Quote by Bill Kreutzmann

My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument.

My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans musi

Summary

This quote highlights the influence of the speaker's father on their love for New Orleans music and their desire to learn to play a musical instrument. The mention of the father's appreciation for black singers suggests a deep respect for African-American musicians and their contributions to the genre. This quote illustrates how exposure to different musical styles and the admiration of a loved one can inspire a personal passion and drive to pursue a creative outlet.

Topics

Dad

By Bill Kreutzmann

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

This most beautiful system The Universe could only proceed f

This most beautiful system The Universe could only proceed from the dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.

Sir Isaac Newton

Creation

What is a man if he is not a thief who openly charges as muc

What is a man if he is not a thief who openly charges as much as he can for the goods he sells?

Profit

You can't just go around killing people.You're right. You ca

You can't just go around killing people.You're right. You can't go around killing people.

Cassandra Clare

Clary Fray Jace

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the form

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.

Faith

The stars are the apexes of what triangles!

The stars are the apexes of what triangles!

Henry David Thoreau

Fame

Written words differ from spoken words in being material str

Written words differ from spoken words in being material structures. A spoken word is a process in the physical world, having an essential time-order; a written word is a series of pieces of matter, having an essential space-order.

Bertrand Russell

Time Order Thetimes

The Americans are violently oral. That's why in America the

The Americans are violently oral. That's why in America the mother is all-important and the father has no position at all -- isn't respected in the least. Even the American passion for laxatives can be explained as an oral manifestation. They want to get rid of any unpleasantness taken in through the mouth.

America

A good character carries with it the highest power of causin

A good character carries with it the highest power of causing a thing to be believed.

Power

She was not a women likely to settle for equality when sex g

She was not a women likely to settle for equality when sex gave her an advantage.

Equality

Those who fall in love with practice without science are lik

Those who fall in love with practice without science are like a sailor who enters a ship without a helm or a compass, and who never can be certain whither he is going.

Leonardo da Vinci

Love Science

You can't respect yourself if you're afraid to be who you ar

You can't respect yourself if you're afraid to be who you are.

Respect

We can believe in the future and work to achieve it and pres

We can believe in the future and work to achieve it and preserve it, or we can whirl blindly on, behaving as if one day there will be no children to inherit our legacy. The choice is ours; the earth is in balance.

Science