55 Quotes by Roy Ayers

I don’t think I’m really so unique. If every black person looked at their life they would quickly discover that they have been influenced by every type of music prevalent in America.

I don’t trip on that much. I just like to enjoy life and be happy.

I’d definitely love to play in Nashville again. That would be really good.

I don’t like rap that you can’t understand. The youth is so quick and alert.

I generally sell my records online or at the show. You can undersell the distributor and the stores, and people know what they’re getting cause they’ve just seen you live.

I’ve been sampled so much and I’m glad it’s happened, it’s a great compliment.

When I was recording from ’70 to ’82, I always played piano and laid the tracks down. But I used to talk to the other musicians while the track was playing.

Artists don’t always know. Almost every song I ever recorded that was a hit at the majors that the promotional people picked I didn’t think it would be a hit. I was wrong every time!

Only a certain number of people go to a store over the period of a year. When a person sees my record on the shelf, it eliminates someone else’s record from being sold. It’s about continuing to try to find new ways to sell records.