Gary Clark, Jr. quotes
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“The blues is the foundation for a lot of things. Things have branched off. Its cool how music grows, but the foundation is always there. Its not going anywhere. The blues is always going to be relevant.”
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“There's so much music in Austin, and it's all so different.”
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“When I was growing up, I would go hang out with older guys at night in blues clubs.”
-- Gary Clark, Jr.Source : "Jenny Hval's Soft Dick Rock". Interview with Jenn Pelly, pitchfork.com. June 15, 2015.
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“You could say I'm a laid-back kind of guy.”
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“You know, I've never done karaoke, ever. It makes me nervous - I think it's the lack of the guitar and just a microphone.”
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“I know that I'm capable of moving around on the guitar. I can express myself the way I want to and feel good about it. But as far as technical chops, I'm not a learned musician.”
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“My mom always told me I should have a Plan B. I said that if I'm not going to play guitar I'm going to play drums. And if I'm not going to play drums, I'm going to play bass. I always just wanted to play music. I was completely obsessed.”
-- Gary Clark, Jr.Source : "Hot Tracks: Gary Clark Jr". Interview with Lisa Robinson, www.vanityfair.com. December 2012.
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“There's nothing like a music festival. People are ready to have a good time. I don't think anyone comes to a festival going, 'I'm gonna be a complete bummer today.”
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“When I got my first guitar, I played along with everything I heard that had guitar in it, like the Ramones, Nirvana and Sublime, as well as whatever hip-hop and R&B stuff was on the radio.”
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“I was just a very emotional player. I wore my emotions on my sleeve. I pretty much told you how I felt. I didn't mince words, so to speak. If I felt bad, I let you know that I felt bad. If I felt you were playing sorry, I told you. If I was playing sorry, I told myself that. I came from an era when losing really hurt. I didn't see anything good about it.”
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“The guys in my band buy instruments and sell and trade them. But if I have something I hang onto it. Everything is sentimental to me.”
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“Most of my songs start out as being very aggressive and guitar-driven.”
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“I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.”
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“I don't believe in competition, ain't nobody else like me around”
-- Gary Clark, Jr.Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“You're gonna know my name by the end of the night”
-- Gary Clark, Jr.Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“For a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression.”
-- Gary Clark, Jr.Source : "Hot Tracks: Gary Clark Jr". Interview with Lisa Robinson, www.vanityfair.com. December 2012.
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“I am the type of artist where you can't tell me anything. I have always been that way. I am right. I don't need any input.”
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“I don't think anything can touch the expressive range of the guitar.”
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“I failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared.”
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“I never expected to be approached for an ad campaign.”
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“I'm somewhat of a hoarder. I keep everything.”
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“I grew up with synthesizers and weird, spacey music-hip-hop, R&B, modern rock-that I heard on the radio. That's influenced the way I play music. It's natural for me to go with what I feel. If I didn't let that other stuff out and stuck to a certain format, I would feel like I was missing out on something. I'm just enjoying my ride and being who I am.”
-- Gary Clark, Jr.
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