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List of John Fahey Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 19 inspiring quotes by John Fahey.

About John Fahey

  • Born: February 28, 1939
  • Died: February 22, 2001
  • Occupation: Guitarist
    • Early bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that.
    People Kind My Favorite
    See my father knew a lot about music, he played the piano and he would do theory and stuff like that, but i didn't learn anything from him, but i played that for him and he liked it a lot.
    Father Piano Stuff
    I thought i'd be wasting my time to go to commercial record companies and make demos for them, because don't forget, i was doing what i was doing and nobody understood what i was doing.
    Records Forget Wasting My Time
    More american young people can tell you where an island that the 'survivor' tv series came from is located than can identify afghanistan or iraq. ironically a tv show seems more real or at least more meaningful interesting or relevant than reality.
    Meaningful Real Islands
    I also know that i am not a great technician.
    Technicians Knows
    Being worshipped is a horrible experience.
    Worship Horrible Horrible Experience
    Well i was on the one hand, the more i played the guitar the more i began to really love the guitar and to love virtually any kind of music that anybody played well on guitar.
    Guitar Hands Kind
    So i learnt a few country western songs, i bought a chord book, and right away i started writing my own stuff, which nobody else did that, i don't know why.
    Country Song Book
    As for fame, it can go to your head and you can become full of yourself.
    Fame Full Of Yourself
    Well folks, that's about it for the show tonight.
    Tonight Shows Folks
    I was using them as teachers for technique but i was never trying to be a folk.
    Teacher Trying Technique
    But i say these things in an objective dispassionate manner because, you know, and i can't explain why, but being one of the greatest guitarists in the world simply is not very important to me.
    Guitar Important World
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