I am evidence that you don't have to sell a lot of records or succeed in the usual way to have a big audience and a job.
More Quotes from Leo Kottke:
I don't spend a lot of time thinking of what they'll do musically, I try to imagine being locked into a windowless room with this person for twelve hours at a time. If you can look at that and think it might be fun then maybe you've got the right musician.Leo Kottke
The principle element in a performance is risk, and if you're losing interest then by scaring yourself to death the audience will feel it and boy it'll wake them up.
Leo Kottke
Yeah, the first thing that comes to mind is not to try too hard.
Leo Kottke
We had a day off here yesterday and I just sat in my room and played.
Leo Kottke
When a record company looks at me I'm very hard to market, I don't really fit anywhere, It's hard to get me on the air, and I'm hard to demography, but! because of that I'm not subject to trends like you pointed out.
Leo Kottke
I think if you are writing an instrumental you are dealing with more of an aesthetic in a sense but a lyric is more of a putting yourself on the line and a much more expensive exercise.
Leo Kottke
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