I'd say writing songs is, for me, as much playing the tape recorder as it is playing guitar or writing words. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I consider myself a songwriter... I guess the business end is my songs and the fun part is playing the guitar. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
Ask any guitar player - it's hard to feed yourself when you're picking for a living. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I'm a recording studio guy, an engineer, a songwriter and a guitar player, in that order. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I sing and play guitar, but songwriting is how I pay my rent. And so I didn't really need a lot of… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I've stolen licks from just about every person that ever picked up a guitar. We all borrow from one another; it's called… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
We used to say when we were 20 years old, that when you reach 30, you gotta hang up your guitar and… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
Ask any guitar player - it's hard to feed yourself when you're picking for a living. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I wanted to be able to play music, and then when I went out in my private life, my personal life, I didn't want… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I cut all my early records in Nashville, so I guess that makes me country. I call it country pop, but my love of… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I'm an electronic manipulator. Most people think J.J. Cale, he's organic. There ain't nothing organic about me. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
That's kinda what happened to me: I listened to jazz, country, R&B, rock 'n' roll. And when I sat down to write a song,… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
Clapton was just picking up ideas. He picked up some of mine like I picked up some from the people before me. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
If you write songs long enough, you run out of material that's original to yourself. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
My performing and my singing leave much to be desired, but having other people record my songs is the most flattering thing that can… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
There are entertainers and there are musicians, and I never was an entertainer. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
What my whole object was is not to really sell records. I was trying to sell songs. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I'm always doing something that ain't happening, and I'm always happening when there ain't nothing going on. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
