Duane lived life right on the edge. If you ever read Goethe's Faust, Duane Allman was very much that kind of figure. His deal with Mephistopheles was to experience everything life has to offer, good and bad. — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
To be honest, I don't listen to much music! I've been so engrossed in it my whole life that when I drive around in my car, I'll listen to college lectures on philosophy and literature and world history, things like… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
I take my laptop with me on the road. When I come home, I log onto AOL, go to the Web site, and answer… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
That whole Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame thing - at least half the people in there don't have a place in any kind… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
When I listened to Elvin Jones, man, for the first time I heard a drummer that had all the technique plus emotion, passion, feel,… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
Johnny Winter doesn't know the word 'subtlety.' But it works, it works. — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
Once we started headlining at the Fillmore East, we were free to play all night, at least for the second set. 'Whipping Post' could… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
We would work up a tune that would make me learn a drum pattern I hadn't played before. In the early stages, the pattern… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
Country's cool if you like that kind of thing, but it doesn't have the complexity or - what's the word? - subtlety. — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
The Allman Brothers 1969 to 1971... were all about... jumping off the cliff... Just taking music and being adventurous with it. — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
