--- title: "30 Robert johnson Quotes by 29 authors" description: "Browse 30 Robert johnson quotes by 29 authors. Discover the best Robert johnson sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/butch-trucks-7646_blues_we-were-either-listening-to-jazz-or-robe_1518484.jpg" --- > [We were either listening to jazz or Robert Johnson, the old blues man, but not to our peers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/we-were-either-listening-to-jazz-or-robert-johnson-the-old-blues-man/) [Butch Trucks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-trucks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/butch-trucks-7646_blues_we-were-either-listening-to-jazz-or-robe_1518484.jpg) > [Robert Johnson? No, I didn't know him, personally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muddy-waters/robert-johnson-no-i-didn-t-know-him-personally/) [Muddy Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muddy-waters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ad/muddy-waters-16111_johnson_robert-johnson-no-i-didn-t-know-him-pers_570147.png) > [I was into Jimi Hendrix, Robert Johnson, the blues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-gutt/i-was-into-jimi-hendrix-robert-johnson-the-blues/) [Jeff Gutt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-gutt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b5/jeff-gutt-17133_blues_i-was-into-jimi-hendrix-robert-johnson-t_3009429.jpg) > [Ain't nobody more punk rock than Robert Johnson, Lead Belly, even Little Richard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fantastic-negrito/ain-t-nobody-more-punk-rock-than-robert-johnson-lead-belly-even/) [Fantastic Negrito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fantastic-negrito/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/492/fantastic-negrito-8651_belly_ain-t-nobody-more-punk-rock-than-robert_140764.jpg) > [I was 22 years old when I met Robert Johnson. I was there the night he was poisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-edwards/i-was-22-years-old-when-i-met-robert-johnson-i-was-there-the-night-he/) [David Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3e/david-edwards-21712_he_i-was-22-years-old-when-i-met-robert-joh_1555719.jpg) > [I heard Robert Johnson way before I heard about Eric Clapton.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dion-dimucci/i-heard-robert-johnson-way-before-i-heard-about-eric-clapton/) [Dion DiMucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dion-dimucci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/dion-dimucci-9525_about_i-heard-robert-johnson-way-before-i-hear_329454.jpg) > [My most revered hero is Robert Johnson. His lyrics are so consistent with rap: the danger, the boldness, the creativity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fantastic-negrito/my-most-revered-hero-is-robert-johnson-his-lyrics-are-so-consistent/) [Fantastic Negrito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fantastic-negrito/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d3/fantastic-negrito-8651_courage_my-most-revered-hero-is-robert-johnson-h_1154334.jpg) > [“When Johnson started singing, he seemed like a guy who could have sprung from the head of Zeus in full armor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/when-johnson-started-singing-he-seemed-like-a-guy-who-could-have/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/bob-dylan-168_blues_when-johnson-started-singing-he-seemed-l_539858.jpg) > [My thought was I should try to stick with names that people may recognize like Robert Johnson, Son House, and Hoagy Carmichael,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mellencamp/my-thought-was-i-should-try-to-stick-with-names-that-people-may/) [John Mellencamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mellencamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/769/john-mellencamp-5745_house_my-thought-was-i-should-try-to-stick-wit_2902666.jpg) > [But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/but-i-ve-got-to-think-of-myself-as-the-luckiest-guy-robert-johnson/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a7/david-bowie-508_guy_but-i-ve-got-to-think-of-myself-as-the-l_2010906.jpg) > [If I go into the Mississippi Delta at pitch black midnight and put on a Robert Johnson record, it's hard to sit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marty-stuart/if-i-go-into-the-mississippi-delta-at-pitch-black-midnight-and-put-on/) [Marty Stuart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marty-stuart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/marty-stuart-4580_car_if-i-go-into-the-mississippi-delta-at-pi_3223505.png) > [For his sake I'm sorry that Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil, but for our sake and the sake of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/for-his-sake-i-m-sorry-that-robert-johnson-sold-his-soul-to-the-devil/) [Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d1/moby-549_devil_for-his-sake-i-m-sorry-that-robert-johns_1651970.png) > [“In terms of scale or stature, I believe that if Robert Johnson was reincarnated, he is probably BB King. Maybe it would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-clapton/in-terms-of-scale-or-stature-i-believe-that-if-robert-johnson-was/) [Eric Clapton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-clapton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/561/eric-clapton-3136_bb-king_in-terms-of-scale-or-stature-i-believe-t_830350.jpg) > [I went to jazz college and didn't know diddly about jazz like Derek did. He knew more about jazz and the