The first music I was exposed to was Stravinsky and I loved it but I don't remember it. Leo Kottke exposelovemusic Change image and share on social
That was when I found out that you could talk to them and it was a whole other way to blow your stack, and it's so much fun to perform that you want to do it again and the more you get out of it the better. Leo Kottke blowfindfun share on social
I would say that if you don't feel like talking to the crowd something is wrong and if you force yourself to talk to them things will happen and to that extent things aren't choreographed. Leo Kottke choreographcrowdextent Change image and share on social
I was two and a half and my folks would put it on the record player and I would run around the house screaming, but I haven't been that hip since. Leo Kottke folkhalfhip Change image and share on social
When the audience is awful you can still have a great night and people will walk out thinking they had a great time even though there was loads of loudmouths and the sound was terrible. Leo Kottke audienceawfulgreat Change image and share on social
I do have a library of events I can talk about and I always expect to find a different point of view on it so even if I talk about the same event in the same town it's fresh. Leo Kottke eventexpectfind Change image and share on social
I had been playing single note instruments and I wanted to hear a guitar played as a piano. Leo Kottke guitarhearinstrument Change image and share on social
It was almost two years after I left Capital that I put out the first one on Chrysalis and that was really instructive because it was no better in particular than any other record I'd done. Leo Kottke capitalchrysalisinstructive Change image and share on social
The principle element in a performance is risk, and if you're losing interest then by scaring yourself to death the audience will feel it and boy it'll wake them up. Leo Kottke audienceboydeath Change image and share on social
I don't spend a lot of time thinking of what they'll do musically, I try to imagine being locked into a windowless room with this person for twelve hours at a time. If you can look at that and think it might be fun then maybe you've got the right musician. Leo Kottke funhavehour share on social
