Tag Archives: John Fahey

I just want to be treated like an average guy. John Fahey

Well I was on the one hand, the more I played the guitar the more I began to really love the guitar and to love virtually any kind of music that anybody played well on guitar. John Fahey

As for fame, it can go to your head and you can become full of yourself. John Fahey

How can I be a folk? I'm from the suburbs you know. John Fahey

I also know that I am not a great technician. John Fahey

But I say these things in an objective dispassionate manner because, you know, and I can't explain why, but being one of the greatest guitarists in the world simply is not very important to me. John Fahey

When I play, I very quickly put myself into a light hypnotic trance and compose while playing, drawing directly from the emotions. John Fahey

Early Bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that. John Fahey

From a social perspective, I am looking for friends, not acolytes. John Fahey

As soon as the groupie finds out that you make errors in everyday life like everybody else does and that you are human, they turn on you and hate you. John Fahey