Quotes by Graham Nash

If I read or listened to critics of our music, I'd have been discouraged a long time ago.

I wasn't thinking of the longevity of any of my songs, but I am extremely pleased with the lasting effect.

Wealth and fame can only be so important in the face of musical magic.

My parents recognized something in me that they encouraged instead of deflated, and I’ll always be grateful to them for that.

If I read or listened to critics of our music. I’d have been discouraged a long time ago.

I don’t shoot kittens with balls of wool. I don’t shoot sunsets. What draws me? Ironic, surreal, unexplained, timely moments.

I mean, there’s times to rock and roll, and I love that too. But I think my first love is acoustic music.

I’m not so sure that people consider homelessness to be as important as, say, the Vietnam War. One should never even try to equate them because, of course, they’re tragedies on both sides of the coin.

We can’t forget what happened on May 4th, 1970, when four students gave up their lives because they had the American constitutional right of peaceful protest. They gave up their lives. And to sing that song in that spot on that anniversary was very emotional for us.

Just with the basic one guitar, one piano and one vocal and an audience, I think that the intimacy comes through more. People feel much more connected to the song because there’s nothing in the way, and I actually enjoy doing that.