Derek Trucks

There's some songs you write like you would write for a four- or five-piece band. But there are times when you start…

— Derek Trucks

When you do a different city every night, it's easy to repeat things. There are songs you want to play for people…

— Derek Trucks

When things come up, you deal with them. However uncomfortable that is, let's have this discussion right now.

— Derek Trucks

I remember the first time hearing a recording from Minton's Playhouse; it was Charlie Christian and a young Dizzy Gillespie, and he…

— Derek Trucks

I think on some level, you always carry your first and biggest influences with you, whether it's the Allman Brothers or Col.…

— Derek Trucks

When you're producing your own record, you do your best to be objective and take a step back from it from time…

— Derek Trucks

We were just touring Europe, and I noticed that we'd go to all these beautiful places, and everyone's just taking a picture…

— Derek Trucks

It's always nice with two guitarists in one band to have some contrast.

— Derek Trucks

A lot people hit the road trying to make some cash. We are out here trying to do something that we really…

— Derek Trucks

He was very sweet, but just his persona was intimidating. He was Gregg Allman. I think a lot of people had that…

— Derek Trucks

Y'know, you can sit in a room, practise all day, learn your scales and blaze blues riffs: it's easy to hide behind…

— Derek Trucks

When you're dealing with the age of Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram, then everything becomes very selfish and cynical.

— Derek Trucks

I think the first time I was at Red Rocks was my first gig as a member of the Allman Brothers Band,…

— Derek Trucks

People have a tendency - you let your ego get in the way of the big moments.

— Derek Trucks

The Allman Brothers Band has a long, storied history and I wouldn't count them out. It's just not in the cards for…

— Derek Trucks

George Alessandro in New Jersey builds these great amplifiers. He was working on my Super Reverbs for years and he's kind of…

— Derek Trucks

I'm a big fan of other guitar players, Duane Allman and tons of them, but I don't really love totally guitar-specific albums.

— Derek Trucks

It's been a slow steady climb since my solo band got together almost 20 years ago. Me and my manager Blake were…

— Derek Trucks

To be part of the Allmans for 15 years was a huge honor. I mean, it's a legendary band. I got to…

— Derek Trucks

It's a funny thing... I started touring at nine or ten years old, and for the first ten, fifteen, almost twenty years…

— Derek Trucks

I don't really love the guitar hero trip, anyway, so it's not something I'm actively searching for or after. I don't like…

— Derek Trucks

We all notice that the nights that are the most magical are the ones where everybody is taking a deep breath and…

— Derek Trucks

And you can't have an Allman Brothers gig without an Allman brother. I've heard people try to argue that you can, but…

— Derek Trucks

But I don't pretend I earned a Lifetime Achievement Award.

— Derek Trucks

You hear it in the great musicians, whether it's a drummer or a horn player or a guitar player - you hear…

— Derek Trucks