If you took a little of Sam Cooke and a little of Little Richard, and poured it in a jar and shook it up and poured it out you would get Otis Redding. — Steve Cropper Copy Share Image
My favorite moment of the whole thing was when John Belushi suggested that I get a hold of all the blues records I could… — Steve Cropper Copy Share Image
Garry Trudeau put me in the Doonesbury strip many years ago. So I've been a cartoon once. — Steve Cropper Copy Share Image
Lorne finally said, Do the Blues Brothers thing. The response was amazing. People went nuts. — Steve Cropper Copy Share Image
I had been raised on country and western in Missouri. But gospel was great. — Steve Cropper Copy Share Image
Memphis is in a very lucky position on the map. Everything just gravitated to Memphis for years. — Steve Cropper Copy Share Image
I'm one of those guys who likes to piddle around in the garage and fix stuff. — Steve Cropper Copy Share Image
I could have gone on to be an engineer full time, except that there was more demand for my playing. But the love of… — Steve Cropper Copy Share Image
I'm a Top 40 record guy. I remember the hits and don't remember the flops. Something in my brain blocks them out. — Steve Cropper Copy Share Image
My ears won't fool me. Even when I do a session on digital, we still warm it up somewhere in the process, in mastering… — Steve Cropper Copy Share Image
Most studios in Memphis had a house set of drums; the drummers just brought their own sticks. — Steve Cropper Copy Share Image
If you took a little of Sam Cooke and a little of Little Richard, and poured it in a jar and shook it up… — Steve Cropper Copy Share Image
