81 Quotes by Walter Becker

Let's face it, us '60s folks had pretty high expectations.

My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.

When the first album came out and I heard 'Do It Again' on the radio, that was the greatest thing that had ever happened. After that, it was all downhill.

It was the 'Gaucho' album that finished us off. We had pursued an idea beyond the point where it was practical. That album took about two years, and we were working on it all of that time - all these endless tracking sessions involving different musicians. It took forever, and it was a very painful process.

Our career had a sort of funny shape.

If it feels like we're re-creating something rather than creating something, we don't do it.

You have a kid, and it's like, 'He's gotta go to college! Gotta have some clothes!'

I think we're right up there with Herman's Hermits and the other greats. Maybe somewhere between Herman's Hermits and the Gershwins.

From a linguistic point of view, you can't really take much objection to the notion that a show is a show is a show.