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If you can't play it on an acoustic guitar or a grand piano then it's not a song.

~Christopher Cross

Topics: Acoustic Acoustic Guitar Grand Guitar Piano Play Song Then You

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I think MTV put a huge dent in the songwriting craft.

~Christopher Cross

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People say, 'How's the record doing?' In the old days you'd say, 'We're at 600,000, it's doing great.' You don't say those things anymore. Those numbers are gone.

~Christopher Cross

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I think too many artists from my era tend to just stamp out a record.

~Christopher Cross

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I mean, I have a daughter, and it's a very bad message to send to my daughter that to be valid or accepted or to have value, you have to look a certain way. It's all about appearance, and not about education and not about contributing. I think we've completely lost our way.

~Christopher Cross

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I'm now wearing suits on stage, so I've kinda stepped up my game as far as image. Which I have to admit is kind of a pain the butt, but it's fun. It gives you a certain amount of confidence to walk on stage and look nice, but I can't say that I'm totally buying into the whole image factor.

~Christopher Cross

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I'm a very private, very reclusive kind of guy.

~Christopher Cross

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We certainly strive for trying to make a quality record throughout, and I think that's true of all of our records.

~Christopher Cross

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The writers that I aspire to, like Joni Mitchell and Randy Newman, they'll tell you that the work gets harder, not easier. And they set that bar for us where we're always striving to do something better than the last time, whether it's the next song or just the next line.

~Christopher Cross

Topics: Always Aspire Bar Better Easier Gets Harder Joni Mitchell Just Last Last Time Like Line Mitchell Newman Next Randy Set Something Song Striving Tell Than Time Us Where Whether Work Writers You

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I mean, it's pretty disillusioning for all of us right now, and we feel pretty helpless when Congress, their approval rating is thirteen percent, and across the board, whether you're a Democrat or a Republican, you sort of want to walk in and fire everybody.

~Christopher Cross

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: May 3rd, 1951

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