Leo Kottke Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I will literally open my mouth not knowing what is coming out.”

“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.”

“It depends on the time of the year and who I've been talking to, I try to put people in the studio I like.”

“We had a day off here yesterday and I just sat in my room and played.”

“I seem to find different material every four to six months and I frequently forget it which is a shame because it would be nice to have a bigger library.”

“I have always thought of myself as a performer first and way down the line as a recording artist.”

“I was required by Capital to release one every six months and the fastest I could do with all my touring was every nine months, and it would spook me every time because I never had what I needed and I really didn't want to do covers.”

“That was when I found out that you could talk to them and it was a whole other way to blow your stack, and it's so much fun to perform that you want to do it again and the more you get out of it the better.”

“There are nights when you can feel stale because you've fallen into a pattern by touring too much, but it's easy to get out of it by deliberately getting in trouble and playing yourself into a corner to then see if you can get out of it.”

“The bulk of my set is instrumental and you have to give yourself and the audience some relief because a performance is not about great guitar playing it's really about entertainment.”