Anytime I'm playing music or getting ready to record, Duane Allman will enter my thoughts, and so will Berry Oakley. It's part of my musical makeup and mental process when it comes to music. We learned to play together and… — Dickey Betts Copy Share Image
I'm influenced by Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelly, Roland Kirk, John Coltrane, B.B. King, and then by bluegrass. But when I was 16, bluegrass wasn't… — Dickey Betts Copy Share Image
'Seven Turns' was a tough album because we knew that the critics would use it to determine whether or not we should have remained… — Dickey Betts Copy Share Image
When I was a kid in school, and you asked me what I was gonna be, I mean, even as a little first grader,… — Dickey Betts Copy Share Image
Sometimes arguments get publicized so much that it gets blown all the hell out of proportion. — Dickey Betts Copy Share Image
My daddy had been a fiddler, and I heard a lot of fiddle music as a child. I had a ukulele and had played… — Dickey Betts Copy Share Image
I grew up in South Florida, and my family was pretty poor. We weren't your upper-class whites by any means. — Dickey Betts Copy Share Image
Some people take me as being a rowdy, honky-tonk hero type. Some people see me as a quiet person. I guess I can be… — Dickey Betts Copy Share Image
Anytime I'm playing music or getting ready to record, Duane Allman will enter my thoughts, and so will Berry Oakley. It's part of my… — Dickey Betts Copy Share Image
The thing with Berry and Duane and the rest of us in the original Allman Brothers seemed to be a once-in-a-lifetime thing. When Duane… — Dickey Betts Copy Share Image
Our tunes aren't just sing-along tunes: they're very complex. After a few days of that, you gotta take a break. — Dickey Betts Copy Share Image
I've written some songs that are pretty scary, but 'Jessica,' 'Ramblin' Man,' and 'Blue Sky' are happy songs. That's the way I wrote them:… — Dickey Betts Copy Share Image
I'm sure you have arguments with your friends, but they don't get printed up and magnified in the papers. — Dickey Betts Copy Share Image
I kind of question whether to say this or not, but it's almost like the Allman Brothers turned into an Allman Brothers tribute band. — Dickey Betts Copy Share Image
In rock n' roll music, you almost have to apologize for being around more than four or five years. I don't know why. — Dickey Betts Copy Share Image
