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Famous Quotes By Graham Nash

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If every human being disappeared off the face of the earth in an instant, the earth would still keep spinning and the planet would develop new life forms. — Graham Nash

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We only had enough money really to cut 10 things and be in there for a month because it's expensive, you know. And, singer/songwriters, today are lucky if they can get a deal, you know. So, we actually worked so fast that we really cut 20 things. — Graham Nash

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If you don't want to be there, it shows in the energy that you put out and in your actions. — Graham Nash

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When I was born in 1942, World War II was still going. And I began to realize when I became a young adult that if we don't teach our kids a better way of relating to their fellow human beings, the very future of humanity on the planet is in jeopardy. — Graham Nash

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I've been a photographer all these years ... I haven't been in my own darkroom for 10 years. — Graham Nash

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I don't have to ask anyone's permission to do anything. It's nice not have to get decisions out of three, sometimes four people, which can be like pulling teeth. So the amount of control that I have over what I'm doing is better for me as a solo artist. — Graham Nash

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I still have an insane drive to create and express myself, and it'll never stop because I don't know how to stop it. — Graham Nash

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My parents recognized something in me that they encouraged instead of deflated, and I'll always be grateful to them for that. — Graham Nash

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I realized at one point that David and I had not made a record together in almost 26 years and I thought that that was absurd because, first of all it had gone so fast, I didn't really realize, neither did David, that it had been that long. — Graham Nash

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I only do solo albums when songs are screaming at me to be let out of my mind. — Graham Nash

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The Hollies, after I left in 1968, had the audacity, the gall, to have three number one records after I left. Thanks a lot, guys. — Graham Nash

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I don't shoot kittens with balls of wool. I don't shoot sunsets. What draws me? Ironic, surreal, unexplained, timely moments. — Graham Nash

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Teach your children well ... and feed them on your dreams ... Don't ever ask them why. If they told you you would cry. So just look at them and sigh and know they love you. — Graham Nash

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With Crosby, Stills, and Nash and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young ... we're very strong individuals, and we want our lives to be led the way we want them to. — Graham Nash

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Looking at the world through the sunset in your eyes, traveling the train through clear Moroccan skies. Ducks and pigs and chickens call, animal carpet wall to wall, American ladies five-foot tall in blue. Sweeping cobwebs from the edges of my mind, had to get away to see what we could find. Hope the days that lie ahead, bring us back to where they've led, listen not to what's been said to you. Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express? Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express, they're taking me to Marrakesh. All aboard the train, all aboard the train ... — Graham Nash

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Being in a different band always brings great musical experiences to be able to draw on. — Graham Nash

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I wasn't thinking of the longevity of any of my songs, but I am extremely pleased with the lasting effect. — Graham Nash

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Rules and regulations, who needs them. Open up the door, we can change the world. — Graham Nash

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We seem to somewhat be behind an eight ball, and what I mean by that is we're constantly waiting for a call from Neil as to whether he wants to do CSNY. — Graham Nash

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We want to get this good music to as many people as possible because I think it heals, it soothes, I think music is incredibly important, especially in today's chaos. — Graham Nash

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All the signs were right. And when I mean all the sings were right, the only signs that we care about when we start a project of making a record is, do we have the songs - it's that simple. — Graham Nash

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I mean, there's times to rock and roll, and I love that too. But I think my first love is acoustic music. — Graham Nash

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If I read or listened to critics of our music, I'd have been discouraged a long time ago. — Graham Nash

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There really is a kind of insane beauty around us all the time. It's just a question of learning to slow down, take a deep breath and meet the moment. — Graham Nash

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Neil's effect on the band was immediate and very fulfilling. He adds a certain edge to the sound and, of course, he is an incredible musician. We became a better band because of the inclusion of Neil Young. — Graham Nash

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This digital world is completely fascinating to me. — Graham Nash

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Wealth and fame can only be so important in the face of musical magic — Graham Nash

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We can't forget what happened on May 4th, 1970, when four students gave up their lives because they had the American constitutional right of peaceful protest. They gave up their lives. And to sing that song in that spot on that anniversary was very emotional for us. — Graham Nash

