Quotes by Dan Hicks - Page 1

I don't dictate the solos and I don't dictate the vocal harmonies.
Dan Hicks /
Vocal
Dictate
Harmonies
Solos
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I don't think I'd want a revival. I'm not doing a tribute to myself.
Dan Hicks /
Revival
Tribute
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There've been periods where I had to convince the audience or win them over.
Dan Hicks /
Convince
Periods
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It's not about retro or modern, it's about this note or that note, which sounds better?
Dan Hicks /
Modern
Retro
Note
Sounds
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There's some pictures of me playing hollow bodies, but I never last long. I always come back to the acoustic.
Dan Hicks /
Hollow
Always Me Long
Acoustic
Bodies
Me Long Always
Pictures
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I haven't been drinking for years now. Something's got to give. I don't mind that I'm a guy that's stopped drinking, though this interview is making me mighty thirsty.
Dan Hicks /
Drinking
Thirsty
Mind Me Something
Interview
Mighty
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And it really is a good feeling to get up there and make that sound. I'm not stuck in a time warp, because I can use as many of the old songs as I want to, just the favorites.
Dan Hicks /
Good Feeling
Stuck
Warp
Songs
Favorites
Old Songs
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I guess my idea of a good audience is one that's quiet and listens, but also that's alive: they respond, they're getting the jokes, they're with me. And that' s been happening.
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Alive
Quiet
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Happening
Listens
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About 10 years ago, I took some vocal lessons. I'll bet that helped. I got a tape of exercises that the girl gave me, which I don't do anymore, but they were good. And I don't smoke.
Dan Hicks /
Lessons
Smoke
Tape
Vocal
Years Ago
Anymore
Bet
Exercises
Helped
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I was always looking to record, but how much I actually pursued it was another thing. The major labels weren't that interested in me, and the smaller labels didn't have any money to do anything.
Dan Hicks /
Labels
Pursued
How Much
Major
Smaller
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My stuff was more of a folk coffeehouse thing, with more acoustic guitar, just me doing a single, and then adding on instruments and voices, with emphasis on lyrics and singing and light kind of acoustic jazz.
Dan Hicks /
Acoustic Guitar
Emphasis
Instruments
Jazz
Light
Singing
Single
Acoustic
Guitar Me Singing
Adding
Folk
Voices
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Right now, I'm thinking in terms of just having a good band, man. Having a good act for the stage. Being a good performer, you know? Connected to that is future recordings, and future tunes, that kind of stuff.
Dan Hicks /
Connected
Tunes
Good Band
Performer
Recordings
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I had different bands. I played with the Acoustic Warriors for the most part, without girl singers. It was the same kind of sound, acoustic guitar, bass, with violin and sometimes accordion, and the guys would sing, that kind of thing.
Dan Hicks /
Acoustic Guitar
Violin
Accordion
Acoustic
Sing
Warriors
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There's been a big buzz about the Charlatans in the last couple of years. I've heard the word Charlatans more in the last few years than I'd heard it for the previous 20 years. People would interview me for years and never even mention the Charlatans.
Dan Hicks /
Buzz
Charlatans
Couple
Me People Never
Interview
Last Few Years
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