country-blues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-tedeschi/i-went-to-jazz-college-and-didn-t-know-diddly-about-jazz-like-derek/) [Susan Tedeschi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-tedeschi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/susan-tedeschi-6059_house_i-went-to-jazz-college-and-didn-t-know-d_2947987.jpg) > [It was a free-for-all; the BBC wouldn't play anything so we had pirate radio playing the African-American music and the Beatles and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-waite/it-was-a-free-for-all-the-bbc-wouldn-t-play-anything-so-we-had-pirate/) [John Waite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-waite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/john-waite-7196_beatles_it-was-a-free-for-all-the-bbc-wouldn-t-p_2032635.png) > [I said if you want to be Keith Richards, you've got to listen to Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry. Then I thought,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-thorogood/i-said-if-you-want-to-be-keith-richards-you-ve-got-to-listen-to-bo/) [George Thorogood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-thorogood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/george-thorogood-10443_berries_i-said-if-you-want-to-be-keith-richards_2458356.jpg) > [You weren't supposed to hear Elvis Presley. You weren't supposed to hear Jerry Lee Lewis. You weren't supposed to hear Robert Johnson.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/you-weren-t-supposed-to-hear-elvis-presley-you-weren-t-supposed-to/) [Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/651/bruce-springsteen-546_america_you-weren-t-supposed-to-hear-elvis-presl_2973999.jpg) > [My guitar heroes are Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck and people like that - so I've tried to make an album of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-rundgren/my-guitar-heroes-are-eric-clapton-and-jeff-beck-and-people-like-that/) [Todd Rundgren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-rundgren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9c/todd-rundgren-3427_album_my-guitar-heroes-are-eric-clapton-and-je_1638050.jpg) > [My first concert - maybe it was 1979 - was a blur. I'm not sure whether it was Blue Oyster Cult/Cheap Trick/Pat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-gutfeld/my-first-concert-maybe-it-was-1979-was-a-blur-i-m-not-sure-whether-it/) [Greg Gutfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-gutfeld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de3/greg-gutfeld-1129_blue_my-first-concert-maybe-it-was-1979-was-a_250342.png) > [My guitar is a 1934 National Trojan. They call it a resonator, which is the guitar guys played in the honky-tonks before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-flynn/my-guitar-is-a-1934-national-trojan-they-call-it-a-resonator-which-is/) [Johnny Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf7/johnny-flynn-8130_guitar_my-guitar-is-a-1934-national-trojan-they_1832886.jpg) > [“Zachary looked down into the swirling morass that was his beer as the man walked onto the stage and started to play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-langman/zachary-looked-down-into-the-swirling-morass-that-was-his-beer-as-the/) [Pete Langman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-langman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e37/pete-langman-101126_music_zachary-looked-down-into-the-swirling-mo_1465959.jpg) > [Those original, black, spirited, defiant, rebellious musical masters. Chuck Berry was one of the first masters of Les Paul's new electric guitar;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/those-original-black-spirited-defiant-rebellious-musical-masters/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/ted-nugent-1735_beats_those-original-black-spirited-defiant-re_1863018.png) > [“The Horned Master governs the generative powers of the kingdom of the beasts, the raw forces of life, death and renewal which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholaj-de-mattos-frisvold/the-horned-master-governs-the-generative-powers-of-the-kingdom-of-the/) [Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholaj-de-mattos-frisvold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/nicholaj-de-mattos-frisvold-84_change-is-good_the-horned-master-governs-the-generative_1320587.jpg) > [“It never was about the musician or the instrument - it was about the laser notes in a hall of mirrors, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-j-paterson/it-never-was-about-the-musician-or-the-instrument-it-was-about-the/) [G.J. Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-j-paterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/771/g-j-paterson-150899_1970s_it-never-was-about-the-musician-or-the-i_1002724.jpg) > [“For Delta blueman Robert Johnson and his contemporaries, the train was the eternal metaphor for the travelling life, and it still holds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-neil/for-delta-blueman-robert-johnson-and-his-contemporaries-the-train-was/) [Patrick O'Neil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-neil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d6/patrick-o-neil-101283_best-friend_for-delta-blueman-robert-johnson-and-his_1207832.jpg) > [Is there one blues guy who was the most sophisticated and influential, like Duke Ellington or Louis Armstrong in jazz? Was it…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c52/steve-miller-4008_blues_is-there-one-blues-guy-who-was-the-most_336433.jpg) > [I dabbled in things