; if you work hard on something, you are more likely to be lucky than if you don't. That having been said, I do believe during in my career I have been at the right place at the right time with the right people. Greg Lake you work time people When we made that album with Gary Moore, I was still kind of searching for the right direction for myself. Although the music is quite good the direction was like a box of fireworks that caught light all at the same time. Greg Lake good myself music light I picked up the guitar at 12 yrs old - basically, my mother and father bought it for me for Christmas. I played one at my friend's house; when I say played it, I just played around with it at my friend's house. It just struck me as something I really wanted. Greg Lake me christmas mother father I just got a call one day from Ringo asking me if I wanted to go out on the tour. It was as simple as that. He was putting together this band and he heard of me in the context of doing this and he gave me a call. I jumped at the chance. Greg Lake day me simple together Most of my career has been about standing on a stage performing music to an audience, and once the show is over, they go home and I go on to the next show. Greg Lake go standing music home What I learned then was there is a certain power in a three piece band. The more people you put on that stage, the more diluted it becomes. Greg Lake you three power people The less people that are on the stage, there's more drama. You start living the music with each individual. When you see a band with ten people on stage, just a huge ensemble, you don't know who's doing what. Greg Lake start you music people When I was writing my autobiography, these songs came up from time to time which were important to me, and I realized that what they really represented was, they'd come from this age of shared music. Greg Lake me music age time Progressive music probably wouldn't even really exist if not for the people of the United States having picked up on it and nurtured it in the way they did. It really is an American form of music in the sense that it was nurtured here. So it belongs here. It has become part of the fabric of American musical culture. Greg Lake music culture people way Songs are like children. They are all special to me - you can't just pick a favorite. Of course, 'Lucky Man' was a special tune with a wonderful story behind it. They have all done different things. Greg Lake me you man children
