Anything Quote by J. J. Cale Download Open image “I tried to play anything people would hire me to play, because I was a musician.” — J. J. Cale ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Anything Me Music Musician People Play
I was lucky enough to just play music as a living and not have a nine-to-five job. I didn't have to pay the bills… — Mark Stoermer Copy Share Image
I worked full time jobs, basically doing manual labor until I could make enough money supporting myself as a musician. — Flea Copy Share
The first time I played in front of a live audience, I realised I wanted to be a musician. I was about four years… — Lewis Capaldi Copy Share Image
I always wrote music for my friends, but my focus was on playing piano. I didn't think I'd be quite good enough to be… — John Williams Copy Share Image
In the past, I played in bands, worked at coffee shops, babysat, and worked as a production assistant. — Tig Notaro Copy Share Image
The only job I'd ever had that might be considered not playing music was teaching guitar, which I did in college for a while,… — John Oates Copy Share Image
Playing in my early bands, working as a studio musician, producing and going to art school was, in retrospect, my apprenticeship. I was learning… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
I had a chance to play with the best musicians that were coming through because I was pretty good myself or else they wouldn't… — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
I had my guitar and some talent so that I could make friends with intelligent people and could talk my way out of difficult… — Madeleine Peyroux Copy Share Image
Ask any guitar player - it's hard to feed yourself when you're picking for a living. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I wanted to be able to play music, and then when I went out in my private life, my personal life, I didn't want… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I cut all my early records in Nashville, so I guess that makes me country. I call it country pop, but my love of… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I'm an electronic manipulator. Most people think J.J. Cale, he's organic. There ain't nothing organic about me. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
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,… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
Clapton was just picking up ideas. He picked up some of mine like I picked up some from the people before me. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
If you write songs long enough, you run out of material that's original to yourself. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
My performing and my singing leave much to be desired, but having other people record my songs is the most flattering thing that can… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
There are entertainers and there are musicians, and I never was an entertainer. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
What my whole object was is not to really sell records. I was trying to sell songs. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I'm always doing something that ain't happening, and I'm always happening when there ain't nothing going on. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I guess I've never really wanted to be anything else. I've never even thought about having another job. — Owen Farrell Copy Share Image
I would give anything to be able to kick a ball with my son or read the kids a bedtime story. — Rob Burrow Copy Share Image
Comfort food is really anything you want at that time. That said, I really love Naple-style pizza. — Geoffrey Zakarian Copy Share Image
I haven't shut any doors, and I'm really open to anything, so I think it's just about the material and what is going to… — Danielle Panabaker Copy Share Image
When it really comes down to it, the job you do is more important and is more representative of who you are than your… — Michael Cudlitz Copy Share Image
The reason I'm drawn to it is - both the off road racing and the motorcycles on the track - it takes a lot… — Dax Shepard Copy Share Image
I never did drama at school. I did it for one term, when it was compulsory, and I hated it. Tennis was the main… — Luke Mitchell Copy Share Image
We live in such a special time when literally anything we can think of is possible — Daniel Willey Copy Share Image
You know, I'm from Baltimore; nobody has anything. When somebody had talent, I was hiring my uncle, my cousin, you know? Getting people that… — Sisqo Copy Share Image
I said to my agent, 'I want short, sharp, well-paid jobs because I haven't got time for anything else.' — Billie Whitelaw Copy Share Image
I think anything that anyone writes thats any good is going to have a lot of autobiography. — Stephen Adly Guirgis Copy Share Image
If the Bible is correct, and the Earth is only 6,000 years old, that means there were no dinosaurs, and museum curators have been… — Ron Shock Copy Share Image
