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David Crosby Biography

David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash.

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I love music. I love making songs. I feel like I've been given a path where I can contribute, where I can protest if somebody does something really obviously wrong or inhuman right in front of me, where I can make a difference. Where I can most especially elevate, make you happy, elevate the condition, elevate the thing.

Difference, Differences, Given, Love, Making A Difference, Song

[Calling you a] star is just a trick. It's like a straw man thing. They [people] set you up just to knock you over. It's bull. You avoid it, I avoid it.

Avoid, Men, People, Stars, Thing, Trick

The movie I've seen the most times, boy, that's a tough one. It would have to be a toss-up between Apocalypse Now and the first Star Wars. I think the first Star Wars.

Apocalypse, Boys, Stars, Tough, War, Wars

The fact is that all the recording science and technology in the world is no substitute for a good song or for real feeling. Music is about feeling and if there isn't any genuine feeling, if the song isn't about anything that anyone gives a damn about, there's nothing you can do. All the technique that exists won't make it any good; it'll just make it technological. All the production values you add won't do anything except make it glossy.

Fact, Real, Song, Substitute, Writing

Describing Woodstock as the "big bang," I think that's a great way to describe it, because the important thing about it wasn't how many people were there or that it was a lot of truly wonderful music that got played.

Thinking, People, Important, Music, Wonderful

I'd have to say that Kenny White has earned a place among my favorite singer
songwritersand particularly, lyricists. As we say in the trade “he goes deep. ” A true wordsmith AND musician who reveals a fine sense of humor, as well. Put on your headphones and listen carefully.

Carefully, Fine, Lyricists, Musician, Singers, White

It's hard to bullshit the ocean. It's not listening, you know what I mean.

Bullshit, Mean, Ocean, Sea

Neil Young played Helpless, and by the time he finished, we were asking him if we could join his band

Music, Band, Asking, Finished, Helpless

Don't waste the time. Time is the final currency, man. Not money, not power - it's time.

Currency, Final, Finals, Men, Money, Waste

Largely I write from life. . . . I write from what happens to me. Mostly about love. People notice the other stuff more but I write mostly about love.

Life, Love, Music, People, Writing

Generally we don't really consciously do it as a purpose-driven thing. . . . It's really just a response to life.

Driven, Generally, Life, Music, Purpose, Response

All wars would end immediately if the various chiefs of state dropped a little LSD.

Dropped, Littles, Lsd, Various, War

I believe in this country [the USA], I love this country, I believe in the idea of this country, and this country is an idea.

Believe, Country, Idea, Usa

I am having so much fun performing, I feel almost guilty. I think, my God, I hope no one comes and busts me for this.

Fun, Guilty, Hope, Thinking

I'm not givin' in an inch to fear.

Fear, Givin, Inch, Inches

I think music is a lifting force, I think love is the lifting force in the human condition. I think you see someone loving on their child, and it moves you, and you can't help it.

Children, Love Is, Moves, Moving, See, Think

My songs emerge unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own. . . We have, all of us, over the years, written things that responded to the world as it slapped us in the face. Me and Nash, singing "To the Last Whale" and "Find the Cost of Freedom". Stills coming up with "For What It's Worth". These came right out of the news. People have accused us of taking stances and the truth is we don't.

Nash, Song, Taking, Unplanned, Whales, Years

I do like to smoke pot. I think it's good.

Pot, Smoke, Think, Thinking

Alec Guinness classed up that movie [Star Wars]. Nobody else in that movie knew how to act. Nobody else had a clue of what they were doing. The young guy was a complete loss, absolutely couldn't act his way out of a bag, but Alec Guinness carried that movie. He was such a class act that it elevated the film to be a joy to watch.

Act, Bag, Loss, Nobody, Stars, War

I have a pretty clear picture of the whole weight of my life, and there are things that I've done that are good, and I'm proud of them. There are things that I'm really not proud of, and that they, you have to look at me with a perspective, and I try really hard to do that, to keep from thinking I'm cool and ever so smart.

Done, Look, Perspective, Smart, Thinking

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