Jules Shear quotes

The same people who never did their homework in high school are still doing that to this very day out in the real world. (Jules Shear)
I taught myself how to play when I was about 13. I'm a lefty. View quote
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I was living in Woodstock for a long time, and I thought, I got to get out of here, man. View quote
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I saw Krishnamurti speak one time. And I thought, I'm not going to live here. View quote
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Shouldn't the low strings be at the bottom? View quote
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Some people just come in, do it and they know it's right. It turns out better than you imagined it was going to sound. When that happens, you take it as a gift. View quote
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I tend to think of all the songs the same - I give them all kind of equal rights. View quote
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If you're asking me to compare myself to other people, I don't really know what other people are like. View quote
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Things kind of happen organically with me. View quote
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The bottom string is tuned to an open G. View quote
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Every one of the songs was based around picking an acoustic guitar. That was part of the concept from the beginning, that the tempos were going to go from slow to almost mid-tempo. (Jules Shear)
I just sat down and thought, I'm going to write a song today, I'm going to give it a try. So I just stuck it on a tape like everything else. That was just another song. View quote
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I love to get people to sing and play together. View quote
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Some gigs will go great. I figure you do a gig, and as many as can get there will get there. View quote
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I guess any time you believe in God you've got to be considered a spiritual person. That would make me a spiritual person. But I don't really know what that means. View quote
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A person like Carole King could make up something, change it, and actually improve it. View quote
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You could put this record on and not get jarred half-way through. I wanted it to be all cut from one cloth, and that was the way we took it through the whole production process. View quote
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Rewriting to me means, if I work on it for three days, I've rewritten it. View quote
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I don't know too many people because I stay at my house, I write songs, I go to the store. View quote
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Why do it, just because I can? That's kind of crazy. View quote
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People don't come to Asheville very often, and they don't know I'm there. I enjoy it. I like it. (Jules Shear)

Jules Shear

Occupation: American Musician
Born: 1952
Quotes count: 21