David Crosby

David Van Cortlandt Crosby (14 August 1941 – 19 January 2023) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash.

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• "It can't happen here" is number one on the list of famous last words.
  • Fong-Torres, Ben (23 July 1970). David Crosby: The Rolling Stone Interview. Rolling Stone.

• I don’t know if I have two weeks left of life or 10 years, but it doesn’t matter. What matters is what you do with the time. If you sit there on your butt and worry about dying, then you fucking wasted it. I haven’t been wasting it. I’m having a really good time, and feeling wonderfully about it. Sooner or later, something is going to break. Right now, my life is pretty great.
  • Greene, Andy (30 June 2021). David Crosby on Channeling Steely Dan, Turning 80, and How His New Album Saved Him. Rolling Stone.

• (By this time, David Crosby had “discovered” you singing in a club in Coconut Grove, Florida. What was he like back then?) He was tanned. He was straight. He was clearing out his boat, and it was going to be the beginning of a new life for him. He was paranoid about his hair, I remember. Having long hair in a short hair society. He had a wonderful sense of humor. Crosby has enthusiasm like no one else. He can make you feel like a million bucks. Or he can bring you down with the same force. Crosby, in producing that first album, did me an incredible service, which I will never forget. He used his success and name to make sure my songs weren’t tampered with to suit the folk-rock trend.
  • Joni Mitchell Interview with Rolling Stone (1979)