John Mayall Quotes

#1. 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

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

Alvin Lee

#3. 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

#4. 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

#5. 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

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

John Mayall

#7. Joe's been my drummer for 14 years, and we've been buddies for six years.

John Mayall

#8. 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

#9. A headstrong maid, that she is-and won't listen to no advice at all. Pride and vanity have ruined many a cobbler's dog.

Thomas Hardy

#10. Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are.

Bryant H. McGill

#11. 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

#12. 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

#13. [Death is] a gimmick. It's the time-birth-death gimmick. Can't go on much longer, too many people are wising up.

William S. Burroughs

#14. Everybody I know in England was raised on Mose Allison.

John Mayall

#15. I learned that the only thing more unifying to a group of Miamians than a hurricane is the fear that a homeless clinic might move into their neighborhood.

Pedro Jose Greer Jr.

#16. If I've been here a long time, I think: I must go to London and speak to someone or see a bus.

Julian Clary

#17. I don't really like sweets, so that's never been a problem. Instead I'll have Kettle potato chips, which are gluten-free.

Scott Michael Foster

#18. Families homeschool for different reasons, in unique situations, using a variety of methods.

Lisa Whelchel

#19. 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

#20. The human phenomenon is but the sum
Of densely coiled layers of illusion
Each of which winds itself on the supreme insanity
That there are persons of any kind
When all there can be is mindless mirrors
Laughing and screaming as they parade about
in an endless dream

Thomas Ligotti

#21. I write songs about real things ... The subject dictates the mood and it goes from there, really.

John Mayall

#22. Once you start collecting records you learn more and more about jazz and blues.

John Mayall

#23. So long as these kinds of inequalities persist, all of us who are given expensive educations have to live with the knowledge that our victories are contaminated because the game has been rigged to our advantage.

Jonathan Kozol

#24. I always make it a point to pick songs on which players really shine.

John Mayall

#25. I also went to art school and learned to play a piano there, but I play by ear.

John Mayall

#26. 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

#27. 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

#28. I never really thought about becoming a professional musician.

John Mayall