Quotes from Steve Miller

Being talented was a hard way to make it. But I made it on my talent and songs.

The truth of the matter is, things that feel spontaneous have a much longer life than things that have got a lot of burnt brain tissue to make them perfect.

I've recorded lots of projects, but just haven't bothered to release them.

It's not always about huge giant commercial success. It's about art.

Blues has always been a huge part of my life.

Some call me a gangster of love

I can walk into Tower Records, go get my box set, take out my Steve Miller credit card, and the clerk will look at me and go, 'Thanks, next.'

I want to entertain my audience. I know when then come and see me play, if I don't do 'Swing Town,' 'Jet Airliner,' 'Take the Money and Run,' 'True Fine Love,' 'Fly Like an Eagle,' 'The Joker,' blah blah blah - if I don't do all those songs, they'll be extremely disappointed. I love to do them.

When I was a kid this is what I was listening to on my car radio - Lowell Fulsom singing 'Tramp.'

I was born into a household where my aunt, grandmother and mother lived their music. They all sang harmony, and by the time I was 2, I could sing 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat' in three-part harmony.

Journey was a jazzy jam band when they first started. They were very out there.

The Joker,' I made the album in 17 days and it was my last shot.

Hefeweizen. Never drink something you can't spill. #Gewurztraminer

People. One might find friends here. She had found at least one friend already. And since she had had no friends at all, that was a treasure past any attempt at counting.

The Question to everyone's answer is usually asked from within

Thinking outside-of-the-box is a tactical skill that should be practiced daily by everyone. A truly great 'strategic' skill is when someone is able to get others to think outside-of-the-box.

I wrote a thousand songs a day.

Just trying to make my music as good as possible and to keep performing and just keep moving.

By 1949 I knew all the studio tricks.

I met Les Paul when I was about 5. I was taken to see him perform and the place was sold out, just packed and full of really great musicians.

We sold 1.5 million copies of the 'Abracadabra' album and 26,000 copies of 'Italian X-Rays.'

We are living in a country that has taken the short view on everything. We have sold our future.

For guitar players especially, blues is the foundation of rock and roll. You take country music and rock and roll and jazz and you mix it together, and that's my basic makeup.

Should the Moody Blues be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? That's absurd. Of course they should be.