Graham Nash Quotes

I'm not so sure that people consider homelessness to be as important as, say, the Vietnam War. One should never even try to equate them because, of course, they're tragedies on both sides of the coin.

I'm trying to communicate here. I'm a communicator, I like to communicate, and if a million people buy it then we've touched a million people, if only 10 people buy it, then we've only touched 10, and that's important, because I'm satisfied with only 10. But, I love a million.

There is a great correlation between music and images.

I wasn't thinking of the longevity of any of my songs, but I am extremely pleased with the lasting effect.

Rules and regulations, who needs them. Open up the door, we can change the world.

Being in a different band always brings great musical experiences to be able to draw on.

If every human being disappeared off the face of the earth in an instant, the earth would still keep spinning and the planet would develop new life forms.

People like Beck and Shawn Colvin are some of the people I listen to lately.

You don't get on your feet if you don't have to, you know. And these people were on their feet rockin', and that was thrilling for David and I, absolutely.

After six or seven performances of any song, you begin to perform it rather than feel it.

Teach your children well, so they don't live in off-campus group houses and throw loud parties while I'm trying to sleep.

We only had enough money really to cut 10 things and be in there for a month because it's expensive, you know. And, singer/songwriters, today are lucky if they can get a deal, you know. So, we actually worked so fast that we really cut 20 things.

I think Stills has been playing better than ever. I know a lot of it sounds self-serving, but he truly has.

We can't forget what happened on May 4th, 1970, when four students gave up their lives because they had the American constitutional right of peaceful protest. They gave up their lives. And to sing that song in that spot on that anniversary was very emotional for us.

This digital world is completely fascinating to me.

If you don't want to be there, it shows in the energy that you put out and in your actions.

I began to realize that photographs, these still images, have a tremendous power to move your soul. They can change your life by what you choose to get out of them, and I started to collect photographs.

I don't shoot kittens with balls of wool. I don't shoot sunsets. What draws me? Ironic, surreal, unexplained, timely moments.

I don't have to ask anyone's permission to do anything. It's nice not have to get decisions out of three, sometimes four people, which can be like pulling teeth. So the amount of control that I have over what I'm doing is better for me as a solo artist.

I'm curious about life, period.

I fail to see the issue that will shock the people of this great country of ours into some decisive action.

Wealth and fame can only be so important in the face of musical magic

With Crosby, Stills, and Nash and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young ... we're very strong individuals, and we want our lives to be led the way we want them to.

Martin guitars have now brought out, you know, on a more traditional level, the Stephen Stills' model of Martin guitars. It's beautiful. I just went inside. I bought one immediately.

I find it somewhat difficult to write with other people, although it has happened occasionally.

One of the great things about rap music ... it leaves a lot to be desired, as far as I'm concerned, musically, but I do recognize the very important place that it has in music and in creating role models for younger kids to emulate, giving them the dream that they can make it out of whatever situation they're in.

I still have an insane drive to create and express myself, and it'll never stop because I don't know how to stop it.

We are excited about the music, past and present and future, and are really looking forward to playing.

I've been a photographer all these years ... I haven't been in my own darkroom for 10 years.

Just with the basic one guitar, one piano and one vocal and an audience, I think that the intimacy comes through more. People feel much more connected to the song because there's nothing in the way, and I actually enjoy doing that.

I worked very hard on me and David's record and I'm extremely proud of the record, as most people are who were involved with it. And, it's been wonderfully received by people who like our kind of music, they think it's something special, and so do I.

You know, every year has been fantastic for me, I'm still here, I'm still alive and it's been fantastic.

Do you know anybody under 25 that gives a damn whether you marry a man if you're a man or if you marry a woman if you're a woman? No.