Bands Quote by Dickey Betts Download Open image “In 1969, I was playing guitar in several rock bands that toured central Florida.” — Dickey Betts ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bands Central Florida Guitar Music making Playing guitar Rock Rock bands
Before moving to Pennsylvania in 1999, I played bass in a newsroom rock band in South Florida for several years. — John Grogan Copy Share Image
The reason I wanted to play guitar was because I saw Buddy Holly and then our own homegrown Shadows on TV in 1957 or… — Peter Frampton Copy Share Image
My guitar playing was born from playing in my teenage heavy rock bands. — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
Starting in the mid-'80s, I played in a band called Meat Joy, and we made our own record, toured. — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
At nine or ten, I was playing guitar in music class in my elementary school in Jackson, Michigan. They had a guitar class, and… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
First concert I ever went to was a group called The Yardbirds. Eric Clapton is the lead guitarist. — Ron Barber Copy Share Image
We were a really crazy band. This was in '73. I had my hair real short with a white stripe down the middle of… — Rex Smith Copy Share Image
I was trained at classical piano as a youngster back in PA. To rebel, I bought a drum set and played in some rock… — Jeff Cardoni Copy Share Image
I'm influenced by Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelly, Roland Kirk, John Coltrane, B.B. King, and then by bluegrass. But when I was 16, bluegrass wasn't… — Dickey Betts 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 have remained… — Dickey Betts 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 first grader,… — Dickey Betts Copy Share Image
Sometimes arguments get publicized so much that it gets blown all the hell out of proportion. — Dickey Betts 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 had played… — Dickey Betts 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 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 can be… — Dickey Betts 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 of my… — Dickey Betts 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. When Duane… — Dickey Betts 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 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 wrote them:… — Dickey Betts 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 Copy Share Image
There are bands that I am friends with, who will invite me up on stage. Like Les Savy Fav, who have had me on… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
Old-school rock bands, and blues bands, too, are kind of a dying breed. — Gary Rossington Copy Share Image
I want to talk about my band, you know what I mean? I don't want to talk about other bands. — Chino Moreno Copy Share Image
When I used to put an album out, I knew everyone on the charts. There weren't that many bands. Now, I couldn't even name… — Joe Cocker Copy Share Image
Everyone's gonna have their opinion, everyone's gonna have their favorite bands. The best way I can describe it is music is like food, either… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
Our first gig was a battle of the bands. We did 45 minutes of comedy and never played a note - and we won! — Cheech Marin Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm an entertainer. I never think, 'Wow, I can't wait to get the crowd moving.' Some of my favorite bands never… — Ric Ocasek Copy Share Image
We had to take full advantage of the fact that we wanted to be one of the most creative bands out there that's getting… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
The band Grizzly Bear, I think they're excellent. There's a beauty and a musicality there that I wish would have been in vogue in… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I do have electric guitars, because I've always believed, especially when I'm working in the studio with other bands as producer, that there should… — Nick Mason Copy Share Image
