Ben Lovett Quotes

Folk music was out there. Clubs were springing up and they were hot with the college kids.

Somewhere along the line, music became 'content'... It's my full intention to bring it back to music again! I believe in the power of song.

This is not a happy time for this kind of music in this country.

During the time that my recording career seemed to be in a slump a music called disco came on the scene and literally took over radio stations as well as having radio stations created to play it which sort of negated my music as well as that of some of my peers.

Seance to renaissance. So it begins

The parents used to drag the little ones, and now the kids are coming--and they're not little anymore. Things are evolving. Maybe there's a renaissance for our music.

I couldn't do what I do without the encouragement and influence of the musicians I played with in Chicago.

I always try to go where the excitement is, where the best music is. I don't care what kind of music it is. I go with the best artist we can find.

You look at the Blur comeback, it was so smooth - so smooth - compared to The Verve.

I've definitely received a lot of support in Nashville; it's a huge music town. I like country music. Like any genre I'm largely unfamiliar with, there are elements I really enjoy and elements that go over my head.

The U.K. trio Let's Wrestle doesn't make music for its art, but for its attitude.

I've always said that there's a huge progressive rock, progressive metal audience out there, in the world. We see it when we're on tour.

I'm still waiting for rock bands to come back, something raw and relevant.

Greece is a good place for rebirths.

I like to let the songs speak so that they can go through some kind of rebirth as you play them.

When ABBA broke up, I assumed our music would fall into oblivion so in the early 90's with BJRN AGAIN becoming popular and when U2 invited Benny and I on stage to sing Dancing Queen, I just assumed we were being sent up. But now I see they were paying tribute to us

It's interesting to see how acoustic guitars are emerging as a primary instrument once again ... reminds me very much of what Jim Messina and I were doing back then. You can't get too far away from an acoustic guitar

I think that music is a very, very powerful thing, especially when you have a movement like this [CBGB club] to shed new light on music and the power of it.

I'd like to say I'm R&B's savior.

It's all about the music. For me, that's truly what I live for. Just music constantly. Always listening to, writing, or playing music. That's definitely me.

There were only two things you did in New York City, Queens to be exact, music or sports.

Somebody asked me once, 'Do you think that swing will ever come back?' And I said, 'Do you think the 1938 Ford will ever come back?'

From every ruin, life springs up again and everything that dies is born again.

I am waiting for the lost music to sound again in a new rebirth of wonder.

Girls you've gotta know when it's time to turn the page.