From the first album I’m playing bass on a lot of the tunes, and piano on a lot of ’em, and drums, and guitars. I did that on almost every album. J. J. Cale Read Quote
I didn’t really get any success till I was 30 years old. I played music when I was young fella, but I didn’t really get any success till I was about 30 years old. J. J. Cale Read Quote
Sometimes the simplest forms of music are the hardest to play. Especially for musicians that are accomplished. J. J. Cale Read Quote
I’d do the blues all the time if I could, that’s what I’m into. But people just don’t like to hear it. J. J. Cale Read Quote
I always wrote for musicians, especially guitarists. I write songs that people who aren’t great virtuosos can play. J. J. Cale Read Quote
Basically, I’m just a guitar player that figured out I wasn’t ever gonna be able to buy dinner with my guitar playing. So I got into songwriting, which is a little more profitable business. J. J. Cale Read Quote
Yes, I’ve been down the pike and back. And through the years, I’ve heard different songs with scatting in it, and it was – always cracked me up as kind of a funny style of music, you know? When I did it, it kind of cracked me up as a comedy kind of routine. J. J. Cale Read Quote
There’s a couple of songs of my own I wished I’d have never put out, that, you know, I’d like to burn. But with the advent of digital and computer, nothing goes away any more, you know. J. J. Cale Read Quote
