Dave Van Ronk > Quotes

“Every corpse is a patriot.”
― Dave Van Ronk

“If it can't be done in bed, it's not worth doing.”
― Dave Van Ronk

“Blues is like a kielbasa, those long Polish sausages: you don't sing a whole blues, you just cut off a section.”
― Dave Van Ronk, The Mayor of MacDougal Street

“You can be a mighty sailor, wrestling with an alligator. Romping through the swamp.”
― Dave Van Ronk

“Why must the show go on?”
― Dave Van Ronk

“Sometimes you have to forget your principles and do what’s right.”
― Dave Van Ronk, The Mayor of MacDougal Street: A Memoir

“Never use two notes when one will do. Never use one note when silence will do. The essence of music is punctuated silence.”
― Dave Van Ronk, Mayor of MacDougal Street by Dave Van Ronk (7-Nov-2013) Paperback

“March 1958 issue, for example, notes that “Dave Van Ronk, like so many other Village characters, has affected a beard.”
― Dave Van Ronk, The Mayor of MacDougal Street: A Memoir