Eric Burdon

I look upon The Animals, they were a great band initially, we left our mark, but thing was it was a band…

— Eric Burdon

I live my life, breathless... A life of constant motion and excitement. A life that many will envy and most would avoid!

— Eric Burdon

Through it all, this wild life on and off the road , through Jordanian deserts , Spanish islands, German prisons, Caribbean tax…

— Eric Burdon

Eventually I would like to reach the stage where I don't have to write about love and kisses and all that stuff.…

— Eric Burdon

As far as the Animals breaking up - it was my fault. I wanted out. We took it to the max, as…

— Eric Burdon

You know, jazz is the mother of all American music. R&B and pop and rap and everything are the branches on the…

— Eric Burdon

Have you seen 'American Idol' lately? I'm sure that some kids somewhere at this moment are thrashing themselves silly over what they…

— Eric Burdon

The Animals were their own worst enemy. The Animals were a band that couldn't live up to their name. I was the…

— Eric Burdon

If you think that UFOs will come and save you, don't be fooled. The Nazis invented UFOs.

— Eric Burdon

People we've encountered at pivotal moments who profoundly influence our direction are not necessarily the people whose names everybody knows. More often,…

— Eric Burdon

On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as…

— Eric Burdon

I'm really still a child of the Forties. I still think about it a lot, about the repercussions of armed conflict. Until…

— Eric Burdon

The basis of everything that I plugged into when I was younger was blues, and it always stayed with me.

— Eric Burdon

I may sing the same songs for over 40 years now but I always sing them in different ways in order to…

— Eric Burdon

I tried to reach the combatants with my music. I tried to turn my anger into something positive. Myself, and others like…

— Eric Burdon

This really blew my mind, the fact that me, an over fed, long haired, leaping gnome, should be the star of a…

— Eric Burdon

There are so many times in one's life, when one feels he has nothing more to offer. But no, my river has…

— Eric Burdon

Recording - once something's done, it's done, there's not much you can do about it. It's out there and you just have…

— Eric Burdon

My voice? Yeah, well, I used to drink a lot of beer when I was a kid and I sounded like a…

— Eric Burdon

I'm not bitter, I'm bittersweet.

— Eric Burdon

Inside each of us, there is the seed of both good and evil. It's a constant struggle as to which one will…

— Eric Burdon

My activism was, and is, unknown, unannounced, but somehow effective.

— Eric Burdon

I don't think I've ever changed. I am only one person, it's just me. I'm confident and I'm quite happy with who…

— Eric Burdon

Britain, and my hometown, will always be with me wherever I go and whatever I do - but I prefer to live…

— Eric Burdon

I don't think Jimi committed suicide in the conventional way. He just decided to exit when he wanted to.

— Eric Burdon