Author: Dave Van Ronk

Quotes

By the mid-70s, I wanted to get out of the business. I was tired anyway.

By the mid-70s, I wanted to get out of the business. I was tired anyway.

- Dave Van Ronk

Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz.

Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz.

- Dave Van Ronk

I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician.

I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician.

- Dave Van Ronk

If you asked anybody in my family, they would have very stridently proclaimed themselves middle class. My mother and father were separated, so he doesn't count.

If you asked anybody in my family, they would have very stridently proclaimed themselves middle class. My mother and father were separated, so he doesn't count.

- Dave Van Ronk

You can't be afraid of failure and you can't be afraid of success, because either one gets in the way of your work.

You can't be afraid of failure and you can't be afraid of success, because either one gets in the way of your work.

- Dave Van Ronk

Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time.

Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time.

- Dave Van Ronk

If I do a piece in my living room, if I practice it - and I have the tapes to prove this - it's not going to be as good as doing the same piece in front of an audience.

If I do a piece in my living room, if I practice it - and I have the tapes to prove this - it's not going to be as good as doing the same piece in front of an audience.

- Dave Van Ronk

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