Became Quote by J. J. Cale Download Open image “I was kind of a sideman. Then I became kind of a singer-songwriter.” — J. J. Cale ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Became Kind Kind Sideman Kind Singer Sideman Kind Singer Songwriter Singer-songwriter Songwriter Then
I didn't want to be a sideman. My own style was coming out and I was into my own writing. I wrote a whole… — Shuggie Otis Copy Share Image
I didn't really get sidetracked into being a singer. It was just something I started to do for fun in school, like singing the… — Mya Copy Share Image
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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
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