Billy Preston Quotes & Sayings

I'm playing with Bonnie Raitt. I don't have to sing it. I just have to play it. That's cool. — Billy Preston

I would never do anything to hurt anybody, especially if they're helping me. I'm not that kind of person. — Billy Preston

The first time I met Ray, I was going to school around the corner from his house. One day, he was playing the piano. I eased up on the porch to listen to him. — Billy Preston

Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin'. — Billy Preston

The Beatles did treat me as a member of the group. And that was a great honor, you know? — Billy Preston

I do believe that God has his hands on me and that he has work for me to do. — Billy Preston

You are so beautiful to me. — Billy Preston

I got a story, ain't no moral, I let the bad guy win every now and then. — Billy Preston

I had been inspired by an organ player named Earl Grant, who played organ and piano together. My mom took me to see him. So I went home, put my piano and organ together, too. — Billy Preston

It was great fun to be able to work with so many different artists. And I'm paying a tribute to the Beatles. I've just recorded some of their songs. — Billy Preston

wI don't care what they say about Aretha. She can be hiding out in her house in Detroit for years. She can go decades without taking a plane or flying off to Europe. She can cancel half her gigs and infuriate every producer and promoter in the country. She can sing all kinds of jive-ass songs that are beneath her. She can go into her diva act and turn off the world. But on any given night, when that lady sits down at the piano and gets her body and soul all over some righteous song, she'll scare the shit out of you. And you'll know - you'll swear - that she's still the best fuckin' singer this fucked-up country has ever produced. — Billy Preston