Musician Quotes

Above all, I try to create an emotion to which others can respond.

I was lucky enough to get to see guys like Bugs Henderson, Jimmy Wallace, all those great Texas blues players.

Every song is different.

The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book.

If you improvise a riff and the crowd immediately reacts to it, you know you're on to something.

Musicians tend to get bored playing the same thing over and over, so I think it's natural to experiment.

We still get those kind of cats coming out to our shows. Once you're into it, you're into it for a lifetime.

When I tried to play something and screwed up, I'd hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it.

I've done a lot of things and I've been a lot of people, but now I've come to realize who I am.

I'm more married to Sandy now than when we were married with the legal document. We're still married as parents.

I'm a singer who moves like a dancer.

I want to make it faster than anyone has ever made it before. I'd like to be a legend by the time I'm 25.

I want to do drama, light comedy, the whole range.

I think Flip Wilson is a brillant comedian.

I realized that I needed to be anonymous on the street and somebody else on the stage. I had tried to put my street self on the stage, but what they want is an actor on stage.

I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make the distinction.

I had these shoes made and 2 to 3 inch lifts inside and the heel was another 2 and half inches. I walked around that way, wherever I could without falling over.

I drilled holes in the floor of the club, and it's sinking.

I don't want to be able to see the audience.

I don't know what it is to love the way they love-they would jump off a bridge for me. I can't do that. I can only say, I owe you.

I don't care if I never do another TV show in my life.

I decided I was going to give up singing and concentrate on acting, and a result of that, I didn't do another film for two to three years, and I don't blame it on anybody but myself.

I dazzle you with that footwork.

I could have a roomful of awards and it wouldn't mean beans.

I am now a turtle. Virtually everything I own is on my back and suffice it to say I am one ton lighter and therefore 2,000 pounds happier. All houses are gone.

George Burns was the father I never had.

Everybody, sooner or later, will have to go under the knife. Let's hope they make out as well as I did.

A comedian's body is funny as well as his mind being funny, his whole personage is funny.

Everybody thinks I'm at death's door, but I'm not. There's nothing seriously wrong with me, and my heart is in 100 percent working order. Anything else you may hear is a damn lie!

My philosophy is to take one day at a time. I don't worry about the future. Tomorrow is even out of sight for me.