--- title: "1 Playing Blues Quotes By Gary Moore" description: "1 Playing Blues quotes by Gary Moore. Plus more from Gary Moore and more Playing Blues sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/319/gary-moore-11908_bass_whenever-i-was-in-the-dressing-room-on-m_750603.png" --- > [Whenever I was in the dressing room on my own, I'd start playing blues to myself. One night, Bob Daisley, the bass player, came in and said, 'You know, Gary, you should make a blues album next. It might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-moore/whenever-i-was-in-the-dressing-room-on-my-own-i-d-start-playing-blues/) [Gary Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/319/gary-moore-11908_bass_whenever-i-was-in-the-dressing-room-on-m_750603.png) ## More by Gary Moore > [Obviously I don't play the same way as Peter, but I could do a passable imitation of Peter Green; if you gave me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-moore/obviously-i-don-t-play-the-same-way-as-peter-but-i-could-do-a/) [Gary Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-moore/) > [Most musicians make the same record every time, and that's fine. But the people I respected when I was growing up, like Jeff Beck…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-moore/most-musicians-make-the-same-record-every-time-and-that-s-fine-but/) [Gary Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-moore/) > [I drove my Mum crazy, because I wouldn't go out and play football or join the Boy Scouts, I'd just sit at home and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-moore/i-drove-my-mum-crazy-because-i-wouldn-t-go-out-and-play-football-or/) [Gary Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-moore/) > [I didn't actually start to play till I was about 10. My father came home from work a Friday and he said: 'Would you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-moore/i-didn-t-actually-start-to-play-till-i-was-about-10-my-father-came/) [Gary Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-moore/) > [Irish music makes you want to get up and jump around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-moore/irish-music-makes-you-want-to-get-up-and-jump-around/) [Gary Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-moore/) > [A lot of guitar players, in every genre, are afraid to leave space. They're afraid to leave a hole, afraid they'll fall down it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-moore/a-lot-of-guitar-players-in-every-genre-are-afraid-to-leave-space-they/) [Gary Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-moore/) > [We're losing the whole point: music is not to impress people, music has to stand up on its own and guitar solos are nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-moore/we-re-losing-the-whole-point-music-is-not-to-impress-people-music-has/) [Gary Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-moore/) > [Lots of kids when they get their first instrument hammer away at it but they don't realise there are so many levels of dynamics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-moore/lots-of-kids-when-they-get-their-first-instrument-hammer-away-at-it/) [Gary Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-moore/) > [Songs that are just a vehicle for a guitar solo are very empty, just an excuse for a guitarist to show what scales he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-moore/songs-that-are-just-a-vehicle-for-a-guitar-solo-are-very-empty-just/) [Gary Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-moore/) > [Most of the bands that come out of L.A. now have singers that all sound like Daffy Duck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-moore/most-of-the-bands-that-come-out-of-l-a-now-have-singers-that-all/) [Gary Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-moore/) > [I usually don't go into record stores to buy folk music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-moore/i-usually-don-t-go-into-record-stores-to-buy-folk-music/) [Gary Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-moore/) > [When I was about 14, I went to see Cream play. I thought they were the best band in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-moore/when-i-was-about-14-i-went-to-see-cream-play-i-thought-they-were-the/) [Gary Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-moore/) > [I wasn't really worrying too much about what anybody thought: if you do that you shut yourself down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-moore/i-wasn-t-really-worrying-too-much-about-what-anybody-thought-if-you/) [Gary Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-moore/) > [Whatever I do, whether it sells or not, at least I mean it at the time and I'm honest about it. Which I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-moore/whatever-i-do-whether-it-sells-or-not-at-least-i-mean-it-at-the-time/) [Gary Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-moore/) > [Whenever I was in the dressing room on my own, I'd start playing blues to myself. One night, Bob Daisley, the bass player, came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-moore/whenever-i-was-in-the-dressing-room-on-my-own-i-d-start-playing-blues/) [Gary Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-moore/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/playing-blues/gary-moore/#itemlist", "name": "1 Playing Blues Quotes By Gary Moore", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whenever I was in the dressing room on my own, I'd start playing blues to myself. One night, Bob Daisley, the bass player, came in and said, 'You know, Gary, you should make a blues album next. It might be the biggest thing you ever did.' I laughed. He laughed, too. 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