Mayall John Quotes & Sayings

Why was it that relations between different people were so unsatisfactory, so fragmentary, so hazardous, and words so dangerous ... What had Evelyn really wished to say to him? What was she feeling left alone in the empty hall? The mystery of life and the unreality even of one's own sensations overcame him as he walked down the corridor which led to his room. — Virginia Woolf

Everybody I know in England was raised on Mose Allison. — John Mayall

The way I look at it, they're all part of my musical diary, and I can listen to any one of them and it will bring up memories of what was going on at that time. — John Mayall

I also went to art school and learned to play a piano there, but I play by ear. — John Mayall

I get most of my news from the Jon Stewart Daily Show. It's the most level commentary you can find. You have to laugh, because it's all so true. It's the closest thing to a counterculture. — John Mayall

Winter dawn is the color of metal,
The trees stiffen into place like burnt nerves. — Sylvia Plath

Unlike some of my other dharma brothers who got names that were very long and obscure, and nobody could remember or pronounce, that they didn't like. They wanted to give their names back, but it wasn't like that, it wasn't transactional. He would name some people and say 'you're married', and then they were married, but you know it wasn't really transactional. — Surya Das

I keep healthy and I'm always very active and always have been so. I don't really see any signs of aging yet. Music keeps you young. — John Mayall

Working with people, the musical part is one thing but the personal part is totally different and just as critical. If the friendship is there and it's a lasting friendship, then it will take care of itself. — John Mayall

I do the best I can with any instrument I get attracted to. But they're just tools in order for you to express yourself and that's really the upshot of it. — John Mayall

A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves. — Marcel Proust

I write songs about real things ... The subject dictates the mood and it goes from there, really. — John Mayall

Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus. — Aneurin Bevan

Suffering shows us what we are attached to - perhaps the umbilical cord between Mother and me has never been cut. Dying doesn't cause suffering. Resistance to dying does. — Terry Tempest Williams

Lightnin' Hopkins was something of a fixture on the Houston coffee house scene so we were witness to eccentric blues brilliance close up. Then, believe it or not, along came the wave of the English cats like John Mayall, Eric Clapton and the Stones embracing the great American art form - the blues. — Billy Gibbons

I went to see John Mayall at the Marquee, with Peter Green on guitar, and that was a particularly good gig. — Alvin Lee

Let's fly away and live forever — Orson Scott Card

You have to pack as much as you can in an hour or 70 minutes. This time around it was 15 songs, so it was a challenge to get them all the right length so you could get them all on. — John Mayall

He grinned, the skin of his mouth streching far wider that it should have done, exposing teeth as far back as his molar. — Stephen Lloyd Jones

I can tell the difference between the acts of a man and the acts of God. That's why I still believe. I could always tell the difference. — Dee Henderson

The lesson that any thinking person draws from the Stewart saga is that when the government asks questions, run for your lawyer and don't say a word. Had Stewart kept her mouth shut, she'd be OK. — Allan Sloan

To me, they are equally important, as they represent a certain period in my life and times. With that in mind, it really is impossible to pick favorites. — John Mayall

Check out the albums, ... Check out the live performances. That's the reality of it all. Music is such an energizing thing. — John Mayall

Joe's been my drummer for 14 years, and we've been buddies for six years. — John Mayall

My early influences were the Shadows, who were an English instrumental band. They basically got me into playing and later on I got into blues and jazz players. I liked Clapton when he was with John Mayall. I really liked that period. — Tony Iommi

Once you start collecting records you learn more and more about jazz and blues. — John Mayall

I never really thought about becoming a professional musician. — John Mayall

I always make it a point to pick songs on which players really shine. — John Mayall

Not facing a fire doesn't put it out. — Tennessee Williams

Strangely enough, I wasn't into fast guitarists. I preferred Peter Green's subtle touch. I saw him with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers at the Marquee Club in London and was very impressed. He was the only guitarist I've ever seen to turn the volume control on his guitar down during a solo. — Alvin Lee