My songs emerge from my life, or wherever they do, unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own.

David Crosby

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There are a lot of people who look great but can't sing. by David Crosby

There are a lot of people who look great but can't sing.

I am having so much fun performing, I feel almost guilty. I think, my God, I hope no one comes and busts me for this.

guilty fun thinking

Don't waste the time. Time is the final currency, man. Not money,... by David Crosby

Don't waste the time. Time is the final currency, man. Not money, not power - it's time.

waste finals men

I think ideas are still the most powerful things on the planet, and music is a great way to transmit them.

powerful ideas thinking

I don't think being angry is useful or healthy, and usually when I get angry, my brain just goes right out the window. Boom, as soon as the adrenaline hits, instant stupid. Just add water and mix.

stupid water thinking

I'm not givin' in an inch to fear. by David Crosby

I'm not givin' in an inch to fear.

"It can't happen here" is number one on the list of famous last w... by David Crosby

"It can't happen here" is number one on the list of famous last words.

freedom truth knowledge

It's hard to bullshit the ocean. It's not listening, you know wha... by David Crosby

It's hard to bullshit the ocean. It's not listening, you know what I mean.

I have a pretty clear picture of the whole weight of my life, and there are things that I've done that are good, and I'm proud of them. There are things that I'm really not proud of, and that they, you have to look at me with a perspective, and I try really hard to do that, to keep from thinking I'm cool and ever so smart.

smart perspective thinking

I've been given a gift [musical talent] - don't misuse it. I spent a lot of time just wasting that talent, not treasuring it, not valuing it, not respecting it, just taking it for granted. That was a hard lesson to learn. It doesn't come for free. Don't do that. Treasure it, respect it, treat it as a responsibility that you've been given, and enjoy the hell out of it.

treasure musical responsibility

I'd have to say that Kenny White has earned a place among my favorite singer/songwritersand particularly, lyricists. As we say in the trade “he goes deep.” A true wordsmith AND musician who reveals a fine sense of humor, as well. Put on your headphones and listen carefully.

singers musician white

When I was 11 years old, my parents wanted me to do something besides get in trouble. So they enrolled me in sailing classes at the Sea Shell Association in Santa Barbara, Calif. From the moment I climbed into that 8-foot dinghy in 1952, I knew instinctively what to do and sensed I had done it before.

santa-barbara sea years

I want to go to Africa and find a really great hotel with good food right above a water hole where I can sit, have breakfast, and just watch the elephants play in the water.

elephants play water

Largely I write from life. ... I write from what happens to me. Mostly about love. People notice the other stuff more but I write mostly about love.

music writing people

I believe in this country [the USA], I love this country, I believe in the idea of this country, and this country is an idea.

believe country ideas

While I was an addict, I didn't write anything. I didn't have the... by David Crosby

While I was an addict, I didn't write anything. I didn't have the attention span or the will.

drunkenness writing attention

I don't like greed, I don't like ignorance. I really don't like a... by David Crosby

I don't like greed, I don't like ignorance. I really don't like anger. But I love love.

greed ignorance

Neil Young played Helpless, and by the time he finished, we were asking him if we could join his band

band music asking

There has never been a communism that worked. They were all dictatorships or oligarchies, every single one.

oligarchy dictatorship communism

Sailing became one of the mainstreams of my life. I suppose my father was an influence. I remember seeing a photo of him at home sailing a big boat to Bermuda in his 20s. I still have it.

sailing home father