36 Quotes by Dickey Betts

When I was a kid in school, and you asked me what I was gonna be, I mean, even as a little first grader, I was gonna be a guitar picker on the 'Grand Ole Opry.' I just had it in my head that that's what I wanted to do, having no idea how it was done.

I really feel like I've written my most effective music in the instrumental realms.

I like to play acoustic slide. I like that. I just... I can do it, you know. But it ain't my cup of tea.

My daddy had been a fiddler, and I heard a lot of fiddle music as a child. I had a ukulele and had played along with him.

People say a lot of things in the heat of the moment. But in the entertainment business, ya never say never.

Ramblin' was in my blood.

I had a ukulele when I was about seven. Then I started playing around with the mandolin and the banjo.

All musicians and artists - we all got quirks that have to be put up with at certain times.

In 1969, I was playing guitar in several rock bands that toured central Florida.