Music Quotations | Page 7

Once I could play what I heard inside me, that's when I was born.

If you don't live it, it won't come out your horn.

Don't be afraid, just play the music.

Master your instrument. Master the music. And then forget all that bullshit and just play.

I know she would want me to still do what I'm doing, because she kept me going a lot of times when I'd almost lose interest in getting out on the road.

She was a great lady. We raised three boys, were together as long as she lived, and now she's passed on.

'Vagabond' is about owning where I come from, understanding the real power music had to transport myself with, whether that's busking in Europe or getting number ones.

People are people, and I get a bit annoyed that the music business only focuses in on the big metropolises. I find that people that don't live in big cities are just as likely to enjoy music as people that do live in big cities.

I can speak French, understand Gaelic and know my history. That's the training music has given me.

I go out with my band six months of the year and the rest of them with the Blues Brothers.