Gregg Allman was an American musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the co-founder and frontman of the influential Southern rock band The Allman Brothers Band. Born on December 8, 1947, in Nashville, Tennessee, Gregg Allman had a profound impact on the world of music and left a lasting legacy. Here are some key highlights of Gregg Allman’s life and career
Gregg Allman Quotes
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I would like to be remembered as a – somebody who could rock your soul or make your cry with a song. And somebody who’s kind, who loved to laugh, and loved his God.
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Clapton asked my brother to play on his record. I thought that was the most wonderful thing in the world.
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I play every show like it’s my last. Fortunately, that’s never turned out to be the case.
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As they say in the bible, that you’re supposed to rejoice when people die and mourn when they’re born, because it’s one of the most painful acts you go through in life, is being born, and dying.
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The Beatles had just come out, and everybody had a band. It was incredible competition out there.
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The best advice I got really had nothing to do with singing; it came from my brother, who always told me to stick to my guns and to believe in myself. I think Duane saw my talents and believed in me long before I ever did, and that meant the world to me.
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45 years is a long time to do anything, let alone for a rock band to play together. I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished and proud that we’ve kept the high standards.
8- When you travel on a bus with guys who love all kinds of music, you get exposed to some great stuff, man.
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“It was a big blow, one right after the other. I’m amazed we all pulled out of it, and that we went on. The music and the brotherhood was all we had, so we went on just to keep from going crazy.”
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There are as many ways to write songs as there are songs.
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You take all the time to write a song: you have to let it ooze on out by its natural self and that is pretty time consuming. Then you teach it to the band so everybody gets all the parts. Then you rehearse it and road test it, and all that. Then you get to the studio and there is a new guy in the band who calls himself the producer, right? Huh. He either makes it or breaks it usually before nightfall.
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People always lean toward who’s the best guitar player, who’s the best singer? I don’t see it that way. They’re all the best, you know? They’ve all gotten your attention, you’ve admired them, you’ve tried to sing like them. That makes them the best, each and every one of ’em.
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I would like to be remembered as a – somebody who could rock your soul or make your cry with a song. And somebody who’s kind, who loved to laugh, and loved his God.
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There’s only one cook in the kitchen, only one chef. I let the soloists do their thing – you’ve gotta let a man do a solo the way he wants – but as far as picking the tunes and working on the arrangements, I take full responsibility for it.
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It’s hard to live your life in color, and tell the truth in black and white.
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I didn’t think we would ever make enough money to pay rent by playing music.
– So many people out there can probably sing very good – all they need to do is just drop their inhibitions. That’s why most people do their singing in the shower.
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One thing I learned is no matter how many times I tried to make it work, I couldn’t perform under the influence of any substance. My roughest one was alcohol. It’s such a trap. I don’t know how many times I fell back.
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I’ve never sat down and tried to write something for some occasion. You just write the tune and stay totally wide open to everything. It’ll find the person or persons who are supposed to do it.
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Rock ‘n roll was born in the South. It’s like saying rock-rock.
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“The thing with the piano is, the piano is like percussion almost – well, it is. You have to… not beat on it, but there is more work involved than a Hammond. With a Hammond, you just lay your hands on the keys, man, and you’re gone.”
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You couldnt get a job playing in a club unless you played so much Top 40 and so many Beatles songs. I just went into a sort of revolt.
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In my line of business, there’s no better feeling than having a real nice work that you’re really satisfied with.
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Duane Allman was the best guitar player I ever heard who didn’t read a note.
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“Stage fright is not a thing about ‘Am I any good?’ It’s about ‘Am I gonna be good tonight?’ It’s a right-now thing. It helps me. If I went out there thinkin’, ‘Eh, we’ll go slaughter ’em,’ I’m positive something would go seriously wrong.”
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One of these days I will be an old man in a rocking chair on a porch. Wouldn’t it be nice to have my whole life there to read and kind of re-live it.
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I got tired of playing other people’s songs.
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I was talking to Jackson Browne on the phone. He said, ‘I’m the slowest writer in the world.’ I said, ‘No, no, no. You’re the second slowest. It seems the older you get the slower they come. I wonder if it is like that for everybody?’ He said, ‘It ain’t with Don Henley. He seems to be writing more than ever.'”
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At the Muddy Waters thing, I played the first song by myself on an acoustic guitar. I thought that was great that y’all did that tribute to Muddy Waters. I had a real good time
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Before I got into rock ‘n’ roll, I was going to be a dentist.
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“The best advice I got really had nothing to do with singing; it came from my brother, who always told me to stick to my guns and to believe in myself. I think Duane saw my talents and believed in me long before I ever did, and that meant the world to me.”
