Steve Cropper

I'm a Top 40 record guy. I remember the hits and don't remember the flops. Something in my brain blocks them out.

Most studios in Memphis had a house set of drums; the drummers just brought their own sticks.

I could have gone on to be an engineer full time, except that there was more demand for my playing. But the love of working the board never leaves you.

My favorite moment of the whole thing was when John Belushi suggested that I get a hold of all the blues records I could so I could research the music.

My ears won't fool me. Even when I do a session on digital, we still warm it up somewhere in the process, in mastering or mixing, running the signal through some tubes somewhere.