Gary Clark Jr. Quotes & Sayings

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.

I failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared. — Gary Clark Jr.

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.

The guys in my band buy instruments and sell and trade them. But if I have something I hang onto it. Everything is sentimental to me. — Gary Clark Jr.

I know that I'm capable of moving around on the guitar. I can express myself the way I want to and feel good about it. But as far as technical chops, I'm not a learned musician. — Gary Clark Jr.

I'm somewhat of a hoarder. I keep everything. — Gary Clark Jr.

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.

For a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression. — Gary Clark Jr.

I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing. — Gary Clark Jr.

You're gonna know my name by the end of the night — Gary Clark Jr.

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.

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.

I never expected to be approached for an ad campaign. — Gary Clark Jr.

When I was growing up, I would go hang out with older guys at night in blues clubs. — Gary Clark Jr.

I grew up with synthesizers and weird, spacey music-hip-hop, R&B, modern rock-that I heard on the radio. That's influenced the way I play music. It's natural for me to go with what I feel. If I didn't let that other stuff out and stuck to a certain format, I would feel like I was missing out on something. I'm just enjoying my ride and being who I am. — Gary Clark Jr.

I'm obsessed with fuzz pedals. — Gary Clark Jr.

The blues is the foundation for a lot of things. Things have branched off. It's cool how music grows, but the foundation is always there. It's not going anywhere. The blues is always going to be relevant. — Gary Clark Jr.

I like to see how people interact with each other and I draw from that. I'm inspired by that. — Gary Clark Jr.

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.

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.

You could say I'm a laid-back kind of guy. — Gary Clark Jr.

I don't believe in competition, ain't nobody else like me around — Gary Clark Jr.

Most of my songs start out as being very aggressive and guitar-driven. — Gary Clark Jr.

I don't think anything can touch the expressive range of the guitar. — Gary Clark Jr.

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.

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.

There's so much music in Austin, and it's all so different. — Gary Clark Jr.