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  • I didn't want to be a sideman. My own style was coming out and I was into my own writing. I wrote a whole album, I arranged it all with pencil and paper. I did eventually do a lot of work with my father, but that was different. I was living at home; I wasn't a starving musician. I wasn't spoiled, but I wasn't going to have some producer come in and tell me what to play.

    "1970s R&B Man Shuggie Otis Is Ready for His 'Sneak Back'". Interview with Jacob Blickenstaff, www.motherjones.com. January 21, 2013.
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