60 Quotes by Derek Trucks

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    And you can't have an Allman Brothers gig without an Allman brother. I've heard people try to argue that you can, but I'm not buying it.

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    But the Allman Brothers made some great studio records.

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    It's a funny thing... I started touring at nine or ten years old, and for the first ten, fifteen, almost twenty years of your career, you're the youngest guy on stage and the youngest guy in the room.

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    The one thing the Allman Brothers Band does not do is phone it in. They bring it every night and that's something I draw from.

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    A lot people hit the road trying to make some cash. We are out here trying to do something that we really believe in. That's what all of our musical heroes always did.

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    I think we appreciate the musicianship we're surrounded with. Too many bands - it's an ego trip for the leader.

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    My grandfather's from Pinson, Alabama, all the Truckses came from there.

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    George Alessandro in New Jersey builds these great amplifiers. He was working on my Super Reverbs for years and he's kind of a vintage Marshall specialist. He built this amp and it's kind of a cross between a Dumble and a Super Reverb but a little juiced up with a little more power.

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    My earliest memories are of traveling from Jacksonville, Florida, to visit my uncle and his family in Tallahassee.

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