--- title: "18 Song Quotes By Ted Nugent" description: "18 Song quotes by Ted Nugent. Plus more from Ted Nugent and more Song sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/ted-nugent-1735_connectors_music-is-the-great-connector-2578297_2578297.png" --- > [Music is the great connector.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/music-is-the-great-connector/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/ted-nugent-1735_connectors_music-is-the-great-connector-2578297_2578297.png) > [My worst song is stimulating beyond words. My best songs are downright scary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/my-worst-song-is-stimulating-beyond-words-my-best-songs-are-downright/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/526/ted-nugent-1735_music_my-worst-song-is-stimulating-beyond-word_1954549.png) > [I am always writing music. I have got unlimited ideas because I have been clean and sober for my entire life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/i-am-always-writing-music-i-have-got-unlimited-ideas-because-i-have/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/ted-nugent-1735_clean_i-am-always-writing-music-i-have-got-unl_1096480.png) > [Green Day is politically brain-dead but I love the little monkeys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/green-day-is-politically-brain-dead-but-i-love-the-little-monkeys/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/ted-nugent-1735_brain_green-day-is-politically-brain-dead-but_1699291.png) > [I play the living hell out of my guitars daily, and as sure as the sun rises in the east, killer licks,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/i-play-the-living-hell-out-of-my-guitars-daily-and-as-sure-as-the-sun/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ea/ted-nugent-1735_east_i-play-the-living-hell-out-of-my-guitars_1527249.png) > [I am the Great White Buffalo and I play an American-made Gibson guitar that can blow your head clean off at 100 paces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/i-am-the-great-white-buffalo-and-i-play-an-american-made-gibson/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e0/ted-nugent-1735_blow_i-am-the-great-white-buffalo-and-i-play_711250.png) > [Well, at the very beginning of the Amboy Dukes, I was doing background but I never sang my own songs. I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/well-at-the-very-beginning-of-the-amboy-dukes-i-was-doing-background/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5f/ted-nugent-1735_backgrounds_well-at-the-very-beginning-of-the-amboy_2528972.png) > [I started singing with the Amboy Dukes in '87. I sang 'Oh Baby Please Don't Go,' the old Van Morrison song by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/i-started-singing-with-the-amboy-dukes-in-87-i-sang-oh-baby-please/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/ted-nugent-1735_baby_i-started-singing-with-the-amboy-dukes-i_2388213.png) > [All my songs instinctively erupted from my guitar and lyrical visions followed the spirit of the music, bot image wise and rhythmical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/all-my-songs-instinctively-erupted-from-my-guitar-and-lyrical-visions/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/299/ted-nugent-1735_dreams_all-my-songs-instinctively-erupted-from_2254704.jpg) > [I don't care if it's Bruno Mars or Aerosmith or ZZ Top... it's about songs. 'Paperback Writer,' 'Satisfaction,' 'Cat Scratch Fever,' 'Walk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/i-don-t-care-if-it-s-bruno-mars-or-aerosmith-or-zz-top-it-s-about/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/667/ted-nugent-1735_aerosmith_i-don-t-care-if-it-s-bruno-mars-or-aeros_206193.png) > [Oh God almighty, another Detroit monster is Chad Smith of the Chili Peppers. Their music is intoxicating between Flea and Chad Smith.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/oh-god-almighty-another-detroit-monster-is-chad-smith-of-the-chili/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/873/ted-nugent-1735_almighty_oh-god-almighty-another-detroit-monster_554272.png) > [I am a very, very fortunate and blessed guitar player to always be surrounded by musical monsters, so my life has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/i-am-a-very-very-fortunate-and-blessed-guitar-player-to-always-be/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/ted-nugent-1735_adventure_i-am-a-very-very-fortunate-and-blessed-g_2156837.jpg) > [I write incessantly, I'm very productive, I write for a dozen publications and blogs and websites. A lot of very hardcore political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/i-write-incessantly-i-m-very-productive-i-write-for-a-dozen/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/411/ted-nugent-1735_blogs_i-write-incessantly-i-m-very-productive_2938231.jpg) > [An uninhibited, Chuck Berry devotee but experimented with and broke a lot of ground on feedback techniques and solid variations in tonal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/an-uninhibited-chuck-berry-devotee-but-experimented-with-and-broke-a/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/ted-nugent-1735_berries_an-uninhibited-chuck-berry-devotee-but-e_2376345.png) > [The best musicians in the world were raised on the same kind of music I was raised on and that is black,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/the-best-musicians-in-the-world-were-raised-on-the-same-kind-of-music/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d96/ted-nugent-1735_berries_the-best-musicians-in-the-world-were-rai_350246.png) > [Isn't my music the last of the real rhythm and blues? Isn't it great? It's because of my musicians, we were weaned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/isn-t-my-music-the-last-of-the-real-rhythm-and-blues-isn-t-it-great/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b38/ted-nugent-1735_berries_isn-t-my-music-the-last-of-the-real-rhyt_683904.jpg) > [I'm aware of Yusef Lateef and Sun Ra and John Coltrane. My music cup runneth over. I try to encourage people: don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/i-m-aware-of-yusef-lateef-and-sun-ra-and-john-coltrane-my-music-cup/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b5/ted-nugent-1735_coltrane_i-m-aware-of-yusef-lateef-and-sun-ra-and_843837.png) > [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) ## Other authors on Song - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-taylor-swift-89132.jpg) Taylor Swift 141 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/taylor-swift/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bob-dylan-18556.jpg) Bob Dylan 95 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/bob-dylan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jimmy-page-49993.jpg) Jimmy Page 81 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/jimmy-page/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-rollins-41662.jpg) Henry