I played a lot of nightclubs in and around Tulsa till I was about 22, 24 years old, then I started travellin' around. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I was a studio engineer out in L.A. for about six or seven years, and I played sideman for different people, and… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
A lot of people are coming down on people taking old rock 'n' roll songs and making commercials out of them, but… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I didn't really get any success till I was 30 years old. I played music when I was young fella, but I… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
Probably the only thing that I really don't like about being an old guy is so many of the people who understand… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
When Eric Clapton cut 'After Midnight,' he sold so many records and it was so big at the time, I decided that… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I remember when I made my first album, I was 32 or 33 years old and I thought I was way too old then. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
We used to say when we were 20 years old, that when you reach 30, you gotta hang up your guitar and… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
Ask any guitar player - it's hard to feed yourself when you're picking for a living. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I wanted to be able to play music, and then when I went out in my private life, my personal life, I didn't want… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I cut all my early records in Nashville, so I guess that makes me country. I call it country pop, but my love of… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I'm an electronic manipulator. Most people think J.J. Cale, he's organic. There ain't nothing organic about me. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
That's kinda what happened to me: I listened to jazz, country, R&B, rock 'n' roll. And when I sat down to write a song,… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
Clapton was just picking up ideas. He picked up some of mine like I picked up some from the people before me. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
If you write songs long enough, you run out of material that's original to yourself. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
My performing and my singing leave much to be desired, but having other people record my songs is the most flattering thing that can… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
There are entertainers and there are musicians, and I never was an entertainer. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
What my whole object was is not to really sell records. I was trying to sell songs. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I'm always doing something that ain't happening, and I'm always happening when there ain't nothing going on. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
