“Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve ...” — T Bone Burnett Quote

“Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around it may be to keep it as simple as possible.”

“I got out of high school, bought a recording studio and started operating it as an engineer and a producer.”

“But my point is these Civil War songs were gruesome. The hatred that's so bad in this country today, and for the past 10 or 15 years, bad as it is, is nothing compared to the kind of things people would write down and sing back in the Civil War.”

“Almost everything I operated was in Melbourne and Perth, but in the end, I just couldn't bear the thought of leaving. Sydney is my home.”

“I've experienced great things, I've experienced great tragedies. I've done almost everything I could possibly ever imagine doing, but I just know that there's more.”

“I'm inspired by almost everything I come across in life, and one way or another they find themselves sneaking into my stories.”