Top 114 Quotes by James McBride

About James McBride

These are some quotes by American author James McBride Writer, who was born in 1957.

I'd like to do something involving jazz. But books are how I earn my living, and I'd like to stay with the horse I rode in on.

I'd like to do something involving jazz. But books are how I earn my living, and I'd like to stay with the horse I rode in on.

James McBride

I'm not one of those who can listen to music and write. I need the door closed. Windows shut. Facing the wall. No birds tweeting, views of nature, and so forth.

I'm not one of those who can listen to music and write. I need the door closed. Windows shut. Facing the wall. No birds tweeting, views of nature, and so forth.

James McBride

I love the language of, you know, the old black country man with a blues guitar and... boots and the quick banter.

I love the language of, you know, the old black country man with a blues guitar and... boots and the quick banter.

James McBride

James Brown was the Monday-to-Friday guy. He was the hardest man in show business. He was like your dad and your uncle: He showed up, and he hit hard.

James Brown was the Monday-to-Friday guy. He was the hardest man in show business. He was like your dad and your uncle: He showed up, and he hit hard.

James McBride

Don't get me started on Americans and war. One of the things I learnt over in Italy is how they mythologised the war so that it's all good old gung-ho guys from Omaha and ignored everyone else's role.

Don't get me started on Americans and war. One of the things I learnt over in Italy is how they mythologised the war so that it's all good old gung-ho guys from Omaha and ignored everyone else's role.

James McBride

There is a lot wrong with the church.

There is a lot wrong with the church.

James McBride

If you don't have humor, you're not going to make it. You're going to be one of those people who walks around with your head about to explode.

If you don't have humor, you're not going to make it. You're going to be one of those people who walks around with your head about to explode.

James McBride

The starting point of all great jazz has got to be format, a language that you can work within that, in some ways, is much tighter than the blues or even gospel. It's all working towards the same destination - the difference being that Miles Davis flew there, and I'm still taking the subway.

James McBride

I type most of my books for the first chapter or two - I use a manual typewriter for the first 50 pages or so - and then I move to the computer. It helps me keep the work lean so I don't end up spending 10 pages describing a leaf.

James McBride

James Brown's music still sounds as fresh and as good and as new as it did when he first created it.

James Brown's music still sounds as fresh and as good and as new as it did when he first created it.

James McBride

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