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Music with a touch of twang. Alt-Country, Americana, Indie, Rock, Folk & Blues as therapy for mind and soul. Est. 2005.
Quotes

Here’s a list of the quotes we display on our site:

“There’s really other people from Idaho here? Hell yes. The chances of your ending up here are about the same as mine, I guess.” -- Josh Ritter on his first visit to the Sunshine State

“I nearly saw your show and it was brilliant.” -- Billy Bragg, reflecting on what to say to a band that he meant to see… but didn’t. (SXSW 2006: The Quotes)

“This is a very romantic instrument… if you happen to be married to your sister.” -- Nick Tremulis referring to the banjo. (SXSW 2006: The Quotes)

“This is a song by a songwriter that shows a lot of promise, Neil Young. I’ve been trying to help him out… by buying his records.” -- Scott Miller (SXSW 2006: The Quotes)

“That’s my life story. Yea, I know, that’s too much information.” -- The woman standing next as Lyle Lovett performed his song “Good Intentions.” (SXSW 2006: The Quotes)

“He sang all those old Smiths songs and made me feel 17 again. It was pretty amazing as I was 26 at the time.” -- Billy Bragg speaking about Morrissey (SXSW 2006: The Quotes)

“The first guy really sucked and everybody left.” -- The woman working the door at an empty SXSW venue. (SXSW 2006: The Quotes)

“Not only were we the first to create football, we were the first to cut off the head of our monarch.” -- Billy Bragg (SXSW 2006: The Quotes)

“We’ve got a new record coming out March 24th. It’s bad-ass. You must buy it.” -- Austin legend Jon Dee Graham. His albums typically are bad-ass. (SXSW 2006: The Quotes)

“This song sound a lot better when you listen.” -- Nick Tremulis, annoyed at a talkative crowd. (SXSW 2006: The Quotes)

“I haven’t stayed up this late in a really long time.” -- Lyle Lovett, a few songs into his 1:00 am set. (SXSW 2006: The Quotes)

“I’ve been playing with this guy for 17 years… He’s 19 now.” -- Alejandro Escovedo (SXSW 2006: The Quotes)

“I only got 35 minutes so we got no time for cheering. I got some rapping to do.” -- P.O.S. (SXSW 2006: The Quotes)

“We play music because we love it, you listen because you love. What the f***, the world is alright sometimes. ” -- Willie Nile (SXSW 2006: The Quotes)

“Back when a record was more than a record. And a record store was more than a record store, it was a thing of beauty.” -- Lyle Lovett (SXSW 2006: The Quotes)

“I recognize you from Deadwood. I love you. Thank you for being so great.” -- Some random woman gushing over the guy standing next to me at the bar. I had no idea who the guy was. His response? He gave her a flyer for his band that was scheduled to play the next night. SXSW 2006: The Quotes

"So I'll meet you at the bottom if there really is one / They always told me when you hit it you'll know it / But I've been falling so long it's like gravity's gone and I'm just floating" -- Drive-by Truckers from "Gravity's Gone"

"Paul said to Peter, 'you gotta rock yourself a little harder. Pretend the dove from above is a dragon and your feet are on fire.'" -- Josh Ritter from "Girl in the War"

"Sweet blossom come on, under the willow, we can have high times if you’ll abide / We can discover the wonders of nature, rolling in the rushes down by the riverside." -- Grateful Dead from "Sugar Magnolia"

"If you just want to be vile and he steps out for awhile, I’ll be coming around" -- The Bottle Rockets

"someone tell me why / I act like a fool / when things don't go my way / and you're around me / I'm somebody else" -- Guided by Voices from "Teenage FBI"

"If my life were a movie you'd be buried in the credits, you'd me woman number two with her head up her a**." -- Mike Errico, from "Daylight"

"Sitting in my swing set swaying to get away / Sissy says, 'Don't worry, it'll be OK' / So we do what we always do, stay out of the way." -- Allison Moorer from "New Year's Day"

“I swallowed all my pride, washed it down with all yours.” -- The Love Scene from “A Stone to Call My Own”

“I don’t believe in marriage—and I hate kids, ‘Sex in the City’ and every movie that Meg Ryan ever did.” -- Matthew Grimm & the Red Smear from “Nothing to Say”

“Some of you sent in money because the government hadn’t thought of it yet.” -- Elvis Costello commenting on Hurricane Katrina relief

“It's just a little taste of home on stage. Britney Spears has snakes and lesbians, I have my gran's carpet.”
-- Jamie Cullum

