When we started Allman Brothers, Atlantic Records kept telling us there was no way it was going anywhere. — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
Listen to John Coltrane. When he plays 'A Love Supreme,' that guy is totally into himself. — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
If there's anybody who knew how to play in a studio, it was Duane Allman. — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
There's this new band that just started with us called the Dave Matthews Band. My God! I mean, I like those guys.… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
Nobody is playing music like this, like the Allman Brothers, and there's still a lot of fans out there, so that's what… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
Eric Clapton has earned all of our respect. He is the greatest. He opened the doors for us. Without Cream, there is… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
After 'Win, Lose or Draw' we were workin' on another album that nobody's ever heard, and it's a good thing nobody heard… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
The Allman Brothers 1969 to 1971... were all about... jumping off the cliff... Just taking music and being adventurous with it. — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
Ginger Baker was never my favorite, but he was part of the group Cream that opened the door to what we did.… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
'Enlightened Rogues' we made like the earlier ones: whatever tune came up, whatever direction it went in, that's the way it went.… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
With the jam bands I've seen, it's about music, and it's about theory, and it's about making everyone feel better with music. — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
Our approach is more the jazz approach, where you learn to play your instrument as well as you can, develop your craft,… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
Back when Napster first came along, I started telling everybody Napster was like shooting yourself in the foot because you're stealing music.… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
We went on to become the No. 1 band in the country for three or four years. And that was probably the… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
I've never thought too much of 'Rolling Stone.' The first thing I'd do is look at about 50 or 60 of the… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
I take my laptop with me on the road. When I come home, I log onto AOL, go to the Web site, and answer… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
That whole Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame thing - at least half the people in there don't have a place in any kind… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
When I listened to Elvin Jones, man, for the first time I heard a drummer that had all the technique plus emotion, passion, feel,… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
Johnny Winter doesn't know the word 'subtlety.' But it works, it works. — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
Once we started headlining at the Fillmore East, we were free to play all night, at least for the second set. 'Whipping Post' could… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
We would work up a tune that would make me learn a drum pattern I hadn't played before. In the early stages, the pattern… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
Country's cool if you like that kind of thing, but it doesn't have the complexity or - what's the word? - subtlety. — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
The Allman Brothers 1969 to 1971... were all about... jumping off the cliff... Just taking music and being adventurous with it. — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
