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I try to make songs visual and tactile to kind of put you into the action.
Richard Thompson
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People want to hear about the extremes of human nature. They want things that are larger than their own lives, and more romantic, and not necessarily of their own experiences.
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The thing I do, really, is a communication with audiences more than any achievement through records.
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When you stand up acoustic in front of an audience, you really are a man without any clothes on. And that can be fun - it depends how much of an exhibitionist you are, I suppose. I quite enjoy it.
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Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise.
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There's a part of me that wishes I'd never said one single solitary word on any subject publicly. Then I could have been the tortured poet, and there's so much mileage in that. But it's too late to stop now.
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I want people to come to my music without prejudice. I want them to get the music first. And who I am isn't that important. If they like the songs to me that's a good thing.
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The best thing you've got going for you is individuality.
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