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The thing about a music career is that it ain't over until the fat lady sings. Look at all the times people threw in the towel on Dylan - or Neil Young. Remember when Young was doing things in the '80s like 'Trans' and the rockabilly album and being completely lambasted by critics who now think he is wonderful again?

~Jeff Buckley

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I'm not 'Grace.' That album is like a brick onto itself. It's like a coffin that I put certain feelings and observations in so that they can be capsulized forever. I wanted to put them there so I would be free to move on.

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There are times when what you do will be mysterious to everyone... times when you have to change directions before people are ready. Just because someone does something that critics don't like or understand doesn't mean you're failing as a musician. It probably means you're growing.

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All these people that want to make me out as part of Generation X had better watch out, or they're going to get X'd out themselves.

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I've always liked the electric guitar better. Even though the acoustic can be a very sexy and mysterious instrument, I can go to way more places with an electric.

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I disoriented myself from everything about being a human being and just played and played and played and sang and sang and sang.

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I don't know any artists that are really emotionally well adjusted. In fact, I think we're all pretty much insane.

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Grace is a quality in people that I just enjoy. It's a very human quality.

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The music business is the most childish business in the world. Nobody knows what they're selling or why, but they sell it if it works.

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I figured if I played in the no-man's land of intimacy, I would learn to be a performer.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: November 17th, 1966

Died: May 29th, 1997

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