I was always the Doubting Thomas of the bunch, and I don’t think I was convinced about the Allman Brothers until ‘Fillmore East’ hit – that one removed all doubt! Gregg Allman Read Quote
Queen of Hearts’ is one I’m really proud of because I worked so hard on it, and then I was told it wasn’t good enough to be included on an Allman Brothers album. That directly led me to go into the studio and cut ‘Laid Back,’ my first solo release. So ‘Queen of Hearts’ is special to me. Gregg Allman Read Quote
Pop just didn’t have enough substance for me. All this nyah-nyah-nyah, you know, ‘Paper Tiger’ and ‘Hold the Ladder, James’ and ‘Crimson and Clover.’ That wasn’t music! Gregg Allman Read Quote
Stage fright is not a thing about ‘Am I any good?’ It’s about ‘Am I gonna be good tonight?’ It’s a right-now thing. It helps me. If I went out there thinkin’, ‘Eh, we’ll go slaughter ’em,’ I’m positive something would go seriously wrong. Gregg Allman Read Quote
The thing with the piano is, the piano is like percussion almost – well, it is. You have to… not beat on it, but there is more work involved than a Hammond. With a Hammond, you just lay your hands on the keys, man, and you’re gone. Gregg Allman Read Quote
I’ve never sat down and tried to write something for some occasion. You just write the tune and stay totally wide open to everything. It’ll find the person or persons who are supposed to do it. Gregg Allman Read Quote
You got to be pretty thin to be in the movies, or it helps. I would actually love to do it. Gregg Allman Read Quote
I really told my story as I saw it in ‘Cross to Bear,’ and I was pleased – and a bit surprised – by how well it was received and how it sold. No. 2 on the ‘New York Times’ bestseller list? I’ll take that any day, my man! Gregg Allman Read Quote
