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
It's true that the more you put in the more you get out and that has to be there I think, If you aren't really hooked on your instrument this job would be a hell on earth but if you are, it's the best. Leo Kottke earthhellhook share on social
I am evidence that you don't have to sell a lot of records or succeed in the usual way to have a big audience and a job. Leo Kottke audiencebigevidence 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
It was a kind of paralysis you would get from tendonitis and I would last about five to ten minutes into the set and it would set in and I really couldn't play. Leo Kottke kindminuteparalysis 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 think if you are writing an instrumental you are dealing with more of an aesthetic in a sense but a lyric is more of a putting yourself on the line and a much more expensive exercise. Leo Kottke aestheticdealexercise Change image and share on social
You can't really tell what the audience wants but you can tell what will keep everybodies attention in the same place. Leo Kottke attentionaudienceeverybodies Change image and share on social
I'm not subject to their rise and fall because I'm not accepted by them, so I have my own little curve going on. A lot of it is because of how much I play, I think I connect like when all you had was Vaudeville, I think I have an audience by performing a lot! Leo Kottke acceptaudienceconnect 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