“A playlist without Elvis Costello is like a trip to the drive-thru safari without monkeys ripping the winshield wipers off your car. What's the point?” -- Jeff Anderson

“Prepare to Rock and/or Roll.” -- Chuck Klosterman from "Sex, Drugs & Cocoa Puffs"

“Well I wanna be a better man, but I got a short attention span” -- Will Kimbrough from "Life"

“I'm trying to be less polite, I'm saying what I really think. The President's a fool, I don't wanna get up early and I wish I had a good stiff drink.” -- Will Kimbrough from “Less Polite”

"It only hurts when I'm alive. Things are lookin' up all the time." -- Marc Broussard from "Things Are Lookin' Up"

"These are the days that I've been missing. Give me the taste, give me the joy of summer wine." -- Jamie Cullum from "These Are The Days"

"Take me out tonight, where there's music and there's people and they're young and alive." -- The Smiths from "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out"

"Truly to sing, that is a different breath." -- Rainer Maria Rilke

"It's Saturday and the band is playing, honey could we ask for more?" -- Garrison Keillor from "Tishomingo Blues"

"Reporter: Are you a mod, or a rocker? / Ringo: Um, no. I'm a mocker." -- from A Hard Day's Night DVD

"There's a faith you're saving for a rainy day I could use right now." -- Marc Broussard from "Beauty Of Who You Are"

"This world is hopeless, but I love it anyway." -- Slightly Stoopid / G. Love from "Mellow Mood"

"Fear is the lock, and laughter the key to your heart." -- Crosby Stills & Nash from "Suite Judy Blue Eyes"

"Let's see, I got to bed around 4:00 and got up at 7:30. That's all a real man needs, right? This next five minutes is gonna count though, it's what makes the difference between me sounding like an ass and sounding like a genius." -- Jamie Cullum on naps (Live At Blenheim Palace DVD)

"But do you believe in something beautiful? Then get up and be it." -- Ted Leo & The Pharmacists from "Me And Mia"

"Here is the easiest wat to explain the genius of Johnny Cash: Singing from the perspective of a convicted murderer in the song 'Folsom Prison Blues,' Cash is struck by pangs of regret when he sits in his cell and hears a distant train whistle. This is because people on that train are, 'Probably drinkin' coffee.' And this is also why Cash seems completely credible as a felon: He doesn't want freedom or friendship or Jesus or a new lawyer. He wants coffee." -- Chuck Klosterman from "Sex, Drugs & Cocoa Puffs"

“If you catch me, don’t let me go.” -- Josh Ritter in response to the audience members from his home state calling him a ‘Hot Idaho Potato”

“This song is about sex & drugs. That always gets a cheer, even in the retirement homes, it gets a hearty, ‘Yeah!’” -- Jamie Cullum on the song ‘Photograph’

“This is a pirate song. In the landlocked states it’s more of a cowboy-desperado song but we’re in Florida now, so I figured what the hell. It’s a pirate song now. So, if you’ll sing along on the chorus, there’s not so much lyrics as raw emoting. Think ’shy’ pirate.” -- Josh Ritter on the song ‘Lillian, Egypt’

“I know that if you’re applauding for us that you never heard us. We weren’t very good.” -- Alejandro Escovedo, responding to audience cheers when he mentioned the name of his first band.

“I’m just trying to have a good time, you just wanna make your problems mine. Take a number honey ‘cause I got no time tonight, get in the back of the line.” -- Rockstar, the Fags.

“More rockin' less talkin'? You're at the wrong show sweetheart.” -- Hold Steady guitarist Tad Kubler politely responding to a heckler at a recent show.

“He’s in a band called the Gentlemen and a band called the Figgs, he's got a band his wife gave him and he's banned in four countries.” -- The Candy Butchers’ Mike Viola introducing guitarist extraordinaire Mike Gent

“I can order it for you. No one in this town has heard of that band.” -- Sarcastic clerk at the record store in Florida when I asked if he had a copy of the new Hold Steady album in stock.

