John Fahey Quotes & Sayings

“Early Bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that.”

“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.”

“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.”

“When I play, I very quickly put myself into a light hypnotic trance and compose while playing, drawing directly from the emotions.”

“Well folks, that's about it for the show tonight.”

“The other thing in composition is opening up the unconscious.”

“From a social perspective, I am looking for friends, not acolytes.”

“I also know that I am not a great technician.”

“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.”

“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.”