Steve Winwood Quotes & Sayings
22 most famous Steve Winwood quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's a 76 year old British musician born on May 12, 1948.
“Don't buy this 'believe in yourself' rubbish. Why do they keep telling youngsters that? There's no point believing in yourself if you don't know what you're doing. Once you've got a vision of what you want to do, by all means stick to that passionately and doggedly. Believe in your ideas. It's not quite the same thing.”
“The percentage you're paying is too high priced While you're living beyond all your means And the man in the suit has just bought a new car From the profit he's made on your dreams.”
“Networking is rubbish; have friends instead.”
“I think a lot of people came into rock n' roll to try to change the world. I came into rock n' roll to make music.”
“A band is not a marriage. There are no oaths of allegiance. If you feel your life will be better served by splitting up the group, you've got to do it - but of course it does cause problems.”
“Don't you know by now, luck don't lead to anything or why you keep on moving.”
“The music I write, I feel, is not the kind of music for a 25-year-old.”
“A lot of people think that the music was responsible for a lot of changes in the Sixties, but I think the music came out of it. The music wouldn't have happened without the social changes.”
“If you call someone up on a mistake - if the drummer's put an extra beat in a bar or something - you have a lot more authority if you can show them how to do it right.”
“All through the kind of late '80s and '90s, every A&R record company man was saying, 'Now what we want is another record like 'Back in the High Life.' And, of course, that's not the way to make music at all. That's the tail wagging the dog.”
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