Top 114 Quotes by James McBride

About James McBride

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

Essentially, I'm a storyteller, and I make my living by telling stories, be they music or nonfiction or fiction.

Essentially, I'm a storyteller, and I make my living by telling stories, be they music or nonfiction or fiction.

James McBride

You can't write just anything. Your story needs structure.

You can't write just anything. Your story needs structure.

James McBride

Writing teaches writing.

Writing teaches writing.

James McBride

My family is my career.

My family is my career.

James McBride

Every time I see something about the Wild West, I'm reminded that our version of history may not be what really happened.

Every time I see something about the Wild West, I'm reminded that our version of history may not be what really happened.

James McBride

I think heroes who are not flawed are not believable.

I think heroes who are not flawed are not believable.

James McBride

A band is not a democracy: It's show business.

A band is not a democracy: It's show business.

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

Until you expose the cancer, you can't fix it.

Until you expose the cancer, you can't fix it.

James McBride

We would not have been a successful family without my father and stepfather, who were working-class men with better dreams for their children. We just wore them out.

We would not have been a successful family without my father and stepfather, who were working-class men with better dreams for their children. We just wore them out.

James McBride

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