Curated Quotations

Dave Van Ronk

Quotations

  • “Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone – and hurt them to the bone – you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time.” -Dave Van Ronk

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  • “You can’t be afraid of failure and you can’t be afraid of success, because either one gets in the way of your work.” -Dave Van Ronk

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  • “They basically said that if I didn’t show up for school they’d mark me present, they wouldn’t send the truant officer after me. At 16 I enrolled in something called continuing education. Once a month I’d go out to Jamaica, but I didn’t take it seriously.” -Dave Van Ronk

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  • “Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz.” -Dave Van Ronk

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