77 Quotes by Eric Burdon

Eventually I would like to reach the stage where I don't have to write about love and kisses and all that stuff. I wish I could write about really ultimate things. That's where I think all of us want to go, really. All the groups seem to be heading towards a kind of pop music that deals with ultimate things.

I'm not bitter, I'm bittersweet.

You've got to create a dream. You've got to uphold the dream. If you can't, go back to the factory or go back to the desk.

Through it all, this wild life on and off the road , through Jordanian deserts , Spanish islands, German prisons, Caribbean tax scams, halls of fame,wine, women, and all the drugs under the sun - one constant companion has never abandoned me . My first true love : singing Its been the savior of many poor boy, and God I know I'm one

You know, jazz is the mother of all American music. R&B and pop and rap and everything are the branches on the main tree of the life of music, American music, which is jazz.

Inside each of us, there is the seed of both good and evil. It’s a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other.

Everything changes and, somewhere along the line, I’m changing with it.

I don’t think I’ve ever changed. I am only one person, it’s just me. I’m confident and I’m quite happy with who I am, but it’s my life and I’ll be what I want.

Everything I do – if I do it, is going to be personal.