Earl Scruggs Quotes

I have a singer, she's called Lara Caprotti. And then I have Stefano Serafini playing trumpet. The trumpet sounds amazing live in a club.

I tried to sing 'What's Going On' with Amy Winehouse once at an old cinema in the West End. There was a funk band that had members of both of our bands playing in it, but it was the worst kind of place to sing bad karaoke because everyone there was an amazing singer or musician.

I love to play. And fortunately, I don't know a lot of musicians that suck. I know a bunch of really good ones, and they're always up for playing.

I had the house rhythm section at a club called the Sundown in Hartford. Stan Getz came up and played with us.

There I met Gordon Jackson and Dave Meredith who were playing in local bands.

As far as other instrumentalists, I used to love mellow sax players like Paul Desmond. I love piano.

I used to hang out a lot in jazz clubs, and the groups took to a kid like me who wasn't afraid to get up and sing with a jazz band. Then I started to hang out in rock clubs and learned to carry off different styles.

I once saw Dizzy Gillespie at a live show, and it made me want to go home immediately and start writing.

Someday, I hope to do a jazz club tour.

It's a beautiful thing to have time in the world, as a singer and as a musician, to make friends with people of the musical caliber of a Tommy Smith, an Arturo Sandoval, a Richard Galliano, a Till Broenner.

I feel like I'm waving the flag for musicianship, trying to bring back bands that can play.

As far as I'm concerned, I'm just a guitar player, and my job is to go out there and play and entertain and do my thing.

Talking about the all night concerts, I did some of the first all night concerts back in the 60's with this little harmonium, and I also had saxophone taped delays.

I lived in an area where there were a lot of rock musicians, and we got together regularly in our studios.

I had different bands. I played with the Acoustic Warriors for the most part, without girl singers. It was the same kind of sound, acoustic guitar, bass, with violin and sometimes accordion, and the guys would sing, that kind of thing.

I was playing in bands and doing gigs from the age of 14 on. I stopped at the age of 28. Technology replaced me. As soon as I saw what computers can do, I didn't think there would be a point for a live drummer.

Chick Corea was a great influence on me, musically, as I was growing up.

I guess actually playing on the records and touring is a great forced practice regimen for me. And you learn a lot playing with people.

What about that Dave Brubeck live album, with a version of 'Like Someone in Love' on it, and long sax solos by Paul Desmond? That's what got me hooked on jazz.

I was a born rock n' roll sax player.

We grew up with musicians coming over jamming. We had tons of instruments. So holidays were always like, 50 people would come over, and there would be a jam session with everyone playing jazz.

It's great fun to play with a really good band.

I like more of the club mentality, where we're playing, and if we feel like we want to play a cover, we'll switch to that.

Mostly I play with records. I play with my friend Bill Evans.

As a musician, your instrument is almost predetermined. I had played drums, piano, clarinet, but when I heard Wayne Shorter play the saxophone, I knew that sound is what I wanted.