--- title: "1 Going Personal Quotes By Eric Burdon" description: "1 Going Personal quotes by Eric Burdon. Plus more from Eric Burdon and more Going Personal sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/eric-burdon-13717_going_everything-i-do-if-i-do-it-is-going-to-b_2994305.png" --- > [Everything I do - if I do it, is going to be personal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burdon/everything-i-do-if-i-do-it-is-going-to-be-personal/) [Eric Burdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burdon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/eric-burdon-13717_going_everything-i-do-if-i-do-it-is-going-to-b_2994305.png) ## More by Eric Burdon > [I look upon The Animals, they were a great band initially, we left our mark, but thing was it was a band that couldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burdon/i-look-upon-the-animals-they-were-a-great-band-initially-we-left-our/) [Eric Burdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burdon/) > [I live my life, breathless... A life of constant motion and excitement. A life that many will envy and most would avoid!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burdon/i-live-my-life-breathless-a-life-of-constant-motion-and-excitement-a/) [Eric Burdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burdon/) > [Through it all, this wild life on and off the road , through Jordanian deserts , Spanish islands, German prisons, Caribbean tax scams, halls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burdon/through-it-all-this-wild-life-on-and-off-the-road-through-jordanian/) [Eric Burdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burdon/) > [Eventually I would like to reach the stage where I don't have to write about love and kisses and all that stuff. I wish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burdon/eventually-i-would-like-to-reach-the-stage-where-i-don-t-have-to/) [Eric Burdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burdon/) > [As far as the Animals breaking up - it was my fault. I wanted out. We took it to the max, as far as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burdon/as-far-as-the-animals-breaking-up-it-was-my-fault-i-wanted-out-we/) [Eric Burdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burdon/) > [You know, jazz is the mother of all American music. R&B and pop and rap and everything are the branches on the main tree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burdon/you-know-jazz-is-the-mother-of-all-american-music-r-b-and-pop-and-rap/) [Eric Burdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burdon/) > [Have you seen 'American Idol' lately? I'm sure that some kids somewhere at this moment are thrashing themselves silly over what they call 'Rock…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burdon/have-you-seen-american-idol-lately-i-m-sure-that-some-kids-somewhere/) [Eric Burdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burdon/) > [The Animals were their own worst enemy. The Animals were a band that couldn't live up to their name. I was the singer in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burdon/the-animals-were-their-own-worst-enemy-the-animals-were-a-band-that/) [Eric Burdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burdon/) > [If you think that UFOs will come and save you, don't be fooled. The Nazis invented UFOs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burdon/if-you-think-that-ufos-will-come-and-save-you-don-t-be-fooled-the/) [Eric Burdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burdon/) > [People we've encountered at pivotal moments who profoundly influence our direction are not necessarily the people whose names everybody knows. More often, they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burdon/people-we-ve-encountered-at-pivotal-moments-who-profoundly-influence/) [Eric Burdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burdon/) > [On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burdon/on-memorial-day-i-don-t-want-to-only-remember-the-combatants-there/) [Eric Burdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burdon/) > [I'm really still a child of the Forties. I still think about it a lot, about the repercussions of armed conflict. Until 1953 we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burdon/i-m-really-still-a-child-of-the-forties-i-still-think-about-it-a-lot/) [Eric Burdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burdon/) > [The basis of everything that I plugged into when I was younger was blues, and it always stayed with me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burdon/the-basis-of-everything-that-i-plugged-into-when-i-was-younger-was/) [Eric Burdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burdon/) > [I may sing the same songs for over 40 years now but I always sing them in different ways in order to keep the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burdon/i-may-sing-the-same-songs-for-over-40-years-now-but-i-always-sing/) [Eric Burdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burdon/) > [I tried to reach the combatants with my music. I tried to turn my anger into something positive. Myself, and others like me, just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burdon/i-tried-to-reach-the-combatants-with-my-music-i-tried-to-turn-my/) [Eric Burdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burdon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/going-personal/eric-burdon/#itemlist", "name": "1 Going Personal Quotes By Eric Burdon", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everything I do - if I do it, is going to be personal.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eric Burdon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burdon/everything-i-do-if-i-do-it-is-going-to-be-personal/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/eric-burdon-13717_going_everything-i-do-if-i-do-it-is-going-to-b_2994305.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/eric-burdon-13717_going_everything-i-do-if-i-do-it-is-going-to-b_2994305.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/eric-burdon-13717_going_everything-i-do-if-i-do-it-is-going-to-b_2994305.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everything I do - if I do it, is going to be personal.” — Eric Burdon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/going-personal/eric-burdon/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/going-personal/eric-burdon/", "name": "Going Personal Quotes by Eric Burdon", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/going-personal/eric-burdon/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/eric-burdon-13717_going_everything-i-do-if-i-do-it-is-going-to-b_2994305.png" }, "description": "1 Going Personal quotes by Eric Burdon. 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