Boz Scaggs

There's a whole lot of songs that men just can't do. The words are from another time and represent too much of…

— Boz Scaggs

This is a cause that musicians can take to heart because one of our main reasons for being is to share our…

— Boz Scaggs

I love all kinds of music.

— Boz Scaggs

I would say that I'm finding my voice in more ways than one.

— Boz Scaggs

From the time I moved to San Francisco in 1967 to play with the Steve Miller Band, there was a lot of…

— Boz Scaggs

Quite frankly, I've always listened to the black side of the radio dial. Where I grew up, there was a lot of…

— Boz Scaggs

I'm easily distracted by other things in the world around me.

— Boz Scaggs

There is not a lot that keeps me glued to the radio as I used to be.

— Boz Scaggs

My first love was the sound of guitar.

— Boz Scaggs

My songwriting and my style became more complex as I listened, learned, borrowed and stole and put my music together.

— Boz Scaggs

A lot of what I have always done is do other singers.

— Boz Scaggs

I was a guitar player first off.

— Boz Scaggs

I think the women - Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu - are doing new conceptual things and using their voices…

— Boz Scaggs

I think that it can be said of a lot of artists, and myself included, that we made the same record over…

— Boz Scaggs

I'm not a jazz singer.

— Boz Scaggs

As far as other instrumentalists, I used to love mellow sax players like Paul Desmond. I love piano.

— Boz Scaggs

I really just followed my musical instincts every step of my life.

— Boz Scaggs

I'm still trying to re-create a Ray Charles concert that I heard when I was fifteen years old, and all my nerve…

— Boz Scaggs

My earliest influences were things I heard in my household.

— Boz Scaggs

The short answer is, yes, I think I have become a better singer.

— Boz Scaggs

I listened to classical guitar and Spanish guitar, as well as jazz guitar players, rock and roll and blues. All of it.…

— Boz Scaggs

I love working with the quartet. I have more freedom and flexibility.

— Boz Scaggs

I am not a jazz singer. I wouldn't place myself on that footing. I wouldn't even enter that arena.

— Boz Scaggs

I feel fortunate that I was able to step away from it when I wasn't interested.

— Boz Scaggs

As a guitar player, you can gravitate to the blues because you can play it easily. It's not a style that's difficult…

— Boz Scaggs