Gregg Allman Quotes

• I would like to be remembered as a - somebody who could rock your soul or make your cry with a song. And somebody who's kind, who loved to laugh, and loved his God.

  Gregg Allman

  Song, Rocks, Laughing

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• It's hard to live your life in color, and tell the truth in black and white.

  Gregg Allman

  Black And White, Color, Live Your Life

  "Song: "Wolf's A' Howlin'"". 1997.

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• When I got out of high school, I thought, I'll take a year or two off and play the clubs, get this out of my system, and then go to med school.

  Gregg Allman

  School, Years, Play

  "Gregg Allman Is Latest Rocker to Write Memoir" by Andy Lewis, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 19, 2011.

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• I said, other people can write songs, let's see if I can. So the first 400 or 500 wound up on the floor somewhere. Then I wrote one called Melissa.

  Gregg Allman

  Song, Writing, People

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• There are as many ways to write songs as there are songs.

  Gregg Allman

  Music, Song, Writing

  Q&A with Casey Phillips, www.timesfreepress.com. May 28, 2010.

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• As they say in the bible, that you're supposed to rejoice when people die and mourn when they're born, because it's one of the most painful acts you go through in life, is being born, and dying.

  Gregg Allman

  People, Dying, Life Is

  "The Tavis Smiley Show" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. May 23, 2012.

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• Rock 'n roll was born in the South, man. It's like saying rock-rock.

  Gregg Allman

  Rocks, Rock N Roll, Born

  "Success, Sorrow and Song: Gregg Allman’s Hard-Lived Life of Rock". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. August 14, 2012.

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• I've come to the conclusion that I'm not supposed to be married.

  Gregg Allman

  Married, Conclusion, Supposed To Be

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• In my line of business, there's no better feeling than having a real nice work that you're really satisfied with.

  Gregg Allman

  Real, Nice, Feelings

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• You take all the time to write a song: you have to let it ooze on out by its natural self and that is pretty time consuming. Then you teach it to the band so everybody gets all the parts. Then you rehearse it and road test it, and all that. Then you get to the studio and there is a new guy in the band who calls himself the producer, right? Huh. He either makes it or breaks it usually before nightfall.

  Gregg Allman

  Song, Writing, Guy

  Source: www.pennlive.com

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• 45 years is a long time to do anything, let alone for a rock band to play together. I'm proud of what we've accomplished and proud that we've kept the high standards.

  Gregg Allman

  Long, Together, Proud

  Source: the570.com

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• Clapton asked my brother to play on his record. I thought that was the most wonderful thing in the world.

  Gregg Allman

  Brother, Play, Records

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• Yeah, like, when I look back on my life, I just remember back what happened in '74, or something. It seems like only the real good stuff comes to mind. I don't think of all the tragedies and all the funerals. That just doesn't come to mind at all. I guess I'm really blessed that way.

  Gregg Allman

  Real, Blessed, Thinking

  "Musician Gregg Allman". "Tell Tavis" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. May 23, 2012.

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• I was talking to Jackson Browne on the phone. He said, 'I'm the slowest writer in the world.' I said, 'No, no, no. You're the second slowest. It seems the older you get the slower they come. I wonder if it is like that for everybody?' He said, 'It ain't with Don Henley. He seems to be writing more than ever.'"

  Gregg Allman

  Writing, World, Wonder

  Source: www.pennlive.com

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• There's only one cook in the kitchen, only one chef. I let the soloists do their thing - you've gotta let a man do a solo the way he wants - but as far as picking the tunes and working on the arrangements, I take full responsibility for it.

  Gregg Allman

  Responsibility, Men, Kitchen

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• One of these days I will be an old man in a rocking chair on a porch. Wouldn't it be nice to have my whole life there to read and kind of re-live it.

  Gregg Allman

  Nice, Men, Kind

  Source: www.dailynews.com

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• You got to be pretty thin to be in the movies, or it helps. I would actually love to do it.

  Gregg Allman

  Helping

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• It seems like only the real good stuff comes to mind. I don't think of all the tragedies.

  Gregg Allman

  Real, Thinking, Mind

  "Musician Gregg Allman". "Tell Tavis" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. May 23, 2012.

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• I got tired of playing other people's songs.

  Gregg Allman

  Song, Tired, People

  Interview with Paul Harris, www.harrisonline.com. December 13, 1997.

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• I got Jimmy Hall from Wet Willie and he also plays now with Hank Williams Jr.

  Gregg Allman

  Play, Hank Williams, Halls

  Interview with Paul Harris, paulharrisonline.blogspot.com. December 12, 1997.

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• Gotta take my puppy on the road with me, Killer

  Gregg Allman

  Killers, Puppy, Take Me

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• The Beatles had just come out, and everybody had a band. It was incredible competition out there.

  Gregg Allman

  Competition, Band, Incredibles

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• I didn't think we would ever make enough money to pay rent by playing music.

  Gregg Allman

  Thinking, Playing Music, Pay

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• At the Muddy Waters thing, I played the first song by myself on an acoustic guitar. I thought that was great that y'all did that tribute to Muddy Waters. I had a real good time

  Gregg Allman

  Song, Real, Guitar

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• I left home the day after I graduated from high school because I knew we weren't going to make any dough to pay the rent in music.

  Gregg Allman

  Home, School, Pay

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