99 Quotes by J. J. Cale

If you write songs long enough, you run out of material that's original to yourself.

Oh, I'm not a very good singer, and that's 'cause I was always embarrassed about my singing.

I was mainly a songwriter; I really wasn't much of a performer.

There are entertainers and there are musicians, and I never was an entertainer.

All record companies want big-selling records, and my music is a little too raw for commercial success.

People are familiar with my songs, especially through Eric Clapton. But I have a hard time drawing a crowd, because I have been a songwriter.

I didn't really get any success till I was 30 years old. I played music when I was young fella, but I didn't really get any success till I was about 30 years old.

There's a couple of songs of my own I wished I'd have never put out, that, you know, I'd like to burn. But with the advent of digital and computer, nothing goes away any more, you know.

Yeah, Lynyrd Skynyrd, I knew all them guys.