I cut all my early records in Nashville, so I guess that makes me country. I call it country pop, but my love of the blues is in there, too. J. J. Cale Read Quote
The music is the same if you go all the way back to the first albums I made or the middle or whatever. The thing that’s different is the lyrics. J. J. Cale Read Quote
I sing and play guitar, but songwriting is how I pay my rent. And so I didn’t really need a lot of publicity to get people to record the songs. J. J. Cale Read Quote
If I was strictly an artist, I’d have to learn to dance and get a shiny suit and stuff. J. J. Cale Read Quote
I’m basically a songwriter, man. Songwriters are down in the fine print, you know? And I really enjoy that. J. J. Cale Read Quote
I would never ever sing at all if I could get away with it. I had pitch problems, no range. So what I did was manipulate the sound… that way you couldn’t tell that I wasn’t very good. J. J. Cale Read Quote
That’s one of the problems in being a songwriter and living a long time. What you eventually end up doing is you start imitating yourself. J. J. Cale Read Quote
People are familiar with my songs, especially through Eric Clapton. But I have a hard time drawing a crowd, because I have been a songwriter. J. J. Cale Read Quote
We used to say when we were 20 years old, that when you reach 30, you gotta hang up your guitar and get a real job. J. J. Cale Read Quote
