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Guitar Quote by J. J. Cale

“I sing and play guitar, but songwriting is how I pay my rent. And so I didn't really need a lot of publicity to get people to record the songs.” quote by J. J. Cale — Download Open image

“I sing and play guitar, but songwriting is how I pay my rent. And so I didn't really need a lot of publicity to get people to record the songs.”

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I just play my guitar and push my songs and I'd like to keep it quiet.

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I'm an electronic manipulator. Most people think J.J. Cale, he's organic. There ain't nothing organic about me.

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That's kinda what happened to me: I listened to jazz, country, R&B, rock 'n' roll. And when I sat down to write a song,…

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Clapton was just picking up ideas. He picked up some of mine like I picked up some from the people before me.

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If you write songs long enough, you run out of material that's original to yourself.

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My performing and my singing leave much to be desired, but having other people record my songs is the most flattering thing that can…

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There are entertainers and there are musicians, and I never was an entertainer.

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What my whole object was is not to really sell records. I was trying to sell songs.

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I'm always doing something that ain't happening, and I'm always happening when there ain't nothing going on.

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