Gary Clark, Jr. famous quotes

03-28-2025

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.
-- Gary Clark, Jr.

#Foundation #Relevant #Grows
There's so much music in Austin, and it's all so different.
-- Gary Clark, Jr.

#Austin #Different
When I was growing up, I would go hang out with older guys at night in blues clubs.
-- Gary Clark, Jr.

#Growing Up #Night #Guy
You could say I'm a laid-back kind of guy.
-- Gary Clark, Jr.

#Guy #Laid Back #Kind
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.
-- Gary Clark, Jr.

#Thinking #Guitar #Done
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.
-- Gary Clark, Jr.

#Moving #Guitar #Feel Good
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.

#Mom #Guitar #Play
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.
-- Gary Clark, Jr.

#Thinking #People #Festivals
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.
-- Gary Clark, Jr.

#Guitar #Hip Hop #Sublime
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.
-- Gary Clark, Jr.

#Hurt #Sorry #Player
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.
-- Gary Clark, Jr.

#Guy #Band #Sentimental
Most of my songs start out as being very aggressive and guitar-driven.
-- Gary Clark, Jr.

#Song #Guitar #Driven
I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
-- Gary Clark, Jr.

#Thinking #People #Schizophrenic
I don't believe in competition, ain't nobody else like me around
-- Gary Clark, Jr.

#Believe #Competition
You're gonna know my name by the end of the night
-- Gary Clark, Jr.

#Night #Names #Ends
For a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression.
-- Gary Clark, Jr.

#Rights #Black #Sound
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.
-- Gary Clark, Jr.

#Artist #Needs #Input
I don't think anything can touch the expressive range of the guitar.
-- Gary Clark, Jr.

#Thinking #Guitar #Range
I failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared.
-- Gary Clark, Jr.

#School #Causes #Scared
I never expected to be approached for an ad campaign.
-- Gary Clark, Jr.

#Campaigns #Expected #Ads
I'm obsessed with fuzz pedals.
-- Gary Clark, Jr.

#Obsessed #Pedals
I'm somewhat of a hoarder. I keep everything.
-- Gary Clark, Jr.
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.

#Rocks #Who I Am #Play

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