I'm influenced by Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelly, Roland Kirk, John Coltrane, B.B. King, and then by bluegrass. But when I was 16,… — Dickey Betts Bluegrass Copy Share Image
'Seven Turns' was a tough album because we knew that the critics would use it to determine whether or not we should… — Dickey Betts Broken Copy Share Image
When I was a kid in school, and you asked me what I was gonna be, I mean, even as a little… — Dickey Betts Done Copy Share Image
Sometimes arguments get publicized so much that it gets blown all the hell out of proportion. — Dickey Betts Hell Copy Share Image
My daddy had been a fiddler, and I heard a lot of fiddle music as a child. I had a ukulele and… — Dickey Betts Children Copy Share Image
I grew up in South Florida, and my family was pretty poor. We weren't your upper-class whites by any means. — Dickey Betts Family Copy Share Image
Some people take me as being a rowdy, honky-tonk hero type. Some people see me as a quiet person. I guess I… — Dickey Betts Hero Copy Share Image
Anytime I'm playing music or getting ready to record, Duane Allman will enter my thoughts, and so will Berry Oakley. It's part… — Dickey Betts Music Copy Share Image
The thing with Berry and Duane and the rest of us in the original Allman Brothers seemed to be a once-in-a-lifetime thing.… — Dickey Betts Great Copy Share Image
Our tunes aren't just sing-along tunes: they're very complex. After a few days of that, you gotta take a break. — Dickey Betts Break Copy Share Image
I've written some songs that are pretty scary, but 'Jessica,' 'Ramblin' Man,' and 'Blue Sky' are happy songs. That's the way I… — Dickey Betts Blue Copy Share Image
I'm sure you have arguments with your friends, but they don't get printed up and magnified in the papers. — Dickey Betts Friends Copy Share Image
I kind of question whether to say this or not, but it's almost like the Allman Brothers turned into an Allman Brothers… — Dickey Betts Band Copy Share Image
In rock n' roll music, you almost have to apologize for being around more than four or five years. I don't know… — Dickey Betts Apologize Copy Share Image
I have so many great memories of the Allman Brothers early days. It was an incredible time. — Dickey Betts Days Copy Share Image
I like to play acoustic slide. I like that. I just... I can do it, you know. But it ain't my cup… — Dickey Betts Cup Copy Share Image
If you've got a corporation, and you throw out one of the founding partners that is responsible in part for making the… — Dickey Betts Come Copy Share Image
All musicians and artists - we all got quirks that have to be put up with at certain times. — Dickey Betts Art Copy Share Image
People say a lot of things in the heat of the moment. But in the entertainment business, ya never say never. — Dickey Betts Business Copy Share Image
I really feel like I've written my most effective music in the instrumental realms. — Dickey Betts Feel Copy Share Image
Human nature is you work shoulder to shoulder in a real emotional kind of setting, and there are jealousies that come up.… — Dickey Betts Anger Copy Share Image
