We sold 1.5 million copies of the 'Abracadabra' album and 26,000 copies of 'Italian X-Rays.' — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
My father had a phenomenal knowledge of music; my mom's family were all musicians. — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
You're the cutest thing that I ever did see I really love your peaches, wanna shake your tree — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
The digital world is so convenient and nice, but just playing back a vinyl record is a much warmer, hotter, more present… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
I met Les Paul when I was about 5. I was taken to see him perform and the place was sold out,… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
The way it worked was my mom came from a musical family, and my dad didn't - he was a pathologist. — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
From the time I was 12 until I was 21, Chuck Berry was my favorite artist. — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
Giving a record company an album is like giving a gangster your baby or something. — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
When Chuck Berry came along, what he did was more rock & roll than it was blues. It was more exciting. He… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was always around adult musicians who played for their entire lives. So that's what I wanted to do, and… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
Growing up in Dallas, my first influences on the guitar were T-Bone Walker and Les Paul. T-Bone taught me how to play… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
Vinyl's like a really juicy steak compared to like a kind of tough steak or something. It's really good. And once you… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
Generally what you see happen is these talented kids make a great album, but they don't have a chance unless they have… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
If folks really want music in their community they can do it very cheaply. It doesn't have to be a $50 million… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
I'm sort of standing on T-Bone Walker's shoulders, Les Paul's shoulders, Lightnin' Hopkins' shoulders, Muddy Waters' shoulders, you know? And if I've… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
I was born into a household where my aunt, grandmother and mother lived their music. They all sang harmony, and by the… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
I want to entertain my audience. I know when then come and see me play, if I don't do 'Swing Town,' 'Jet… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
We're not like a nostalgia act, or the normal classic rock act - we're a really good musical organization, ... You're going… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
I love the sound of vinyl best. My sweetheart and I love to put on a vinyl record, it feels and sounds… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
My strongest message is: 'Never give your songs away. Never sign a contract you can't get out of.' — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
I really enjoy working with luthiers, and have a couple of really old Les Pauls and one of my original Strats that… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
Journey was a jazzy jam band when they first started. They were very out there. — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
Very rarely can you bring someone new into a band and have them just fit perfectly, right away. — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
Just trying to make my music as good as possible and to keep performing and just keep moving. — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
Growing up in Dallas, my first influences on the guitar were T-Bone Walker and Les Paul. T-Bone taught me how to play lead guitar… — Steve Miller Copy Share
With the search for the Higgs, we're involved with 5% of the visual universe, and now we have 95% of the invisible universe that's… — Steve Miller Copy Share
Dealing with Jazz at Lincoln Center and its board of directors, who are so great, and then seeing how these Rock Hall guys operate,… — Steve Miller Copy Share
Vinyl's like a really juicy steak compared to like a kind of tough steak or something. It's really good. And once you listen to… — Steve Miller Copy Share
Giving a record company an album is like giving a gangster your baby or something. — Steve Miller Copy Share
From the minute I became aware of Jimmie Vaughan and his playing, he was one of my very favorites. So I made it my… — Steve Miller Copy Share
For guitar players especially, blues is the foundation of rock and roll. You take country music and rock and roll and jazz and you… — Steve Miller Copy Share
No leader can possibly have all the answers . . . .The actual solutions about how best to meet the challenges of the moment… — Steve Miller Copy Share
We're not like a nostalgia act, or the normal classic rock act - we're a really good musical organization, ... You're going to hear… — Steve Miller Copy Share
I've demanded respect for myself and my band and my peers, I've demanded full artistic control for my music, I advocate for artists and… — Steve Miller Copy Share
I want to entertain my audience. I know when then come and see me play, if I don't do 'Swing Town,' 'Jet Airliner,' 'Take… — Steve Miller Copy Share
Is there one blues guy who was the most sophisticated and influential, like Duke Ellington or Louis Armstrong in jazz? Was it Muddy Waters,… — Steve Miller Copy Share
