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HolyMoly

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Posted: January 07 2013 at 18:09

"Don't buy beer with change, man. It changes you."

-- Bob Dylan, to a friend of a friend of mine, in a convenience store

My other avatar is a Porsche

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.

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Posted: January 07 2013 at 18:08

I wonder if Thelonius said that before or after people started liking him.

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Posted: January 07 2013 at 18:01

^ Great post, man. I was never quite fond of, and I am still not fond of, committing myself 100% to what I want to play regardless of what the public wants to hear, though I really want to believe in what Thelonious said.

Edited by Dayvenkirq - January 07 2013 at 18:01

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Posted: January 07 2013 at 17:44

Jerry Garcia:
"I read somewhere that 77 per cent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23 per cent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves"

Jimi Hendrix:
"Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel"

Thelonious Monk:
"I say, play your own way. Don’t play what the public wants. You play what you want and let the public pick up on what you’re doing? even if it does take them fifteen, twenty years."

Frank Zappa:
"Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read"

Eyedea:
"I'm working for bread crumbs, pretending there's a meaning
But my employment is just a bucket that I'm desperately beating
And one day, I'll be old and retired
Looking at my life like what a waste of good fire
All because school never taught me how to be inspired
And the job concerned with finding myself just wouldn't hire"

that one is lyrics from an actual song but one of my favorite parts. really powerful ending to his last verse on the song, the tune was about Eyedea meeting a bum beating a bucket for change on the street and when he starts asking the bum why he doesn't to anything more important and the bum replies that they he accomplishes just as much as anyone else, he just stopped pretending that his job matters.

Edited by Sumdeus - January 07 2013 at 17:45

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HolyMoly

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Posted: January 07 2013 at 16:44

Here's one from a musician friend of mine, that's stuck with me over the years.

"It's just rock and roll, man. Nobody cares."

- My friend Rich.

My other avatar is a Porsche

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.

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Posted: January 07 2013 at 14:52

my signature ?

"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)

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Posted: January 07 2013 at 14:35

The ones that have been in my sig:

"It has nothing to do with metronome, it has nothing to do with playing on the click. We just ... our heart, our emotion was the timing, you know, and ... beautiful."

- Daniel Fichelscher, Popol Vuh.

"You prefer to work slowly to let it come to you. If you force it, it always shows. When you are filling your stuff up, you know, and you certainly gotta be patient." - Scott Walker on music-making.

"Composing itself, in a way, is a simplifying process, just trying to pick some (strands?) out [of] the clamour in the head."

- Robert Wyatt.

================================================================

No funny ones that I can remember as of now. Stay tuned for more updates/edits.

Edited by Dayvenkirq - January 07 2013 at 14:39

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Posted: January 07 2013 at 13:55

One of my favorites of the funny ones is Frank Zappa`s "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny."

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HolyMoly Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: April 01 2009 Location: Atlanta Status: Offline Points: 26138	Posted: January 07 2013 at 18:09
	"Don't buy beer with change, man. It changes you." -- Bob Dylan, to a friend of a friend of mine, in a convenience store
	My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran

HolyMoly Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: April 01 2009 Location: Atlanta Status: Offline Points: 26138	Posted: January 07 2013 at 18:08
	I wonder if Thelonius said that before or after people started liking him.
	My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran

Dayvenkirq Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 25 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA Status: Offline Points: 10970	Posted: January 07 2013 at 18:01
	^ Great post, man. I was never quite fond of, and I am still not fond of, committing myself 100% to what I want to play regardless of what the public wants to hear, though I really want to believe in what Thelonious said. Edited by Dayvenkirq - January 07 2013 at 18:01

Sumdeus Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 23 2012 Location: SF Bay Area Status: Offline Points: 831	Posted: January 07 2013 at 17:44
	Jerry Garcia: "I read somewhere that 77 per cent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23 per cent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves" Jimi Hendrix: "Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel" Thelonious Monk: "I say, play your own way. Don’t play what the public wants. You play what you want and let the public pick up on what you’re doing? even if it does take them fifteen, twenty years." Frank Zappa: "Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read" Eyedea: "I'm working for bread crumbs, pretending there's a meaning But my employment is just a bucket that I'm desperately beating And one day, I'll be old and retired Looking at my life like what a waste of good fire All because school never taught me how to be inspired And the job concerned with finding myself just wouldn't hire" that one is lyrics from an actual song but one of my favorite parts. really powerful ending to his last verse on the song, the tune was about Eyedea meeting a bum beating a bucket for change on the street and when he starts asking the bum why he doesn't to anything more important and the bum replies that they he accomplishes just as much as anyone else, he just stopped pretending that his job matters. Edited by Sumdeus - January 07 2013 at 17:45
	Sumdeus - surreal space/psych/prog journeys

HolyMoly Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: April 01 2009 Location: Atlanta Status: Offline Points: 26138	Posted: January 07 2013 at 16:44
	Here's one from a musician friend of mine, that's stuck with me over the years. "It's just rock and roll, man. Nobody cares." - My friend Rich.
	My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran

lucas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 06 2004 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 8138	Posted: January 07 2013 at 14:52
	my signature ?
	"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)

Dayvenkirq Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 25 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA Status: Offline Points: 10970	Posted: January 07 2013 at 14:35
	The ones that have been in my sig: "It has nothing to do with metronome, it has nothing to do with playing on the click. We just ... our heart, our emotion was the timing, you know, and ... beautiful." - Daniel Fichelscher, Popol Vuh. "You prefer to work slowly to let it come to you. If you force it, it always shows. When you are filling your stuff up, you know, and you certainly gotta be patient." - Scott Walker on music-making. "Composing itself, in a way, is a simplifying process, just trying to pick some (strands?) out [of] the clamour in the head." - Robert Wyatt. ================================================================ No funny ones that I can remember as of now. Stay tuned for more updates/edits. Edited by Dayvenkirq - January 07 2013 at 14:39

kimmokristian84 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: December 27 2012 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 32	Posted: January 07 2013 at 13:55
	One of my favorites of the funny ones is Frank Zappa`s "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny."