List of Chet Atkins Quotes

Ray Cummins Is My Good Friend And One Of The Best Finger Pickers Around.

I'll Always Be Poor In My Mind.

The Last Song I Recorded With [hank Williams, Sr.] Was "i'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive." I Remember Thinking, "hoss, You're Not Just Jivin'," Because He Was So Weak That All He Could Do Was Sing A Few Lines And Then Just Fall In The Chair.

There Is A Long History In Country Music Of Songs Celebrating Drinking And Lamenting Drinking. Country Songs For The Most Part Have Always Been Heavily Rooted In Reality. The First Artists Were The People Next Door. They Would Sing On Their Porch Or In Their Living Room Or At A Barn Dance. They Sang About What They Knew, And A Lot Of That Was Drinking.

It Took Me 20 Years To Learn I Couldn't Tune Too Well. And By That Time I Was Too Rich To Care.

You Want A Little Talent On That?

If You Hear Something You Like, And You're Halfway Like The Public, Chances Are They'll Like It Too.

Lenny Breau Is One Of The True Geniuses Of The Guitar. I Suppose He Is A Musician's Musician. His Knowledge Of The Instrument And The Music Is So Vast, And I Think That's What Knocks People Out About Him. But He's Such A Tasty Player Too. I Think If Chopin Had Played Guitar, He Would Have Sounded Like Lenny Breau.

Elvis Changed The Country Music Scene Quite A Bit; He Almost Put Country Music Out Of Business.

You Shape Your Own Destiny.

It Takes A Lot Of Devotion And Work, Or Maybe I Should Say Play, Because If You Love It, That's What It Amounts To I Haven't Found Any Shortcuts, And I've Been Looking For A Long Time.

A Long Apprenticeship Is The Most Logical Way To Success. The Only Alternative Is Overnight Stardom, But I Can't Give You A Formula For That.