Rollins 73 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/henry-rollins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-lennon-51796.jpg) John Lennon 70 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/john-lennon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dave-grohl-27056.jpg) Dave Grohl 70 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/dave-grohl/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-mccartney-74044.jpg) Paul McCartney 65 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/paul-mccartney/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-wynton-marsalis-96408.jpg) Wynton Marsalis 64 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/wynton-marsalis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-young-70733.jpg) Neil Young 64 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/neil-young/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-petrucci-52095.jpg) John Petrucci 63 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/john-petrucci/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jason-mraz-47548.jpg) Jason Mraz 61 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/jason-mraz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-van-morrison-93136.jpg) Van Morrison 60 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/van-morrison/) ## More by Ted Nugent > [Let's be honest, if the Democrats didn't support ignoring our nation's immigration laws, there is no way they could win the presidency or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/let-s-be-honest-if-the-democrats-didn-t-support-ignoring-our-nation-s/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) > [At 62, I remain clean and sober and my ponytail remains erect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/at-62-i-remain-clean-and-sober-and-my-ponytail-remains-erect/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) > [It was psychobabbler Abraham Maslow who wrote of the phenomena of self-actualization. What Maslow failed to grasp is that reaching true self-actualization can only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/it-was-psychobabbler-abraham-maslow-who-wrote-of-the-phenomena-of/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) > [I take really good care of myself. I promised myself long ago that I would never miss a hunting season, never poison my sacred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/i-take-really-good-care-of-myself-i-promised-myself-long-ago-that-i/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) > [You have to save the habitat, you have to save the population - not individual animals. What you want to save is the foundation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/you-have-to-save-the-habitat-you-have-to-save-the-population-not/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) > [My life is a tsunami of inspirations. Number one is that I really do just love my BBQ. I mean it's the sustenance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/my-life-is-a-tsunami-of-inspirations-number-one-is-that-i-really-do/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) > [There are multi-scatterings of various and associated issues and concerns, but it all boils down to accountable people versus those unwilling to be accountable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/there-are-multi-scatterings-of-various-and-associated-issues-and/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) > [Pat Buchanan... was fired by MSNBC for doing nothing more than voicing his rock-solid conservative thoughts on the otherwise failing network... The real message…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/pat-buchanan-was-fired-by-msnbc-for-doing-nothing-more-than-voicing/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) > [God knows America would be the greatest again if she operated like the Nugent family. No takers, no whiners, no gangsters, no dopers, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/god-knows-america-would-be-the-greatest-again-if-she-operated-like/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) > [The way that you eliminate bad and ugly is either through activism and policy making that never tolerates evil -- instead of the liberal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/the-way-that-you-eliminate-bad-and-ugly-is-either-through-activism/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) > [I'm Beginning To Wonder If It Would Have Been Best Had The South Won The Civil War.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/i-m-beginning-to-wonder-if-it-would-have-been-best-had-the-south-won/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) > [I so wreak of logic and commonsense that it is obviously very refreshing in this world of otherwise soulless politically correct denial and dishonesty.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/i-so-wreak-of-logic-and-commonsense-that-it-is-obviously-very/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) > [I think you should ride the line between fatigue and chaos. The chaos keeps the energy level and spontaneity maximized, while fatigue is just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/i-think-you-should-ride-the-line-between-fatigue-and-chaos-the-chaos/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) > [My band and music are so intense they scare me, and I'm not afraid of anything. We love our music with everything we got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/my-band-and-music-are-so-intense-they-scare-me-and-i-m-not-afraid-of/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) > [I don't care if it's Bruno Mars or Aerosmith or ZZ Top... it's about songs. 'Paperback Writer,' 'Satisfaction,' 'Cat Scratch Fever,' 'Walk This Way,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/i-don-t-care-if-it-s-bruno-mars-or-aerosmith-or-zz-top-it-s-about/) [Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/ted-nugent/#itemlist", "name": "18 Song Quotes By Ted Nugent", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Music is the great connector.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ted Nugent" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/music-is-the-great-connector/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/ted-nugent-1735_connectors_music-is-the-great-connector-2578297_2578297.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/ted-nugent-1735_connectors_music-is-the-great-connector-2578297_2578297.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/ted-nugent-1735_connectors_music-is-the-great-connector-2578297_2578297.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Music is the great connector.” — Ted Nugent", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My worst song is stimulating beyond words. 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