Freedy Johnston Quotes

• Most people like me are having a tough time. But it's fine. I don't really think about it as a career. I don't need to have a million bucks, but it keeps me in music and without a day job, so it's working out fine.

  Freedy Johnston

  Jobs, Thinking, Careers

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• I'm a snake oil salesman as much as anyone else, but I try to keep something for myself.

  Freedy Johnston

  Snakes, Oil, Trying

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• The most sophisticated pop musician that I knew of and liked
  was Paul McCartney.

  Freedy Johnston

  Musician, Sophisticated, Pops

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• At that time there was, but they didn't have the guitar I wanted. There are only about 2000 people there and the next town was Dodge City 40 or 50 miles away and I didn't have a car. So it was easier to order it through the mail - which you shouldn't do. But it turned out okay. It was one of those Ovations - there's not much danger in ordering one of those.

  Freedy Johnston

  Guitar, Order, Cities

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• Well I'm not a storyteller, as far as telling stories which relate to experiences in my own life. That's not what I do. I write songs which have a narrative and attempt to make sense and tell a story - sure! But whenever I hear the word "storyteller" I think of a children's musician.

  Freedy Johnston

  Song, Children, Writing

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