Facts about Alex Chilton

Occup.Musician
FromUSA
BornDecember 28, 1950
Age73 years

Summary

Alex Chilton is a famous Musician from USA, he/she is 73 years old and still alive, born December 28, 1950.

Our collection contains 8 quotes who is written / told by Alex.

Related authors: Alan Vega (Musician)

8 Famous quotes by Alex Chilton

Small: I spent a few years here in Memphis, in the late 70s and early 80s, where I was studying a lot of count
"I spent a few years here in Memphis, in the late '70s and early '80s, where I was studying a lot of country blues players and their styles. So it seems like every record I'll do, I will appropriate these blues styles that I remember"
Small: Drugs were pretty easy to quit taking. I was never addicted to anything to begin with. But then, liquor
"Drugs were pretty easy to quit taking. I was never addicted to anything to begin with. But then, liquor - I had to wait about another six years before I finally got around to quitting that. I'm sure glad I did"
Small: The more alone I am, the more focused I can get. Ive written things with people, some of which I liked
"The more alone I am, the more focused I can get. I've written things with people, some of which I liked and others I think are total travesties. Collaborating is trying to make a piece of music and get someone else to come up with the ideas. What's the fun of that?"
Small: If youre writing anything decent, its in you, its your spirit coming out. If its not an expression of h
"If you're writing anything decent, it's in you, it's your spirit coming out. If it's not an expression of how a person genuinely feels, then it's not a good song done with any conviction"
Small: Sometimes Ill come up with a lick that I really love, and Ill try to put the right words to it for year
"Sometimes I'll come up with a lick that I really love, and I'll try to put the right words to it for years. Suddenly something comes to me that works just right"
Small: Its been like a bad dream I never woke from
"It's been like a bad dream I never woke from"
Small: I never thought of myself as being a good songwriter. There are a ton of other people that are good son
"I never thought of myself as being a good songwriter. There are a ton of other people that are good songwriters, but I don't think I'm in the club. What I do well is perform, sometimes sing pretty good, and accompany myself well and arrange fairly well"
Small: I guess that my life has been a series of flukes in the record business. The first thing I ever did was
"I guess that my life has been a series of flukes in the record business. The first thing I ever did was the biggest record that I'll ever have"