37 Quotes by jack bruce

What I'm trying to do, in my own small way, is trying to bring African and Afro-Cuban rhythms into rock.

Well, I can tell you the first record I ever stole - I wasn't so well off in those days.

We all have roles in life. I'm a dad, a husband, this and that, but basically I only feel justified in being alive when I'm on the stage.

At the age of 16 I started performing with a dance band in the evenings and began earning more money than my father, but he was pleased for me.

I've always had money because of my early success with Cream, so I tell young musicians to aim to write their own material, because owning the composition rights makes a very big difference.

I've always been interested in any kind of great music, and African music is, I think, the source of it all.

Do you know a magazine called the National Enquirer? In the current issue, somebody drew it to my attention, there's a picture of me, like a very young picture of me, and there's a picture of Eric Clapton now and a picture of me then, and it says this is how Eric Clapton has aged.

I was 16 when I got a scholarship to study classical composition at a conservatory. By that time I had already listened to Scottish folksong with my mother, sung in church choirs, and had sung solo with Benjamin Britten conducting.

I'm not going with some big time producer who takes over completely and I'm just a sideman. I wouldn't fancy that really.