I used to watch MTV when they played music, and discovered Robert Cray, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Healey. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, I think having some life experience is helpful to play any kind of music. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
Being a niche kind of artist, you're not going to make a lot of friends in the traditional music biz. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
It's nice just to be able to go out and, basically, be able to play other types of music and not have… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
Doing the acoustic at Carnegie is basically advised because electric music tends to get, let's just say, acoustically unsound. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
When you think blues, you think BB King. Even a young kid can look at a picture of BB King and say,… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
If you have a good riff with a vocal as well, then it becomes a devastating song. That's why people love riff-rock:… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
If we got into a time machine and went back to the 1700s, classical and baroque music would have been the equivalent… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, you really want to make sure that organic music, made by human beings, at least has… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
That's where the Black Keys and Jack White have succeeded and I've failed: They've actually convinced college kids that they're listening to… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
There's a certain thing when you start getting into your late thirties or early forties where you stop caring. Not to the… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter if people take the music for free, because you can't illegally download a ticket to a concert. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I think great music sells records, and I also think, do you want to be a reality star, or someone that actually… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I don't think there's any music that you hear on the radio today that would be possible without Jimi Hendrix. Rock, blues-rock,… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
That's the thing about the blues: It's one thing to hit a note on a guitar. To make it matter is something else altogether. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
My first proper 'Here's your guitar, Joseph' was a 1981 Chiquita, one of those Erlewine travel guitars. And it was good for a four-year-old… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I collect as many acoustic guitars as I need for a specific purpose. Acoustic guitars are really just tools for me. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
When you're 12 and, you know, slightly overweight and - for lack of a better word - white, and you're playing blues, you get… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
The blues, the way it's interpreted, is always a product of your environment, and so it's almost like food. You know, it's like you… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, you really want to make sure that organic music, made by human beings, at least has a voice. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
If I'm soloing, I usually try to start with a theme, which will often stem from the blues. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
Greece was a muse. It inspired creativity in magical ways that I can't even begin to understand or explain. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
There was a rumour that I was buying Gibson. It circulated around the Internet... And I just go, 'How well off do you think… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I love to collect guitars made in the 1950s. I like preserving and playing them. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I've always been a big fan of taking old songs and completely turning them on their head. Having no adherence to the fine tradition… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
