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32 quotes by Leo Kottke

Leo Kottke, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco CA 1/27/07. Photo by Brian McMillen Leo Kottke (born September 11, 1945, Athens, Georgia) is an acoustic guitarist. He is known for a fingerpicking style that draws on influences from blues, jazz, and folk music, and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies. He overcame a series of personal obstacles, including partial loss of hearing and a nearly career-ending bout with tendon damage in his right hand to...
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The principle element in a performance is risk, and if you're losing interest then by scaring yourself to death the audience will feel it and boy... →

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When a record company looks at me I'm very hard to market, I don't really fit anywhere, It's hard to get me on the air, and I'm hard... →

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Yes and for two reasons: one, I couldn't find anything to imitate at the time, and secondly because what I heard on the radio didn't bear any... →

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

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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.

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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... →

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

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

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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.

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You can't really tell what the audience wants but you can tell what will keep everybodies attention in the same place.

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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... →

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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... →

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I would say that if you don't feel like talking to the crowd something is wrong and if you force yourself to talk to them things will happen and... →

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