Gary Clark, Jr. Quotes

• All I can do is do what I can do, and do what I know how to do. I do what I love to do, and that's pretty much it.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Know How, Knows, Can Do

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• The blues is the foundation for a lot of things. Things have branched off. Its cool how music grows, but the foundation is always there. Its not going anywhere. The blues is always going to be relevant.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Foundation, Relevant, Grows

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• I don't believe in competition, ain't nobody else like me around

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Believe, Competition, Don't Believe

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• There's nothing like a music festival. People are ready to have a good time. I don't think anyone comes to a festival going, 'I'm gonna be a complete bummer today.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Thinking, People, Festivals

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• I don't think anything can touch the expressive range of the guitar.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Thinking, Guitar, Range

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• When I was growing up, I would go hang out with older guys at night in blues clubs.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Growing Up, Night, Guy

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• You could say I'm a laid-back kind of guy.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Guy, Laid Back, Kind

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• You're gonna know my name by the end of the night.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Night, Names, Ends

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

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• I was just a very emotional player. I wore my emotions on my sleeve. I pretty much told you how I felt. I didn't mince words, so to speak. If I felt bad, I let you know that I felt bad. If I felt you were playing sorry, I told you. If I was playing sorry, I told myself that. I came from an era when losing really hurt. I didn't see anything good about it.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Hurt, Sorry, Player

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• I failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  School, Causes, Scared

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• My mom always told me I should have a Plan B. I said that if I'm not going to play guitar I'm going to play drums. And if I'm not going to play drums, I'm going to play bass. I always just wanted to play music. I was completely obsessed.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Mom, Should Have, Play

  "Hot Tracks: Gary Clark Jr". Interview with Lisa Robinson, www.vanityfair.com. December 2012.

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• I am the type of artist where you can't tell me anything. I have always been that way. I am right. I don't need any input.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Artist, Needs, Input

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• Music is soaking up things that I see in other people or things that go on in my life, and I put it out there in the form of a song.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Song, People, Goes On

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• I opened up my mind as far as playing music. I was at a Cody Chesnutt concert a few years ago, and a friend introduced me to him. We just started talking about music, and he asked me what I did. I said, "I have these songs and I'm kind of nervous to put them out, because I've just kind of been playing blues stuff, and playing other people's songs." He said, "You should just put them out there, man. Why not? It's just gonna bother you if you don't. The easiest thing to do is to just let it go." So I just took that with me.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Song, Men, Mind

  Source: www.marandapleasantmedia.com

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• Things that I would say or would like to saw are just easier to sing about and put out there in music.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Source: www.marandapleasantmedia.com

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• I grew up being a huge fan of Bruce Lee, and this quote always stuck out to me. He said, "Water can flow, or it can crash. If you put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot." It always made sense to me to adapt the flow and roll with whatever the situation is and to not think about it too much and get caught up in it. It works easier for me that way.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Thinking, Water, Too Much

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 10, 2012.

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• I like to see how people interact with each other and I draw from that. I'm inspired by that.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  People, Inspired, Draws

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 10, 2012.

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• For a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Rights, Black, Sound

  "Hot Tracks: Gary Clark Jr". Interview with Lisa Robinson, www.vanityfair.com. December 2012.

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• I'm somewhat of a hoarder. I keep everything.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

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• I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Thinking, People, Schizophrenic

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• Most of my songs start out as being very aggressive and guitar-driven.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Song, Guitar, Driven

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• When I got my first guitar, I played along with everything I heard that had guitar in it, like the Ramones, Nirvana and Sublime, as well as whatever hip-hop and R&B stuff was on the radio.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Guitar, Hip Hop, Sublime

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• You know, I've never done karaoke, ever. It makes me nervous - I think it's the lack of the guitar and just a microphone.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Thinking, Guitar, Done

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• I never expected to be approached for an ad campaign.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Campaigns, Expected, Ads

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• There's so much music in Austin, and it's all so different.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Austin, Different

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