99 Quotes by J. J. Cale

I've always enjoyed playing. If all it meant were to just stand there and play my axe and sing, I could have gone on forever.

I've stolen licks from just about every person that ever picked up a guitar. We all borrow from one another; it's called legitimate stealing.

I've always tried to come up with something that would catch your ear.

I love the rabbits and the squirrels and the birds.

That's one of the problems in being a songwriter and living a long time. What you eventually end up doing is you start imitating yourself.

I'd say writing songs is, for me, as much playing the tape recorder as it is playing guitar or writing words.

I'd like to have the fortune, but I don't care too much about the fame.

I figure that most people will remember me for the songs I wrote.

The only albums that I have personally named were 'number 5,' 'number 8' and 'number 10.'