John Densmore Quotes
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The first drum beat we all heard was our mother.
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I've been a longtime supporter of all sorts of environmental groups.
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The more the ensemble, the duet or the forty piece orchestra, plays as one person, the more it makes people dance, because you're back in the womb. You feel mom's heartbeat. It makes you move. It reminds you of that warm, groovy space you were in.
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When an ensemble is really tight or playing as one, it's a transcendental experience. It is spiritual. It goes beyond the ensemble. Ray and I and Robby and Jim were pretty tight, musically and spiritually.
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I don't play just one-two-three-four. I try to play melodies.
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Bass players and drummers are brothers in the basement cooking up the groove that makes people move.
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If an ensemble - I don't care if it's a duet or a forty-piece orchestra - the musicians, the two of them or the forty of them, are all trying to play as tight as possible, as one person. They're trying to play like they are one person.
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Going first is courageous. I'm just talking on a spirit level now.
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Those who go ahead provide a little light into the unknown.
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If you're playing live, I like to think of the ensemble, whether it's the duet or a forty piece orchestra, as one person. And the entire audience, whether it's twelve people or twelve thousand at Madison Square Garden, is the other person. The two of you are going to dance together tonight.
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Fortunately, an extremely sexy, pixie-voiced blond named Ronnie Harran, who booked the Whisky, saw us...She had an ear for talent...the Whisky was finally a gig we could be proud of...
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When Ray calls, I always ask him, 'What is it you want to buy?'
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Why is there such passion for any sort of gossipy, provocative sensual stuff? It sells!
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In your twenties, everything makes you crazy.
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When I wake up in the morning, I meditate immediately, before I even get out of bed.
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I was raised Catholic. I didn't appreciate the guilt and sin part of it.
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We have our own little heartbeat, too. We already have what I would call polyrhythms going on.
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Being in a band is like polygamy without the sex.
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People forget that public people and celebrities, they too have to go to the bathroom and get divorced.
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Anything that Pearl Jam does, I'm down with, because they have so much integrity. Pearl Jam is always trying to find new things and explore new technology, and I like that.
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Danny was the No. 1 Doors fan of the world. I told him no one loved Jim as much as he did.
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There's a lot of pressure, from everyone, ... Pressure from the guys, the manager, the (Morrison) estate.
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I've been very blessed to make a living in stuff I love and am totally passionate about, music and writing. So I'm eager to see what the day will bring, how I will feed that passion.
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If something came along that's very 'green' then maybe.