Latest Buddy Guy Quotes from Interviews

• I love what I'm doing. And the world is so mad at everybody. If I do something to make people smile, I'm going to say, I got you. For that moment, if it don't last, I made you forget about the other thing you might have been thinking about.

  Buddy Guy

  Thinking, People, Mad

  Source: www.pbs.org

• Even the disc jockeys are saying, if I play your record, I made you. You got to play for me free.

  Buddy Guy

  Play, Jockeys, Records

  "Buddy Guy: 'Blues Musicians Don’t Retire, They Drop'". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. April 6, 2012.

• Blues musicians don't retire. They drop.

  Buddy Guy

  Musician, Retiring, Blues Music

  "Buddy Guy: ‘Blues Musicians Don’t Retire, They Drop’". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. April 6, 2012.

• I said, I'm going to stand up and somebody is going to pay attention to me.

  Buddy Guy

  Attention, Pay, Pay Attention

  "Buddy Guy: 'Blues Musicians Don’t Retire, They Drop'". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. April 6, 2012.

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

  Buddy Guy

  Forget, Stage, Forget About Me

  "Blues guitarist Buddy Guy". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 7, 2012.

• I learn everything I play by listening to somebody else.

  Buddy Guy

  Play, Listening

  "Blues guitarist Buddy Guy". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 7, 2012.

• I can't learn nothing from listening to me. That's something I already know.

  Buddy Guy

  Listening, Knows, I Can

  "Blues guitarist Buddy Guy". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 7, 2012.

• When you catch me playing something at home, it's somebody else's stuff where I can what we call steal licks from, and that's how I taught myself how to play.

  Buddy Guy

  Home, Play, Stuff

  "Blues guitarist Buddy Guy". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 7, 2012.

• The jazz and blues clubs are like the jazz and blues musicians - they're disappearing.

  Buddy Guy

  Musician, Clubs, Jazz

  "Blues guitarist Buddy Guy". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 7, 2012.

• 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

  Men, Play, Guitar

  "Blues guitarist Buddy Guy". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 7, 2012.