“The weight of guilt son’s gonna drag you down… If you can’t bear no crosses, you can’t wear no crown” -- Lucero from "The Weight of Guilt"

“You know where the door is, don’t let it hit you from behind. I know where the floor is and I’ll lower that bar every time.” -- The Fags from "Here’s Looking at You"

“It’s a Bible or a bullet they put over your heart It¹s getting harder and harder to tell them apart.” -- Josh Ritter from "Thin Blue Flame"

“Watch what you say to someone with nothing, its almost like having it all.” -- Todd Snider from "Lookin' for a Job"

“And If I was a better man I’d take the time to try to see what it is that makes me worthy of what you see in me.” -- Matthew Grimm from "Nothing to Say"

“Mall of america, pristine and sterilized. And woe to those who can’t afford the price.” -- Matthew Grimm from "Kill the Poor"

“I’m not officially open but I don’t want to deny a man his beer. That’s just treason.” -- a bartender who earned my eternal gratitude (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

“This song goes out to what’s her name wherever she is.” -- Steve Earle, introducing his song “Now She’s Gone” (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

“Same girl, different harmonica…” -- Steve Earle, introducing his next song “I Can’t Remember If We Said Goodbye” (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

“If I were in tune, this would be a great set.” -- Johnette Napolitano (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

“It doesn’t matter if you’ve got a college degree and are an astronaut. White trash is white trash.” -- Barfield, talking about Lisa Nowak, the astronaut arrested for an attempted kidnapping. (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

Guy #1: “Did you come down here to listen to music?”
Guy #2” “No, I just came down to get drunk in a different city.”
-- (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

“We are playing two more show tonight and unlike my more professional friends I have no idea where they are.” -- Tim Rogers of You Am I (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

Woman in crowd: “I love you Joe Purdy.”
Joe Purdy, without missing a beat: “I thought I told you to wait in the truck.”
-- (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

“This is the tiny voice of reason struggling under the [onslaught] of rock.” -- Robyn Hitchcock doing an acoustic set a few hundred feet from a Drams performance. (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

Guy in crowd: “Play one more!”
Joe Purdy: “I’ve heard that one before, right after play the good one.”
-- (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

“We’re the Band of Heathens for those of you who just got here… And for those of you who just forgot.” -- guitarist from the Band of Heathens (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

Bartender: “What kind of bourbon do you want?”
Patron: “Whatever’s on special.”
Bartender: “Honey, they’re all special to me.”
-- (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

“Why don’t you teach these people how to create chaos from beauty.” -- You Am I’s Tim Rogers to the band’s drummer, Russell Hopkinson (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

“Over the last few years people have said ‘why do you write so many political songs?’ What part of Copperhead Road do you think is not political?” -- Steve Earle (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

“Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side and a dark side and it holds the universe together.” -- A sign on a bathroom wall. (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

“You know you’ve been touring too much when you’ve got a favorite Motel 6 in every town.” -- Jon Dee Graham (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

Sound guy: “You’ve got one more guys.”
Leeroy Stagger: “Perfect, that’s all we know.”
-- (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

“I’m not listening to you sir. You are audience, I am rock icon. (Pause) I guess we’re kicked off another label.” -- Tim Rogers of You Am I (and yes, he is a rock icon) (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

“I usually say a lot of witty things but we don’t have a lot of time so I’d rather let my music do the talking.” -- John Doe (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

“We’re a band with our priorities straight, he’s talking about the murder of innocents and you’re talking about your hair.” -- Jude of the Low Stars talking to band-mate Joe Russo (formerly the guitarist of Tonic). (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

Guy #1, referring to the artist who just performed: “You have a picture of you hugging her?”
Guy #2: “Actually it was me holding her up.”
-- (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

Guy #1, referring to the artist who just performed: “You have a picture of you hugging her?”
Guy #2: “Actually it was me holding her up.”
-- (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

“Maybe money can’t buy happiness but it can buy drugs and alcohol and that’s close enough” -- t-shirt (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

“I heard Willie [Nelson] on Howard Stern. No, not Howard J Stern. What if Willie is the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s baby?” -- stream of conscience from Johnette Napolitano (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

“Little tune-up here. It’s my gift of tuning to you.” -- John Doe (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

“1…2…you know what to do.” -- Steve Earle, starting a song with his wife, Allison Moorer (SXSW 2007: Say What?)

“I’ve only had two and a half beers. If I’d had 7 then my definition of love for you would be suspect.” -- Kay Hanley, summing up a show.

"I encourage you to keep your cell phones on. It might be a money call, you never know." -- John Doe, mere moments before someone's cell phone

"If you get a song in a tv show or movie, you make money. I'm not just here to entertain folks, I'm here to teach." -- John Doe

"Any requests? '4th of July?' I'm sorry sir, I can't play that after Labor Day." -- John Doe

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