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Dave Van Ronk quotes: Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz.

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 quotes: I don't think I went a year or so without a record between 1959 and 1979, sometimes two.

I don't think I went a year or so without a record between 1959 and 1979, sometimes two.

Dave Van Ronk quotes: If it can't be done in bed, it's not worth doing.

If it can't be done in bed, it's not worth doing.

Dave Van Ronk quotes: God has a way of telling you when to change your strings.

God has a way of telling you when to change your strings.

Dave Van Ronk quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I'm an exhibitionist, I was an exhibitionist as a kid.

I'm an exhibitionist, I was an exhibitionist as a kid.

Dave Van Ronk quotes: If you look at music, you see theme, variation, you see symmetry, asymmetry, you see structure, and these are related to skills in the real world.

If you look at music, you see theme, variation, you see symmetry, asymmetry, you see structure, and these are related to skills in the real world.

Dave Van Ronk quotes: When you're working in front of an audience, you have incentive to excel.

When you're working in front of an audience, you have incentive to excel.

Dave Van Ronk quotes: I'm a very, very stubborn man.

I'm a very, very stubborn man.

Dave Van Ronk quotes: By the mid-70s, I wanted to get out of the business. I was tired anyway.

By the mid-70s, I wanted to get out of the business. I was tired anyway.

Dave Van Ronk quotes: I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician.

I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician.

Dave Van Ronk quotes: I think I have more in common with a carpenter than you might think. We're putting things together.

I think I have more in common with a carpenter than you might think. We're putting things together.

Dave Van Ronk quotes: My uncle and my grandfather both worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

My uncle and my grandfather both worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Dave Van Ronk quotes: Sometimes you have to forget your principles and do what's right.

Sometimes you have to forget your principles and do what's right.

Dave Van Ronk quotes: And then adds with a laugh, 'but in retrospect I think he may have been more sophisticated than we were.'

And then adds with a laugh, 'but in retrospect I think he may have been more sophisticated than we were.'

Dave Van Ronk quotes: Most blues don't have a beginning, middle, or end. You just cut a couple slices of blues.

Most blues don't have a beginning, middle, or end. You just cut a couple slices of blues.