American - Musician | December 12, 1943 -
Sometimes arguments get publicized so much that it gets blown all the hell out of proportion.
Dickey Betts
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I'm sure you have arguments with your friends, but they don't get printed up and magnified in the papers.
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I really feel like I've written my most effective music in the instrumental realms.
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In rock n' roll music, you almost have to apologize for being around more than four or five years. I don't know why.
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Blues players are around for 50 years, and that's just fine.
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I've learned to climb a tree pretty fast.
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The thing with Berry and Duane and the rest of us in the original Allman Brothers seemed to be a once-in-a-lifetime thing. When Duane was killed, we knew we lost a great part of that, but we still managed to play some great music.
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Now, I'm not the kind of guy who likes to look in the mirror and say, 'Oh, you're the best.'
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Our tunes aren't just sing-along tunes: they're very complex. After a few days of that, you gotta take a break.
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I like to play acoustic slide. I like that. I just... I can do it, you know. But it ain't my cup of tea.
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My guitar has, like, become part of me, you know.
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All musicians and artists - we all got quirks that have to be put up with at certain times.
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