Greg Brown Quotes & Sayings

I think the Internet has real potential for building community. People all around the world talking to each other can't be a bad thing. — Greg Brown

Teamwork is not a matter of persuading yourself and your colleagues to set aside personal ambitions for the greater good. It's a matter of recognizing that your personal ambitions and the ambitions of the team are one and the same. That's the incentive. — Greg Brown

We used to say I don't care if I never have any money As long as I have my sweet honey and a shack in the woodland Now we say I don't care if I don't have money, but it's not true We can't live without money, no, because we don't want to We want one of those and two of those, and oh that one looks neat, wrap it up Put it on my MasterCard. Put it on my Visa And I sing it now, hey hey, hey hey, who woulda thunk it Hey hey, hey hey, who woulda thunk it. — Greg Brown

In a mucked up lovely river, I cast my little fly. I look at that river and smell it And it makes me want to cry. Oh to clean our dirty planet, Now there's a noble wish, And I'm puttin' my shoulder to the wheel 'Cause I wanna catch some fish. — Greg Brown

It's impossible for me to think of music as a contest. All of the awards ceremonies, I mean I'm sure they're fun for people, but they have no meaning to me. — Greg Brown

Life is a thump ripe melon, so sweet and such a mess. — Greg Brown

My job as a songwriter is to write good songs. — Greg Brown

I don't think that good politics ever excuse a bad song. — Greg Brown

I'm reaching out my hand. I hope you are too. I just want to be in the dark with you. — Greg Brown

I think the sweet thing about my job, more than the music I sing, is that I come into some town and a really cool community of people gets together. And they meet each other and maybe somebody falls in love or starts a little business together. I really see that as my role as I travel around the country. — Greg Brown

I don't need to read the news. I see it on the faces of everyone I meet. — Greg Brown

Life is a thump-ripe melon ... it's so sweet and such a mess ... — Greg Brown

I don't think people hear my songs and think, "Well this is a way to make a bunch of money." — Greg Brown

If the wind and rain could play guitar, they would sound a lot like Doc Watson — Greg Brown

I don't think of community as being a romantic notion. I think it's as vital as air and water, and so I think that informs a lot of what I write about. It could be a story about a couple, or a song about the slow death of the family farm or a small town. — Greg Brown

You shoulda married someone, a whole lot more like you
drink coffee in the little cafes, and you could go out shopping too.
I shoulda married someone, who likes to camp and fish, and make love for two days straight, And you say, "don't you wish".
You drive me crazy, with all the things you do and do not do. Umm, I love you so much, I'm gonna drive you crazy too. — Greg Brown

Much is written about wine ... of its makers, its nuances, its myths. The white hot center of each wine's mystery lies in humble corners of the world, where growers pour their intention, their character and their love of labor into each wine. — Greg Brown