43 Quotes by Jerry Reed

I got my first guitar at age of 7 and never laid it down. Momma taught me G, C, and D. I was off to the races son!

I have spent over 60 years bent over a guitar and to know that I wrote 70 compositions that masters have recorded, that makes me feel so good and full, and proud and thankful to the good Lord.

I am very grateful to God everyday that my eyes flutter open and I can jump out of that bed!

I used to get on a stove wood pile at 5-6 years old and I would have a piece of stove wood and kindling bark as a pick, and I was a star.

I used to watch people like Richard Burton and Mel Gibson and think, 'I could never do that.

I went around the corner to motion pictures.

When I was a kid of six or seven, I used to get up on the stove woodpile for a stage and I'd put on the wildest show.

There are only four or five real events that we have that draw that many people into town each year. We should have at least 12; and once we have 12, we can have 24.

When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: money.