Stephen Stills Quotes

"One thing the blues ain't, is funny."

"David Crosby is an incredible musician. He's to the point now where he never makes mistakes."

"I ain't no Dylan, you know. I haven't got the gift of the language, I don't think."

Neil and I used to have guitar wars on stage that were really stupid. It was really funny."

"I abhorred hippies. That's fair and accurate."

"I'm a pretty private guy. I like having people over and having a meal at home."

"We moved around so much when I was a kid, the place I call home is New Orleans because at least I can remember the names of some of the streets there."

"I detest talking about myself. There is a reason why people pick up an instrument and put it between themselves and the rest of the world."

"I don't set out to write a political song. I am not one of those that feels compelled to write about what's going on."

"My first album would have been a number one record if George Harrison hadn't come out right behind me with All Things Must Pass."

David Crosby Quotes

"Being a hippy was the most natural thing in the world to me."

"There are a lot of people who look great but can't sing."

"I love Stephan Stills and Neil Young dearly. We talk all the time."

"We don't take show business or the spotlight seriously."


"The people who run record companies now wouldn't know a song if it flew up their nose and died."

"Now record companies are run by lawyers and accountants."

"We were right about a lot of things...but we were wrong about the drugs."

"I've always lived my life intensely and tried to write about those experiences, as opposed to writing abstract lyrics."

"At this stage of my life, I don't want to stay in one place too long without moving forward, without trying something new."

"I don't know why I'm alive and Jimi isn't and Janis isn't and Mama Cass isn't and all my other friends, I have no idea why me, but I got lucky."

"Who remembers the 60's? I don't look back hardly at all. I don't even remember Woodstock."

Crosby, Stills & Nash Quotes

David Crosby: "We've all been friends for a long time. And when the vibe's good we really have a lot of fun with each other."

Stephen Stills: "I abhorred hippies. That's fair and accurate."

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

David Crosby: "We don't take show business or the spotlight seriously."

Stephen Stills: "I feel like I'm just learning how to play the guitar. I mean, really learning to play the guitar."

Graham Nash: "With Crosby, Stills and Nash and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young...we're very strong individuals, and we want our lives to be led the way we want them to."

David Crosby: "Good music is an end in and of itself. When you're doing it, it's the most fun part."

Stephen Stills: "Over the years I've had other people to please but now I've finally got to play in the way I always wanted to do in the first place."

Graham Nash: "The secret is to enjoy and be proud of the music we've created and the people with whom we have been linked."