David Crosby Quotes

When the suggestion was made that I might consider doing music of Joni Mitchell, I thought it was a fantastic idea. Joni, I admire not only for her music but for her person, because she's a person that really stands out for what she believes in.

Definitely I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell, and I think she is a wonderful writer, so she is probably part of me.

I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell's version of "A Case of You." My mom was a huge Joni Mitchell fan.

I've never been more moved by a voice than I have been by Roy Orbison. I loved him personally, and I loved his voice. I think of him often and frequently listen to his songs.

If Woody Guthrie set the bar for American songwriters, Bob Dylan jumped right over it. No one I know will ever come close to possessing the beauty of melody and the use of language that Dylan shares with us, with ease.

The person that always comes to mind, and it's odd now because we've become pals, is Ben Folds. I've always considered him like a musical older brother, from afar, in the sense that I always felt I had a much better understanding of what he was singing about five years after I was listening to it.

I grew up listening to Nick Drake. Without him, I would not write music - and 'Pink Moon' is my favourite LP.

I remember the Neil Young brand hitting me very hard immediately. He wasn't an acquired taste. I loved him immediately.

You know, I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell.

I loved working with Bob Dylan.

If someone gets up and walks out of the movie, it means it's really affected them.

I love songs that tell stories. They make you feel something, something real.

Only the tone-deaf doubt the power of music, though some feel it more strongly than others.

My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell and that whole generation.

When something really hits me, it makes me want to either jump off something really high or lie down and be buried. I want people to get hit and caught by my music.

I am a huge Leonard Cohen person.

Sly Stone made such a huge contribution to the good feeling in the universe, and I love him as a singer.

I wanted to be Joni Mitchell.

Dean Owens is Scotland's most engaging and haunting singer-songwriter.

I always tell people, the first time I heard 'She Talks To Angels,' those lyrics did something to me.

When you listen to early Leonard Cohen records or Joni Mitchell records, you feel like a window is being opened into someone's life.

When I was a kid I was definitely into Neil Young.

Alanis Morissette - I think she's one of my biggest inspirations.

I love Paul Simon... his lyrics.

I think the first song I remember hearing was Joni Michell's 'Big Yellow Taxi,' my mom played it for me on the car radio.