Quote

What I do is when I go to the stage I forget about me.

Buddy Guy

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Buddy Guy
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 30
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Songwriter
George Buddy Guy
George Guy
Stage
Forget

More quotes by Buddy Guy

Image
It's kind of hard to keep going sometimes but you just have to believe in what you are and what you can do and that's the way to success.
Buddy Guy
Image
I'm gonna play something so funky you can smell it
Buddy Guy
Image
Blues musicians don't retire. They drop.
Buddy Guy
Image
If you don't think you've got the blues, just keep living, and if you don't think you're drunk, just keep drinking what you're drinking.
Buddy Guy
Image
I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile.
Buddy Guy
Image
I didn't look up and say, Oh, man, if I learn how to play a guitar I could make not much money, but I'd make a decent living like Eric Clapton or somebody. There wasn't nothing like that out there.
Buddy Guy
Image
So here I am - a 75-year-old man sitting on a bar stool in a blues club, trying to figure out exactly how I got here. Any way you look at it, it's a helluva story.
Buddy Guy
Image
Even the disc jockeys are saying, if I play your record, I made you. You got to play for me free.
Buddy Guy
Image
I learn everything I play by listening to somebody else.
Buddy Guy
Image
I said, I'm going to stand up and somebody is going to pay attention to me.
Buddy Guy
Image
I was denied a record contract for 15 years, so I'm not going to be too picky about what I do. I don't have the juice to say no too many times.
Buddy Guy
Image
Why did they keep changing guitars and amplifiers when they were perfect? They did the same things with cars, if you ask me. They forgot how to make them right, because they focused on style and bells and whistles.
Buddy Guy
Image
When you play the guitar, you don't have to say nothing. The girls would say something to you.
Buddy Guy
Image
Blues is like American Express. I don't leave home without it.
Buddy Guy