22 Quotes by Bobby Keys

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    I try to play the best I can every time I play. But there's just some folks that seem to draw a little bit of that extra special out of you.

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    I've never thought of my name at the top of the marquee in any particular terms other than, you know, slight bewilderment.

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    If the people dig it, then I dig it. If the people wanna hear it, then I wanna play it.

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    In the summertime, I played Little League baseball; football in the fall; basketball in the winter.

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    It doesn't matter how many times I've played 'Brown Sugar', I never get tired of playing it.

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    We just get up there and play rock-and-roll music, man. Everybody sweats and has a good time.

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    I played in the high school band. I was the one baritone saxophone out of 80 other people. No one could tell whether I was hittin the right notes or the wrong notes.

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    I've played in bands with A-team players around. But unless they can play together, it doesn't do any good. And you can take guys who may not stand on their own up against a bunch of individuals they might be compared to, but you put 'em together, man, and they are unique unto themselves in a way that no one else can touch.

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