--- title: "1 Listening Jazz Quotes By Butch Trucks" description: "1 Listening Jazz quotes by Butch Trucks. Plus more from Butch Trucks and more Listening Jazz sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/butch-trucks-7646_blues_we-were-either-listening-to-jazz-or-robe_1518484.jpg" --- > [We were either listening to jazz or Robert Johnson, the old blues man, but not to our peers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/we-were-either-listening-to-jazz-or-robert-johnson-the-old-blues-man/) [Butch Trucks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-trucks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/butch-trucks-7646_blues_we-were-either-listening-to-jazz-or-robe_1518484.jpg) ## More by Butch Trucks > [I take my laptop with me on the road. When I come home, I log onto AOL, go to the Web site, and answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/i-take-my-laptop-with-me-on-the-road-when-i-come-home-i-log-onto-aol/) [Butch Trucks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-trucks/) > [That whole Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame thing - at least half the people in there don't have a place in any kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/that-whole-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-thing-at-least-half-the-people/) [Butch Trucks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-trucks/) > [I'm boring as hell. I just sit around and talk philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/i-m-boring-as-hell-i-just-sit-around-and-talk-philosophy/) [Butch Trucks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-trucks/) > [When I listened to Elvin Jones, man, for the first time I heard a drummer that had all the technique plus emotion, passion, feel,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/when-i-listened-to-elvin-jones-man-for-the-first-time-i-heard-a/) [Butch Trucks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-trucks/) > [I'm not going to keep my mouth shut.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/i-m-not-going-to-keep-my-mouth-shut/) [Butch Trucks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-trucks/) > [Johnny Winter doesn't know the word 'subtlety.' But it works, it works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/johnny-winter-doesn-t-know-the-word-subtlety-but-it-works-it-works/) [Butch Trucks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-trucks/) > [Majored in staying out of Vietnam.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/majored-in-staying-out-of-vietnam/) [Butch Trucks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-trucks/) > [Once we started headlining at the Fillmore East, we were free to play all night, at least for the second set. 'Whipping Post' could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/once-we-started-headlining-at-the-fillmore-east-we-were-free-to-play/) [Butch Trucks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-trucks/) > [We never thought that we would be more than an opening act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/we-never-thought-that-we-would-be-more-than-an-opening-act/) [Butch Trucks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-trucks/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/we-would-work-up-a-tune-that-would-make-me-learn-a-drum-pattern-i/) [Butch Trucks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-trucks/) > [Country's cool if you like that kind of thing, but it doesn't have the complexity or - what's the word? - subtlety.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/country-s-cool-if-you-like-that-kind-of-thing-but-it-doesn-t-have-the/) [Butch Trucks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-trucks/) > [The Allman Brothers 1969 to 1971... were all about... jumping off the cliff... Just taking music and being adventurous with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/the-allman-brothers-1969-to-1971-were-all-about-jumping-off-the-cliff/) [Butch Trucks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-trucks/) > [A lot of the cities where we have a strong following, we don't even get to every year anymore. But Stony Brook was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/a-lot-of-the-cities-where-we-have-a-strong-following-we-don-t-even/) [Butch Trucks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-trucks/) > [See, we started out with a foundation of blues. But then we added people like Miles Davis and John Coltrane to the mix and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/see-we-started-out-with-a-foundation-of-blues-but-then-we-added/) [Butch Trucks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-trucks/) > [I look at making a record and being in a recording studio as more of a craft; You have to be so much more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/i-look-at-making-a-record-and-being-in-a-recording-studio-as-more-of/) [Butch Trucks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-trucks/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/listening-jazz/butch-trucks/#itemlist", "name": "1 Listening Jazz Quotes By Butch Trucks", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We were either listening to jazz or Robert Johnson, the old blues man, but not to our peers.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Butch Trucks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/we-were-either-listening-to-jazz-or-robert-johnson-the-old-blues-man/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/butch-trucks-7646_blues_we-were-either-listening-to-jazz-or-robe_1518484.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/butch-trucks-7646_blues_we-were-either-listening-to-jazz-or-robe_1518484.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/butch-trucks-7646_blues_we-were-either-listening-to-jazz-or-robe_1518484.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We were either listening to jazz or Robert Johnson, the old blues man, but not to our peers.” — Butch Trucks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/listening-jazz/butch-trucks/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/listening-jazz/butch-trucks/", "name": "Listening Jazz Quotes by Butch Trucks", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/listening-jazz/butch-trucks/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/butch-trucks-7646_blues_we-were-either-listening-to-jazz-or-robe_1518484.jpg" }, "description": "1 Listening Jazz quotes by Butch Trucks. 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