Clapton Quote by Jack Bruce

I played upright bass. I wanted to write great tunes, play the bass, be a band leader, and smoke a big funny pipe like…

— Jack Bruce

At the age of 16 I started performing with a dance band in the evenings and began earning more money than my father, but…

— Jack Bruce

I think people who basically do one thing like Eric Clapton is great. But I've always enjoyed playing different kinds of music and playing…

— Jack Bruce

Growing up in inner-city Glasgow, it sometimes seemed to me money hadn't been invented.

— Jack Bruce

I think I'm an okay parent, but I'd put myself in the category of a musician-who-happened-to-become-a-father. I'm definitely not a father-who-happened-to-be-a-musician.

— Jack Bruce

I've always had money because of my early success with Cream, so I tell young musicians to aim to write their own material, because…

— Jack Bruce

Bach is really the ultimate in bass players you know

— Jack Bruce

Well all the big companies are really panicked by the internet thing and all that, and sales went down, although sales have gone up…

— Jack Bruce

I'm no politician but I do feel that a lot of damage was done because of misguided principals and America is still suffering from…

— Jack Bruce

I've always been interested in any kind of great music, and African music is, I think, the source of it all.

— Jack Bruce

I was a big fan of Gary Moore, he was my buddy and I miss him a lot. I loved his playing because you've…

— Jack Bruce

What I'm trying to do, in my own small way, is trying to bring African and Afro-Cuban rhythms into rock.

— Jack Bruce