J. J. Cale Quotes


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 to be famous.


Citations

Cale, J. J. To Tulsa and Back: On Tour with J.J. Cale. Directed by Jörg Bundschuh, Time Art, 2005.

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J. J. Cale
J. J. Cale
  • Born: December 5, 1938
  • Died: July 26, 2013
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Musician

John Weldon "J. J." Cale was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Though he avoided the limelight, his influence as a musical artist has been widely acknowledged by figures such as Mark Knopfler, Neil Young and Eric Clapton, who described him as "one of the most important artists in the history of rock". He is considered to be one of the originators of the Tulsa Sound, a loose genre drawing on blues, rockabilly, country, and jazz.