--- title: "1 Playing Blues Quotes By Steve Miller" description: "1 Playing Blues quotes by Steve Miller. Plus more from Steve Miller and more Playing Blues sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d1/steve-miller-4008_art_i-was-living-and-working-with-adult-men_396772.png" --- > [I was living and working with adult men who were playing a real art form. And I had been playing blues all my life. As soon as I formed my first band, we played Jimmy Reed stuff. So it wasn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-miller/i-was-living-and-working-with-adult-men-who-were-playing-a-real-art/) [Steve Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d1/steve-miller-4008_art_i-was-living-and-working-with-adult-men_396772.png) ## More by Steve Miller > [Growing up in Dallas, my first influences on the guitar were T-Bone Walker and Les Paul. T-Bone taught me how to play lead guitar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-miller/growing-up-in-dallas-my-first-influences-on-the-guitar-were-t-bone/) [Steve Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-miller/) > [With the search for the Higgs, we're involved with 5% of the visual universe, and now we have 95% of the invisible universe that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-miller/with-the-search-for-the-higgs-we-re-involved-with-5-of-the-visual/) [Steve Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-miller/) > [Dealing with Jazz at Lincoln Center and its board of directors, who are so great, and then seeing how these Rock Hall guys operate,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-miller/dealing-with-jazz-at-lincoln-center-and-its-board-of-directors-who/) [Steve Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-miller/) > [Vinyl's like a really juicy steak compared to like a kind of tough steak or something. It's really good. And once you listen to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-miller/vinyl-s-like-a-really-juicy-steak-compared-to-like-a-kind-of-tough/) [Steve Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-miller/) > [Giving a record company an album is like giving a gangster your baby or something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-miller/giving-a-record-company-an-album-is-like-giving-a-gangster-your-baby/) [Steve Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-miller/) > [From the minute I became aware of Jimmie Vaughan and his playing, he was one of my very favorites. So I made it my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-miller/from-the-minute-i-became-aware-of-jimmie-vaughan-and-his-playing-he/) [Steve Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-miller/) > [For guitar players especially, blues is the foundation of rock and roll. You take country music and rock and roll and jazz and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-miller/for-guitar-players-especially-blues-is-the-foundation-of-rock-and/) [Steve Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-miller/) > [No leader can possibly have all the answers . . . .The actual solutions about how best to meet the challenges of the moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-miller/no-leader-can-possibly-have-all-the-answers-the-actual-solutions/) [Steve Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-miller/) > [The Joker,' I made the album in 17 days and it was my last shot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-miller/the-joker-i-made-the-album-in-17-days-and-it-was-my-last-shot/) [Steve Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-miller/) > [We're not like a nostalgia act, or the normal classic rock act - we're a really good musical organization, ... You're going to hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-miller/we-re-not-like-a-nostalgia-act-or-the-normal-classic-rock-act-we-re-a/) [Steve Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-miller/) > [I've always enjoyed Cheap Trick.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-miller/i-ve-always-enjoyed-cheap-trick/) [Steve Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-miller/) > [I love performing, and connecting with an audience never gets old for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-miller/i-love-performing-and-connecting-with-an-audience-never-gets-old-for/) [Steve Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-miller/) > [I've demanded respect for myself and my band and my peers, I've demanded full artistic control for my music, I advocate for artists and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-miller/i-ve-demanded-respect-for-myself-and-my-band-and-my-peers-i-ve/) [Steve Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-miller/) > [I want to entertain my audience. I know when then come and see me play, if I don't do 'Swing Town,' 'Jet Airliner,' 'Take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-miller/i-want-to-entertain-my-audience-i-know-when-then-come-and-see-me-play/) [Steve Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-miller/) > [Is there one blues guy who was the most sophisticated and influential, like Duke Ellington or Louis Armstrong in jazz? Was it Muddy Waters,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-miller/is-there-one-blues-guy-who-was-the-most-sophisticated-and-influential/) [Steve Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-miller/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/playing-blues/steve-miller/#itemlist", "name": "1 Playing Blues Quotes By Steve Miller", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was living and working with adult men who were playing a real art form. And I had been playing blues all my life. As soon as I formed my first band, we played Jimmy Reed stuff. So it wasn't like I was a white kid who was learning the blues from B.B. 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