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 of the life of music, American music, which is jazz. — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
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… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
I live my life, breathless... A life of constant motion and excitement. A life that many will envy and most would avoid! — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
Through it all, this wild life on and off the road , through Jordanian deserts , Spanish islands, German prisons, Caribbean tax scams, halls… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
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… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
As far as the Animals breaking up - it was my fault. I wanted out. We took it to the max, as far as… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
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… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
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… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
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… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
If you think that UFOs will come and save you, don't be fooled. The Nazis invented UFOs. — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
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… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
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… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
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… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
The basis of everything that I plugged into when I was younger was blues, and it always stayed with me. — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
I may sing the same songs for over 40 years now but I always sing them in different ways in order to keep the… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
I tried to reach the combatants with my music. I tried to turn my anger into something positive. Myself, and others like me, just… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
