As my career has progressed, I’ve had the pleasure of playing with the baddest jazz cats on the planet. But that doesn’t change my desire to entertain folks. That’s really who I am. George Benson Read Quote
My whole career from the early 70s on has been mind-blowing. I didn’t imagine in my life that I would ever be considered a guitar player first of all because I started off as a singer. George Benson Read Quote
The greatest guitar player in the world today for me is Paco de Lucia, who is actually Spanish. George Benson Read Quote
I listen to other guitar players, yeah. It gives me new concepts and shows me where the instrument is going for the future and it is going some places. There are some musicians who are really putting out a good vibe with new theories. I try and keep up. George Benson Read Quote
I don’t particularly fall in love with my own compositions, but some of them are decent. George Benson Read Quote
When I was 15 years old, my cousin and I formed a singing group called The Altaires. And, because we became the most popular singing group in the Tri-State area, the rest of the group convinced me I should play the guitar – even though I didn’t own one! So what happened was, my stepfather actually made my first electric guitar for me for $23! George Benson Read Quote
My whole life, I’ve never worried about being No. 1, because that’s the guy they’ve got to get out of there. George Benson Read Quote
I Want To Hold Your Hand’ is a great classic by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, I sure love that song. I did like the classic version, a rock-oriented song, then someone heard me do it with the Grant Green approach – Grant Green and Larry Young did it, with a bossa nova beat on the funky side. George Benson Read Quote
I have been doing music all my life so everyday when I get up I expect music will be part of it. George Benson Read Quote
I moved to Hawaii from Inglewood, New Jersey. I had planned on retiring there. George Benson Read Quote
