Quotes by Kevin Eubanks - Page 1

I love both my parents dearly.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Both My Parents
Dearly
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I am blessed to have Mom and Dad.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Dad
Mom
Blessed
Mom And Dad
Am
Dad Mom I Am
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Hard work is what keeps the ship moving.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Hard Work
Moving
Ships
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James Brown is the reason I play guitar.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Guitar
Play
Reason
James
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My love life doesn't stink; it's nonexistent.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Love
Love Life
Stink
Life Love Love Life
Nonexistent
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Let your life be your music and let your music be your life.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Music
Jazz
Life Is
Musical
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My love life is like everyone else's - great, and then terrible.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Life Is
Life Is Like
Love Life
Life Love Great
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I think Wes Montgomery is the greatest jazz guitarist that ever lived.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Guitar
Guitarist
Jazz
Montgomery
Thinking
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I feel very honored to be playing with Bill Pierce. He's such a great musician.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Bills
Great Music
Honored
Musician
Pierce
Bill
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I wish I could sing. I love singers, but I am way too shy. Scares the hell out of me.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Scare
Shy
Singers
Wish
Scares
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It's shameful what's happening in this country in terms of what we deny our children.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Deny
Shameful
Happening
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The worst part is doubt. When you doubt yourself, which we are taught to do, you get lost.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Doubt
Lost
Taught
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I can pay my rent now. I guess I could always do that, but now I can get an apartment with heat.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Apartment
Heat
Pay
Rent
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I consider myself a serious musician. Doing a comedy show does not take away from that in any way.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Aggravation
Doe
Musician
Consider
Myself Way Doing
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Sometimes I wonder if I got lulled into not wanting things because I grew up black in this country.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Black
Country
Sometimes
Wonder
Lulled
Wanting
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Serious musicians are finding it harder and harder to have a voice in the world of music these days.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Harder
Musician
Serious
Voice
World
Finding
Musicians
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The things I really learned, I learned from watching my parents. They take care of business. Always have.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Care
Parent
Take Care
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The simple things in life ground me and keep me focused so Im able to do a good job with what is in front of me.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Jobs
Simple
Things In Life
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The simple things in life ground me and keep me focused so I'm able to do a good job with what is in front of me.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Focused
Good Job
Simple Things
Life Good Me
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I really worked with icons in the music business, which really had a strong effect on me. It wasn't just pick-up gigs.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Gigs
Icons
Music Business
Strong
Business Music Me
Effect
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Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Dad
Brother
Busted
Caught
Gold
Dad Always Me
Dad Me Doing
Detective
Oldest
Robin
Shield
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I was playing violin for a long time, about 6 years. It takes a while. You need very patient people in your house when you have a violin.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Long
Patient
People
Violin
Years
Time Long People
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I had the fortunate experience to play with people from different schools of music. Sam Rivers is from the fundamentalist school of music.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Fortunate
Fundamentalist
Play
Rivers
School
Experience Music People
Different Schools
Sam
Schools
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Inspiration is one thing and you can't control it, but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Good luck means, work hard. Keep up the good work.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Work
Good
Good Luck
Good Work
Hard
Hard Work
Inspiration
Luck
Moving
One Thing
Work Good Hard Work
Control
Work Hard Work Luck
Thing
Means
Up
Ship
Work Hard
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It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because there is nothing to defend.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Men
Black
Defense
Defend
Time Man Black
Indefensible
Just Be
So Much Time
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After a while I thought it didn't make any sense to use a pick. It's kind of like typing with one finger on each hand instead of using all your fingers.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Hands
Kind
Typing
Use
Finger
Hand
Instead
Pick
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I really live a simple life and don't need very much to feel good and happy. Don't get me wrong; I believe you should get what you earn. Sometimes you have to fight for it.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Happy
Believe
Feel Good
Fighting
Simple
Simple Life
Life Good Believe
Life Good Fight
Fight
Wrong
Earn
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If you play jazz, then you play with your fingers. If you're playing rock, you use a pick. There's really no rhyme or reason to that other than that's just the way it has been.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Fingers
Jazz
Play
Rhyme
Rocks
Use
Pick
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I want someone who is open-minded, dedicated to whatever she is doing and isn't afraid to say I love you. As for looks, she shouldn't have three heads. I want a regular human being.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
I Love You
Being In Love
Dedicated
Looks
Love You
Three
Heads
Human Being
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People see my current success but don't realize I've worked hard to get where I am. I used to clean garbage off the Philadelphia docks and put a lot of time into developing my music.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Clean
Developing
Garbage
Philadelphia
Success Time Music
Current
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I thought people cared about music in a deep way, so I was writing to that spirit in people and in myself. It was me, thinking I knew what was up. Youth, who else can change the world?
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
People
Thinking
Writing
Youth
Change Music Myself
Cared
Change The World
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The belief that we are what the media says we are, what people perceive we are, is soon to be what we think we are. We are treated based on this warped perception. It is hard to get away from it.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Belief
Media
People
Perceive
Thinking
Warped
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Being as versatile as I am, I take offense to the notion that no serious musician would not be doing a late night talk show gig. One has to be open enough in other areas to be able to contribute to a show like this.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Able
Late
Musician
Night
Notion
Offense
Serious
Versatile
Contribute
Gig
Talk Show
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In most places that are rich in guitar culture, everyone uses their fingers, like in Spain or Africa. In Japan there are string instruments played that way. It is not until you get in the States that you find people using picks.
Kevin Eubanks / Guitarist
Fingers
Guitar
Instruments
Japan
People
Picks
Spain
Africa
String
Uses
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