Musician Quotes

So if you see Ten Years After, it's not me anymore. I'm very happy with what I am doing now.

It will be the first time I've played live with a double bass.

It wasn't until the movie came out that it all changed for us. Some people say it was the start of Ten Years After, but in another way, it was the beginning of the end.

I went to see John Mayall at the Marquee, with Peter Green on guitar, and that was a particularly good gig.

I think I'll continue to work as a solo artist.

I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.

I just play to the people I can see. So it's almost like you are playing to the first few rows of the crowd. You can see the faces of the first hundred people, but then it becomes a blur as the crowds disappear over the hill.

He saw us play a few times in fact. I did this song called I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, and Jimi loved it. He paid me a huge compliment when he told me that he was thinking of doing something similar himself!

George Harrison was also a pleasure to work with. He was one of the most famous people I've ever known, but in spite of that fame, he was such a nice and friendly guy.

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

The chances of a reunion now are less likely. I was thinking of having a 40th anniversary of the band, but now they are really another band, so it's all a bit weird.

It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first musicians to play solos in a big band set-up.

I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't take the time to learn the basics.

Back in those days we thought we could change the world.

I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on it so I would practice my chord shapes under the desk and that's about all I did at school.

I tune everything out.

I only eat spicy food.

My talk show takes place in bed, in Italy.

I've tried to tell a story. For me, it is the best one.

I hate to spread rumours, but what else can one do with them?

I am not interested in releasing best of stuff and I have not given my permission. You release best of packages when you're a has-been and have nothing new to offer.

When I come up with an idea about the way I feel, I can really state it strongly in a song.

To me, Garth, he's kind of like my guardian angel. It's like every time I need some help, he's there.

This record is probably as easy as anything I've ever done.

They were so good that you just had to sing the song to them once and they got it. It's amazing. Sometimes it didn't come out the way you wanted, but it was good.

The breeding programs for the bulls have improved significantly. The bulls are at a much higher caliber.

Some guys work 125 to 130 rodeos a year. They're just goin' all the time.

So it's probably eighty percent luck and twenty percent skill.

My partner and I won the race, and I threw my hat into the air and bent to pick it up. Everyone started laughin' because I had split the back end of my pants out, and I wasn't wearing shorts.

My best year I made $25,000. Of course, that was back in the '70s.