Facts about John Fahey
 Summary
John Fahey was a famous Musician from USA, who lived between February 28, 1939 and February 22, 2001.
Zodiac etc.
He/she is born under the zodiac pisces, who is known for Fluctuation, Depth, Imagination, Reactive, Indecisive.
Our collection contains 20 quotes who is written / told by John.
Here is some other popular authors who lived in the same timeframe: George Will, Khaleda Zia, Clive James, Joe Namath, Mike Ditka, Martin Yan, Øystein Stray Spetalen, Didier Drogba, Billy Zane, Whitfield Diffie, Twyla Tharp, Maria Cantwell, Rachel Corrie, Amy Lee, John C. Reilly, Slash, Amanda Peet, Shannon Hoon, Joe Murray, Ednita Nazario
Famous quotes by John Fahey (20)
"I just want to be treated like an average guy"
"But I say these things in an objective dispassionate manner because, you know, and I can't explain why, but being one of the greatest guitarists in the world simply is not very important to me"
"As for fame, it can go to your head and you can become full of yourself"
"See my father knew a lot about music, he played the piano and he would do theory and stuff like that, but I didn't learn anything from him, but I played that for him and he liked it a lot"
"Regarding fame, fortune and Oregon I do wish I had more money"
"I was using them as teachers for technique but I was never trying to be a folk"
"I had a big background in listening to classical music and I started trying to compose, like I was playing the guitar but I heard an orchestra in my head"
"I also know that I am not a great technician"
"How can I be a folk? I'm from the suburbs you know"
"I thought I'd be wasting my time to go to commercial record companies and make demos for them, because don't forget, I was doing what I was doing and nobody understood what I was doing"
"Early Bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that"
"When I play, I very quickly put myself into a light hypnotic trance and compose while playing, drawing directly from the emotions"
"So I learnt a few country western songs, I bought a chord book, and right away I started writing my own stuff, which nobody else did that, I don't know why"
"Being worshipped is a horrible experience"
"Well when I made my first record I thought it would be a good joke to have me on one side, have the lable say John Fahey on one side, and this guy Blind Joe Death on the other side"
"Well folks, that's about it for the show tonight"
"Well I was on the one hand, the more I played the guitar the more I began to really love the guitar and to love virtually any kind of music that anybody played well on guitar"
"From a social perspective, I am looking for friends, not acolytes"
"As soon as the groupie finds out that you make errors in everyday life like everybody else does and that you are human, they turn on you and hate you"
"The other thing in composition is opening up the unconscious"
Comments
|