Yes, I've been down the pike and back. And through the years, I've heard different songs with scatting in it, and it was - always cracked me up as kind of a funny style of music, you know? When I did it, it kind of cracked me up as a comedy kind of routine.
Probably the only thing that I really don't like about being an old guy is so many of the people who understand what we know are gone.
That's one of the problems in being a songwriter and living a long time. What you eventually end up doing is you start imitating yourself.
If you write songs long enough, you run out of material that's original to yourself.
Oh, I'm not a very good singer, and that's 'cause I was always embarrassed about my singing.
I was mainly a songwriter; I really wasn't much of a performer.
There are entertainers and there are musicians, and I never was an entertainer.
All record companies want big-selling records, and my music is a little too raw for commercial success.
People are familiar with my songs, especially through Eric Clapton. But I have a hard time drawing a crowd, because I have been a songwriter.
I didn't really get any success till I was 30 years old. I played music when I was young fella, but I didn't really get any success till I was about 30 years old.
There's a couple of songs of my own I wished I'd have never put out, that, you know, I'd like to burn. But with the advent of digital and computer, nothing goes away any more, you know.
Yeah, Lynyrd Skynyrd, I knew all them guys.
From the first album I'm playing bass on a lot of the tunes, and piano on a lot of 'em, and drums, and guitars. I did that on almost every album.
We used to say when we were 20 years old, that when you reach 30, you gotta hang up your guitar and get a real job.
Sometimes the simplest forms of music are the hardest to play. Especially for musicians that are accomplished.
Nobody really produces my albums.
I guess if I'd have more of a producer attitude, maybe I'd sell more records. But I'm basically a songwriter.
So, my records really didn't sell, but musicians started picking up on my sound and my songs and cutting my songs and that turned into a gold mine.
I've always enjoyed playing. If all it meant were to just stand there and play my axe and sing, I could have gone on forever.
I've always tried to come up with something that would catch your ear.
