57 Quotes by Billy Gibbons

They prospect of seeing oneself in the mirror clean-shaven is too close to a Vincent Price film... a prospect not to be contemplated, no matter the compensation.

It's a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.

The blues is life itself.

Most of the reggae awareness is still among music industry people and people who are already into all types of music.

My mom took my sister and me to see Elvis [Presley] in concert when was, maybe 5 or 6, and I liked everything about it.

ZZ Top did get a chance to play with Lightnin' Hopkins and Jimmy Reed, there's still that one, single song we just can't shake... J.B. Hutto's "Combination Boogie".

When I was around 7 or 8 my Dad took me to a B.B. King recording session, well, that really did it. Huge and lasting impressions. After all that I pretty much knew playing guitar was something I was going to do because I just had to do it. And I did.

I probably owe as much to Jeff Beck as I do to Son House with connections to the blues.

The band is tight enough. Quit practicing!