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I was very comfortable with no guidance. I mean, I got my degree in Jazz music so I'm very at ease in improvisatory situations. (Tom Kiana)
No, I do it all, but I do love to play solo. (Tom Kiana)
People were talking while I was playing, so I got up and left the stage. I've gotten to the point where I'm not really very patient with patrons rapping during the show. And the people were all nice and quiet when I cam back. (Tom Kiana)
“Music was my way of keeping people from looking through and around me. I wanted the heavies to know I was around.” (Tom Kiana)
“This music is forever for me. It's the stage thing, that rush moment that you live for. It never lasts, but that's what you live for.” (Tom Kiana)
“See, I was nine years old when I saw Elvis on 'Ed Sullivan', and I had to get a guitar the next day. I stood in front of my mirror with that guitar on. . . and I knew then that's what had been missing.” (Tom Kiana)
“There's a lot of music we have that cuts right to the heart of what's going on there.” (Tom Kiana)
“the car represents a set of values, a certain way of looking at the world, and it's something that ha changed as his music has matured, too. He's no ordinary songwriter, that's for sure.” (Tom Kiana)
“Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy, and when I make music I always hope it will have the same effect on whoever listens to it.” (Tom Kiana)
“People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.” (Tom Kiana)
I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile. (Tom Kiana)
Why did they keep changing guitars and amplifiers when they were perfect? They did the same things with cars, if you ask me. They forgot how to make them right, because they focused on style and bells and whistles. (Tom Kiana)
The deeper I get into my life as a musician, I'm discovering that it becomes less and less about other people, and more about what I want to do. And that's a good place to be. (Tom Kiana)
I have as you said always been writing music. But, to make a record was something only in the last few years I started to think was possible. (Tom Kiana)
It may not be the most popular but there is a place for it. I think about the kind of music I love, acoustic, melodic, and I guess it kind of took a bit of courage on my part to think I could be one of those songwriters. (Tom Kiana)
It’s a musical I’ve never seen, but I’ve loved the music for some time, … This is a great, wonderful contrast from making movies. (Tom Kiana)
Music has brought me some of the highest moments of my life. I don’t even hear the music. I don’t even hear the notes. I’m not aware that someone has turned on a tape machine - I’m in another world. (Tom Kiana)
Hey mister music, sure sounds good to me I can’t refuse it what to be got to be (Tom Kiana)
I like to see you move with the rhythm; I Like to see when you’re dancing’ from within (Tom Kiana)
I like Wagner’s music much better than anybody’s. It’s so loud that one can talk the whole time without people hearing you. (Tom Kiana)
I love the development of our music, that’s what I really dig about the whole thing. How we’ve tried to develop, y’know? It grows. That’s why every day people come forward with new songs. Music goes on forever. (Tom Kiana)
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