like Howlin' Wolf, Cream and Led Zeppelin, but when I heard Son House and Robert Johnson, it blew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/i-dabbled-in-things-like-howlin-wolf-cream-and-led-zeppelin-but-when/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efe/jack-white-1911_blues_i-dabbled-in-things-like-howlin-wolf-cre_786485.jpg) > [I had an invitation to contribute a track to a Robert Johnson tribute album, and it was the first time I'd done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-palmer/i-had-an-invitation-to-contribute-a-track-to-a-robert-johnson-tribute/) [Robert Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f78/robert-palmer-18782_album_i-had-an-invitation-to-contribute-a-trac_268030.jpg) > [I liked blues from the time my mother used to take me to church. I started to listen to gospel music, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-b-king/i-liked-blues-from-the-time-my-mother-used-to-take-me-to-church-i/) [B. B. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-b-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6c/b-b-king-4531_aunt_i-liked-blues-from-the-time-my-mother-us_2292560.png) > [We went to South America on a trip and all I had was a Robert Johnson album. So that's a definite influence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/page-hamilton/we-went-to-south-america-on-a-trip-and-all-i-had-was-a-robert-johnson/) [Page Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/page-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccd/page-hamilton-38715_albums_we-went-to-south-america-on-a-trip-and-a_1667032.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/robert-johnson/#itemlist", "name": "Robert johnson Quotes", "numberOfItems": 30, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We were either listening to jazz or Robert Johnson, the old blues man, but not to our peers.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Butch Trucks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/we-were-either-listening-to-jazz-or-robert-johnson-the-old-blues-man/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/butch-trucks-7646_blues_we-were-either-listening-to-jazz-or-robe_1518484.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/butch-trucks-7646_blues_we-were-either-listening-to-jazz-or-robe_1518484.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/butch-trucks-7646_blues_we-were-either-listening-to-jazz-or-robe_1518484.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We were either listening to jazz or Robert Johnson, the old blues man, but not to our peers.” — Butch Trucks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Robert Johnson? 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It is at the crossroads we will gain all or lose all and it is natural that it is at the crossroads we gain perspective. The crossroad is a place of choice, the spirit-denizens of the crossroads are said to be tricky and unreliable and it is of course where we find the Devil. One of the most famous legends of recent times concerns the blues-man Robert Johnson (1911– 1938). He claimed that, one night, just before midnight he had gone to the crossroads. He took out his guitar and played, whereupon a big black guy appeared, tuned his guitar, played a song backwards and handed it back.2 This incident altered Johnson’s playing and his finest and most everlasting compositions were the fruit of the few years of life left to him. This legend tells us how he needed to bury himself at the crossroads, offering himself to the powers dwelling there. Business done with the Devil is said to give him the upper hand. The ill omens and malefica associated with such deals is present in Johnson’s story. He got fame and women, but he died less than three years later before he reached thirty. His body was found poisoned at a crossroads, the murderer’s identity a mystery. Around the Mississippi no less than three tombs carry the name of Robert Leroy Johnson. The image of the Devil remains one of threat, blessing, beauty and opportunity. Where we find the Devil we find danger, unpredictability and chaos. If he offers a deal we know we are in for a complicated bargain. The Devil says that change is good, that we need movement in order to progress. His world is about cunning and ordeal entwined like the serpents of past and future on the pole of ascent. It is to the crossroads we go to make decisions. It is at the crossroads we set the course for the journey. 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It was going to change the world for the better and it has. Maybe not as fast or as much as we wanted, but it has and it still will. Whether your name is Mozart, or Django Reinhardt, or Robert Johnson, or Jimi Hendrix, or whoever is next; who you are doesn't matter so long as you can open that conduit and let the music come through. It is the burning edge, whatever it sounds like and whoever is playing it. It is the noisy, messy, silly, invincible voice of life that comes through the LP on the turn-table, the transistor radio, or the Bose in your new Lexus that makes you want to get up out of whatever you are stuck in and dance. It is Dionysus and the Maenads all over again. No one can control it and I pity whoever tries. I am old now and only a house cat sunning herself in the window - but I was a tigress once, and I remember. I still remember.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "G.J. 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It was something I'd been missing my whole life. 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