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Music has become a bigger business, and with that there is more pressure to succeed; I think that it creates a negative pressure for being creative. ↗

— Jerry Harrison

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Normally when I work with bands I'm trying to refine and improve what's already there. ↗

— Jerry Harrison

#bands #i #improve #normally #refine

That said, everything's important, and every musician who plays on the record is an integral part of it. ↗

— Jerry Harrison

#everything #important #integral #musician #part

Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy... or they become legend. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#clearness #crazy #great #hear #inner

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're willing to give your whole life to it. Red wine and garlic also helps. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#also #aspiring #garlic #give #helps

I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books published that I care to read. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#books #care #enjoy #i #i care

So when I made some money, I didn't have any idea how one handled such a situation because no one in our family ever had any money. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#because #ever #family #had #handled

Short things are short all over and long things are long all over. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#over #short #things

I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my novels people both act and think. I got a kick out of that. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#ago #asked #because #books #both

I rarely read or buy a book because of a review. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#book #buy #i #rarely #read