Jeff Buckley Quotes

I don't really need to be remembered. I hope the m... -Jeff Buckley

I don't really need to be remembered. I hope the music's remembered.

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The quote suggests that personal recognition or remembrance is not of primary importance to the speaker, as they express a hope that their music will endure and leave a lasting legacy.

Grace is what matters in anything - especially life, especially growth, tragedy, pain, love, death. That's a quality that I admire very greatly. It keeps you from reaching out for the gun too quickly. It keeps you from destroying things too foolishly. It sort of keeps you alive.

I'm convinced I got signed because of who I am. An... -Jeff Buckley

I'm convinced I got signed because of who I am. And it makes me sad.

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This quote expresses the speaker's belief that their signing or success in a particular endeavor was based on their personal identity or characteristics rather than their talent or skills, which brings them sadness or disappointment.

'Grace' is basically a death prayer. Not something of sorrow, but of just casting away any fear of death. No relief will come - you really just have to stew in your life until it's time to go. But sometimes, somebody else's faith in you can do wonders.

I'm sick of all these labels and these manufactured subdivisions of music that don't even exist. And even though I'm pierced myself, I'm sick of everyone equating body piercing with musical courage. If you ask me, it takes a lot more than that.

Certain emotions just take you to the notes - bein... -Jeff Buckley

Certain emotions just take you to the notes - being furious, heroic, sad, erotic, when rain comes.

I don't see people. I don't see men and women at all. When I see them, I see... their mothers and fathers. I see how old they are inside. Like when I look at the president, or anybody in a record company, or a store owner, I may see a little boy behind the counter with the face of an old man. And that's who I talk to.

The most audacious thing I could possibly state in this day and age is that life is worth living. It's worth being bashed against. It's worth getting scarred by. It's worth pouring yourself over every one of its coals.

Jeff Buckley Quotes

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