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Just with the basic one guitar, one piano and one vocal and an audience, I think that the intimacy comes through more. People feel much more connected to the song because there's nothing in the way, and I actually enjoy doing that. — Graham Nash

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There are always new things to experience, internalize then write about. This process is ongoing with me. It never stops. The opportunity to reach new audiences with all of the music that we have made is thrilling. — Graham Nash

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Teach your children well, so they don't live in off-campus group houses and throw loud parties while I'm trying to sleep. — Graham Nash

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I don't understand why anyone would collect my work. Please understand ... it's like writing Our House. It took me an hour, it was 30 years ago, get over it! But people say, No, no, it changed my life, and I don't understand that. I can't take that seriously as a producer of what I consider to be art. If they want to collect it, fantastic. If you see what I saw when I took it and it means something to you, then by all means collect it. If I make some money, um, fine. — Graham Nash

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I'm trying to communicate here. I'm a communicator, I like to communicate, and if a million people buy it then we've touched a million people, if only 10 people buy it, then we've only touched 10, and that's important, because I'm satisfied with only 10. But, I love a million. — Graham Nash

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I began to realize that photographs, these still images, have a tremendous power to move your soul. They can change your life by what you choose to get out of them, and I started to collect photographs. — Graham Nash

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Do you know anybody under 25 that gives a damn whether you marry a man if you're a man or if you marry a woman if you're a woman? No. — Graham Nash

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There is a great correlation between music and images. — Graham Nash

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I think Stills has been playing better than ever. I know a lot of it sounds self-serving, but he truly has. — Graham Nash

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We are excited about the music, past and present and future, and are really looking forward to playing. — Graham Nash

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Martin guitars have now brought out, you know, on a more traditional level, the Stephen Stills' model of Martin guitars. It's beautiful. I just went inside. I bought one immediately. — Graham Nash

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I worked very hard on me and David's record and I'm extremely proud of the record, as most people are who were involved with it. And, it's been wonderfully received by people who like our kind of music, they think it's something special, and so do I. — Graham Nash

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I'm curious about life, period. — Graham Nash

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You don't get on your feet if you don't have to, you know. And these people were on their feet rockin', and that was thrilling for David and I, absolutely. — Graham Nash

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Life is not perfect. It never will be. You just have to make the very best of it, and you have to open your heart to what the world can show you; and sometimes it's terrifying, and sometimes it's incredibly beautiful, and I'll take both. Thanks. — Graham Nash

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I've been listening to a lot of Hollies stuff lately, and it's beginning to sound pretty good to me. — Graham Nash

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One can't deny what has happened to us in the past. The secret is to enjoy and be proud of the music we've created and the people with whom we have been linked. It's all a long chain of involvement in the world, and we are proud to be yet another link in this chain. — Graham Nash

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I find it somewhat difficult to write with other people, although it has happened occasionally. — Graham Nash

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One of the great things about rap music ... it leaves a lot to be desired, as far as I'm concerned, musically, but I do recognize the very important place that it has in music and in creating role models for younger kids to emulate, giving them the dream that they can make it out of whatever situation they're in. — Graham Nash

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Generally, my writing is influenced by living, by absorbing everything that happens to me and my actions. — Graham Nash

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Let me in, immigration man, can I cross the line and pray, I can stay another day? Won't you let me in, immigration man? I won't toe your line today, I can't see it anyway. — Graham Nash

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You know, every year has been fantastic for me, I'm still here, I'm still alive and it's been fantastic. — Graham Nash

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I'm not so sure that people consider homelessness to be as important as, say, the Vietnam War. One should never even try to equate them because, of course, they're tragedies on both sides of the coin. — Graham Nash

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I fail to see the issue that will shock the people of this great country of ours into some decisive action. — Graham Nash

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After six or seven performances of any song, you begin to perform it rather than feel it. — Graham Nash

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People like Beck and Shawn Colvin are some of the people I listen to lately. — Graham Nash