T-Bone Burnett

Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around it may be to keep it as simple as possible. ↗

— T-Bone Burnett

#around #bach #beatles #did #everything

At different times in my life I met God from a different point of view. ↗

— T-Bone Burnett

#different times #god #i #life #met

Everything around a writer, or musician in the record business, probably everything in all the United States or in all of western civilization, is about competition. ↗

— T-Bone Burnett

#around #business #civilization #competition #everything

I figured out early on what I wanted to do. ↗

— T-Bone Burnett

#figured #i #out #wanted

I got out of high school, bought a recording studio and started operating it as an engineer and a producer. ↗

— T-Bone Burnett

#engineer #got #high #high school #i

I love loud music. I listen loud, and that's part of how I've learned how to do this. Record softly and play back loud and a whole other thing happens. ↗

— T-Bone Burnett

#happens #how #i #i love #learned

I made a few records here and there by default, but I wasn't ever comfortable in that role. I wasn't comfortable on stage. We'll see how it goes this time. ↗

— T-Bone Burnett

#default #ever #few #goes #here

I naturally wanted to be saved, so when I came home I told my mom I wanted to be confirmed. That's the way I related to it, being raised an Episcopalian. I went to Dallas and got confirmed. ↗

— T-Bone Burnett

#came #confirmed #dallas #episcopalian #got

I think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked up on us and took us over, before we know what was going on. ↗

— T-Bone Burnett

#any #anyway #band #before #dealing

I want to write songs and play them for people - live. ↗

— T-Bone Burnett

#live #people #play #songs #them