49 Quotes by John Fahey

So I was really composing for full orchestra and of course I didn't know enough chords or harmonies yet but I came up with some interesting stuff.

But when I come off stage, I do not want adulation, I do not want to be worshipped.

Regarding fame, fortune and Oregon I do wish I had more money.

Someone once said that war is God's way of teaching geography, but today, apparently war or even the threat of war cannot adequately teach geography,

We'll buy over 800,000 gallons of diesel fuel so every rise in cost is a major issue for us.

Well when I made my first record I thought it would be a good joke to have me on one side, have the lable say John Fahey on one side, and this guy Blind Joe Death on the other side.

We're trying to find ways for our kids to give back to the community, give back to the school, ... We're also really working on giving them the work they can take with them way beyond high school.

While I recognize in the back of my mind that I am an occasionally brilliant guitar composer and arranger, innovator and player.

Everybody else was just trying to copy folk musicians, I wasn't trying to do that.