--- title: "4 Chris Thomas King Quotes - Famous Musician" description: "American blues musician and actor... | Chris Thomas King is an American blues musician, book author, and actor based in New Orleans, Louisiana." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e55/chris-thomas-king-70809_be-creative_when-i-m-in-los-angeles-it-s-hard-to-be_136072.jpg" --- # Chris Thomas King (1964) Musician **4** quotes in **67** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Chris Thomas King is a musician. ## Quick Facts About Chris Thomas King Born October 14, 1964 Profession Musician ## About Chris Thomas King American blues musician and actor... \| Chris Thomas King is an American blues musician, book author, and actor based in New Orleans, Louisiana. ## Quotes by Chris Thomas King > [When I'm in Los Angeles, it's hard to be creative. For me, New Orleans is one of those places that's like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thomas-king/when-i-m-in-los-angeles-it-s-hard-to-be-creative-for-me-new-orleans/) [Chris Thomas King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thomas-king/) [Be creative](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/be-creative/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e55/chris-thomas-king-70809_be-creative_when-i-m-in-los-angeles-it-s-hard-to-be_136072.jpg) > [The tax incentives are things the music business can emulate. If I own Yesterday by the Beatles and I go to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thomas-king/the-tax-incentives-are-things-the-music-business-can-emulate-if-i-own/) [Chris Thomas King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thomas-king/) [Appraise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appraise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8b/chris-thomas-king-70809_appraise_the-tax-incentives-are-things-the-music_1797512.jpg) > [It started so early, it all runs together. But what made a huge impact on me was when I went to Europe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thomas-king/it-started-so-early-it-all-runs-together-but-what-made-a-huge-impact/) [Chris Thomas King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thomas-king/) [All kinds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/all-kinds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/chris-thomas-king-70809_all-kinds_it-started-so-early-it-all-runs-together_2311738.jpg) > [If it ain't about what's real, what's happenin' right now, it ain't the blues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thomas-king/if-it-ain-t-about-what-s-real-what-s-happenin-right-now-it-ain-t-the/) [Chris Thomas King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thomas-king/) [Blues](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blues/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/chris-thomas-king-70809_blues_if-it-ain-t-about-what-s-real-what-s-hap_2773540.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thomas-king/#itemlist", "name": "Chris Thomas King Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I'm in Los Angeles, it's hard to be creative. 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