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> [I've always had money because of my early success with Cream, so I tell young musicians to aim to write their own material, because owning the composition rights makes a very big difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bruce/i-ve-always-had-money-because-of-my-early-success-with-cream-so-i/)

[Jack Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bruce/)

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## More by Jack Bruce

> [I played upright bass. I wanted to write great tunes, play the bass, be a band leader, and smoke a big funny pipe like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bruce/i-played-upright-bass-i-wanted-to-write-great-tunes-play-the-bass-be/)

[Jack Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bruce/)

> [I know he played on the last record but I don't wake up in the middle of the night thinking of Eric Clapton.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bruce/i-know-he-played-on-the-last-record-but-i-don-t-wake-up-in-the-middle/)

[Jack Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bruce/)

> [At the age of 16 I started performing with a dance band in the evenings and began earning more money than my father, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bruce/at-the-age-of-16-i-started-performing-with-a-dance-band-in-the/)

[Jack Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bruce/)

> [I think people who basically do one thing like Eric Clapton is great. But I've always enjoyed playing different kinds of music and playing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bruce/i-think-people-who-basically-do-one-thing-like-eric-clapton-is-great/)

[Jack Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bruce/)

> [Growing up in inner-city Glasgow, it sometimes seemed to me money hadn't been invented.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bruce/growing-up-in-inner-city-glasgow-it-sometimes-seemed-to-me-money-hadn/)

[Jack Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bruce/)

> [I think I'm an okay parent, but I'd put myself in the category of a musician-who-happened-to-become-a-father. I'm definitely not a father-who-happened-to-be-a-musician.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bruce/i-think-i-m-an-okay-parent-but-i-d-put-myself-in-the-category-of-a/)

[Jack Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bruce/)

> [I've always had money because of my early success with Cream, so I tell young musicians to aim to write their own material, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bruce/i-ve-always-had-money-because-of-my-early-success-with-cream-so-i/)

[Jack Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bruce/)

> [Bach is really the ultimate in bass players you know](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bruce/bach-is-really-the-ultimate-in-bass-players-you-know/)

[Jack Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bruce/)

> [Well all the big companies are really panicked by the internet thing and all that, and sales went down, although sales have gone up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bruce/well-all-the-big-companies-are-really-panicked-by-the-internet-thing/)

[Jack Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bruce/)

> [I'm no politician but I do feel that a lot of damage was done because of misguided principals and America is still suffering from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bruce/i-m-no-politician-but-i-do-feel-that-a-lot-of-damage-was-done-because/)

[Jack Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bruce/)

> [I've always been interested in any kind of great music, and African music is, I think, the source of it all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bruce/i-ve-always-been-interested-in-any-kind-of-great-music-and-african/)

[Jack Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bruce/)

> [I was a big fan of Gary Moore, he was my buddy and I miss him a lot. I loved his playing because you've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bruce/i-was-a-big-fan-of-gary-moore-he-was-my-buddy-and-i-miss-him-a-lot-i/)

[Jack Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bruce/)

> [What I'm trying to do, in my own small way, is trying to bring African and Afro-Cuban rhythms into rock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bruce/what-i-m-trying-to-do-in-my-own-small-way-is-trying-to-bring-african/)

[Jack Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bruce/)

> [Well I like everything but my first love has always been piano because when I started out there was a piano in my house…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bruce/well-i-like-everything-but-my-first-love-has-always-been-piano/)

[Jack Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bruce/)

> [If you haven't got a sense of humor you're making your life a hundred times harder. It doesn't matter what happens to you, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-bruce/if-you-haven-t-got-a-sense-of-humor-you-re-making-your-life-a-hundred/)

[Jack Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-bruce/)

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