Song Quotes by Dickey Betts

As far as the music goes, I like melody.

— Dickey Betts

My guitar has, like, become part of me, you know.

— Dickey Betts

I like to play acoustic slide. I like that. I just... I can do it, you know. But it ain't my cup…

— Dickey Betts

My daddy had been a fiddler, and I heard a lot of fiddle music as a child. I had a ukulele and…

— Dickey Betts

'Seven Turns' was a tough album because we knew that the critics would use it to determine whether or not we should…

— Dickey Betts

I had a ukulele when I was about seven. Then I started playing around with the mandolin and the banjo.

— Dickey Betts

I kind of question whether to say this or not, but it's almost like the Allman Brothers turned into an Allman Brothers…

— Dickey Betts

I really feel like I've written my most effective music in the instrumental realms.

— Dickey Betts

The thing with Berry and Duane and the rest of us in the original Allman Brothers seemed to be a once-in-a-lifetime thing.…

— Dickey Betts

Anytime I'm playing music or getting ready to record, Duane Allman will enter my thoughts, and so will Berry Oakley. It's part…

— Dickey Betts

I've written some songs that are pretty scary, but 'Jessica,' 'Ramblin' Man,' and 'Blue Sky' are happy songs. That's the way I…

— Dickey Betts

When I was a kid in school, and you asked me what I was gonna be, I mean, even as a little…

— Dickey Betts

I'm influenced by Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelly, Roland Kirk, John Coltrane, B.B. King, and then by bluegrass. But when I was 16,…

— Dickey Betts