There’s just no telling what I’ll do. But I can say for certain I will continue to play, record, and put out music. Edgar Winter Read Quote
When I did ‘Frankenstein,’ the record company said, ‘Now you can do ‘Dracula’ and ‘Wolf Man’ and we’ll call the whole thing Monster Rock!’ and I said, ‘No, that’s not going to happen, I’m not going to do that.’ I kind of enjoy defying categorization. I love music in and of itself. I love the beauty of harmony and rhythm. Edgar Winter Read Quote
There is a real formula to writing music, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge. It’s very formulaic. The subject matter that you can address in pop music is somewhat restricted. It just doesn’t allow that same emotive quality that you can put into poetry. Edgar Winter Read Quote
I think The Doors are one of the classic groups, and I think we’re all tempted to feel like the time in which we grew up was somehow special, but I really do believe that there were two golden eras in music: The Forties and Fifties of big band, jazz and swing, and the Sixties and Seventies of rock. To me, they’re really unparalleled. Edgar Winter Read Quote
I guess that I’m primarily thought of as a rocker, largely because of ‘Frankenstein’ being such a heavy song – you know, it was really hard rock, almost a precursor of heavy metal and just the image of the synthesizer. I happened to be the first guy to get the idea of putting a strap on the keyboard. Edgar Winter Read Quote
I really had little interest in becoming famous. When I write my book, it will be my guide to avoid becoming a rock star. Edgar Winter Read Quote
But when I played Woodstock, I’ll never forget that moment looking out over the hundreds of thousands of people, the sea of humanity, seeing all those people united in such a unique way. It just touched me in a way that I’ll never forget. Edgar Winter Read Quote
I liked the more sophisticated urban style of blues like Ray Charles and B. B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Lou Rawls; people like that with more of a tendency toward jazz. Edgar Winter Read Quote
