Christopher Cross quotes

Christopher Cross is an American musician and singer-songwriter, best known for his soft rock hits in the late 1970s and 1980s. His debut album earned multiple Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Song of the Year for "Sailing." He continues to have a lasting influence on pop and rock music with his distinctive melodic style. Here are 13 of his quotes:

You just want to hone your craft, whatever it may be. (Christopher Cross)
The writers that I aspire to, like Joni Mitchell and Randy Newman, they'll tell you that the work gets harder, not easier. And they set that bar for us where we're always striving to do something better than the last time, whether it's the next song or just the next line. View quote
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Sailing is not a romantic song. View quote
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If you can't play it on an acoustic guitar or a grand piano then it's not a song. View quote
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I think MTV put a huge dent in the songwriting craft. View quote
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I'm a very private, very reclusive kind of guy. View quote
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I think too many artists from my era tend to just stamp out a record. View quote
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I mean, it's pretty disillusioning for all of us right now, and we feel pretty helpless when Congress, their approval rating is thirteen percent, and across the board, whether you're a Democrat or a Republican, you sort of want to walk in and fire everybody. View quote
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People say, 'How's the record doing?' In the old days you'd say, 'We're at 600,000, it's doing great.' You don't say those things anymore. Those numbers are gone. View quote
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We certainly strive for trying to make a quality record throughout, and I think that's true of all of our records. View quote
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You got to fight for quality art and equality and all the things that we're fighting for, the things we believe in. Choice and preference and all those things that we support. We don't want to give up that fight. You got to keep doing it. (Christopher Cross)
I have a daughter, and it's a very bad message to send to my daughter that to be valid or accepted or to have value, you have to look a certain way. It's all about appearance, and not about education and not about contributing. I think we've completely lost our way. View quote
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Lyrically and thematically, the title 'Doctor Faith', that song is about therapy, psychotherapy, and that song is about emotions and personal insight. I think all the songs on the record sort of go along with that. View quote
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Christopher Cross

Christopher Cross - Image
Photo: Steven Miller, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Musician
Born: May 3, 1951
Quotes count: 13
Wikipedia: Christopher Cross

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