It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
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Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also.
It's always obvious to me when someone is looking at me with an idea of who I am and hoping that that's the person I'm going to be. No matter how subtle it is, it's there, and you want to give them who they really want. But it ain't me.
If I do something, it's always 90% obvious and 10% unknown.
Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.
However, some of my work is very subtle, and one should expect very subtle reactions to it.
I was the most subtle person in the world.
Sometimes it's easier to show than it is to tell.
Johnny Winter doesn't know the word 'subtlety.' But it works, it works.
Guys are much more obvious than they think they are.
Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there's a lot of subtlety. That's what I'm proud of.
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