I had no idea 'The Dream Weaver' would be so successful. Everything just fell into place with that album. I pioneered a number of ideas with that album and subsequent tour. The all-keyboard approach with no guitars was a new one, and I was one of the first to use a drum machine in concert. It was an amazing time.

Gary Wright

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Music's staying power is a function of how timeless the lyrics, song and production are.

Gary Wright

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Fly me high through the starry skies or maybe to an astral plane, cross the highways of fantasy, help me to forget today's pain.

Gary Wright

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I like Anastacia's version of Love is Alive best.

Gary Wright

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Not everybody has things that become classics.

Gary Wright

The Internet is both great and terrible. As a source of information, a tool for delivering music and art, it's great. But spamming ads and piracy of music is terrible. It's stealing.

Gary Wright

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We lived on a farm in the English countryside, where we wrote a lot of our music. You really were treated like an artist during those days-not like product, which is now the mode.

Gary Wright

agriculture music artist

My music and lyrics became an extension of this Indian philosophy.

Gary Wright

extensions music philosophy

Every artist usually has one or two songs that really define their careers.

Gary Wright

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India profoundly changed my outlook on life because you see how people can be content and very happy with little or even no possessions. It's the reverse of the West.

Gary Wright

india life people

I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them.

Gary Wright

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In 1972, George Harrison invited me to accompany him on a trip to India.

Gary Wright

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As far as a defining moment, that was a hugely successful and very busy time for me. 1975, 1976, 1977 - that whole time frame.

Gary Wright

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I will be developing artists for my new label. The rest is in God's Hands.

Gary Wright

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I didnt develop or build synths. I had my technicians modify them for my live stage performances.

Gary Wright

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No one likes to work for free. To copy an artist's work and download it free is stealing. It's hard work writing and recording music, and it's morally wrong to steal it.

Gary Wright

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My career has kind of taken on a life of its own.

Gary Wright

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George Harrison is perhaps one of the most creative people I ever met, not only in his music and songwriting, but just the way he lived his life, decorated his gardens and homes. He was a dear friend of mine. His entire approach to music was very unique.

Gary Wright

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I always wanted to do something completely different.

Gary Wright

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Artists were nurtured back in the '70s. Their music was developed by the record companies.

Gary Wright

records music artist

When you have a lot of hits and your career starts to go down, but then your music starts to slowly go up again.

Gary Wright

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