I was a studio engineer out in L.A. for about six or seven years, and I played sideman for different people, and played in bar bands. I was an old man of 32 when I made my first album. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
Ask any guitar player - it's hard to feed yourself when you're picking for a living. — J. J. Cale Copy Share
I wanted to be able to play music, and then when I went out in my private life, my personal life, I didn't want… — J. J. Cale Copy Share
I cut all my early records in Nashville, so I guess that makes me country. I call it country pop, but my love of… — J. J. Cale Copy Share
I'm an electronic manipulator. Most people think J.J. Cale, he's organic. There ain't nothing organic about me. — J. J. Cale Copy Share
That's kinda what happened to me: I listened to jazz, country, R&B, rock 'n' roll. And when I sat down to write a song,… — J. J. Cale Copy Share
Clapton was just picking up ideas. He picked up some of mine like I picked up some from the people before me. — J. J. Cale Copy Share
If you write songs long enough, you run out of material that's original to yourself. — J. J. Cale Copy Share
My performing and my singing leave much to be desired, but having other people record my songs is the most flattering thing that can… — J. J. Cale Copy Share
There are entertainers and there are musicians, and I never was an entertainer. — J. J. Cale Copy Share
What my whole object was is not to really sell records. I was trying to sell songs. — J. J. Cale Copy Share
I'm always doing something that ain't happening, and I'm always happening when there ain't nothing going on. — J. J. Cale Copy Share
I sing and play guitar, but songwriting is how I pay my rent. And so I didn't really need a lot of publicity to… — J. J. Cale Copy Share
I didn't really get any success till I was 30 years old. I played music when I was young fella, but I didn't really… — J. J. Cale Copy Share
