With the Stray Cats at least, we really took the music somewhere else. First, we wrote our own songs. That's a real weak point in modern classics if you do rockabilly or blues. — Brian Setzer Copy Share Image
I'm not God's gift to rockabilly. There's great players out there, and some of them deserve a lot more than they've gotten. — Brian Setzer Copy Share
If you listen to everybody's opinions, I mean, I always say I'd be digging a ditch on the side of the road now if… — Brian Setzer Copy Share
I basically sat down for a month, with all the Sun stuff I could find and just picked out my favorites. I didn't think… — Brian Setzer Copy Share
Rock and roll and swing never quite mixed. Rock and roll came in and just blew everything out of the water. Big bands were… — Brian Setzer Copy Share
We weren't afraid to mix some crazy styles into the standard rockabilly look. We also took a lot of different musical influences that were… — Brian Setzer Copy Share
Normally, you go into the recording studio, make a record and then take it on the road and you think... wow... I could have… — Brian Setzer Copy Share
Veteran performers are dying off, and new acts simply aren't emerging on the national scene. — Brian Setzer Copy Share
To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box. — Brian Setzer Copy Share
,,, all around it would have to be Eddie Cochran, because it wasn't just music with him; it was his guitar playing, his look,… — Brian Setzer Copy Share
I wanted to go back to Sun. Unfortunately, most of the gear is gone from Sun. The way I take it now, it's almost… — Brian Setzer Copy Share
It is hard to play Blue Suede Shoes. I know everyone has heard it 10 million times, and that makes it even harder to… — Brian Setzer Copy Share
