Butch Trucks

There's always going to be a percentage of the kids out there who want to hear people who can actually play and sing.

There will always be kids in every generation that understand that Lady Gaga is not music, it's theater.

There's nothing - nothing - like the magic of playing music.

The music became secondary to being rock stars.

With The Allman Brothers, we made two studio records that were OK, but the first really great album was the live one, 'At Fillmore East.' We were a live band, and it's one of the reasons we were able to stick around for 45 years.

There's this new band that just started with us called the Dave Matthews Band. My God! I mean, I like those guys. Plus, Dave Matthews looks just like Forrest Gump.

Enlightened Rogues' we made like the earlier ones: whatever tune came up, whatever direction it went in, that's the way it went. That's what we'll always do. I think if we ever stop doin' that, we ought to quit.

I have the distinction of being the only member of the Allman Brothers who has never missed a single show. I have played every single show the Allman Brothers have ever played.

After being away from it for so long, it's really nice to go out and have 10- or 15,000 people show up and enjoy it. It leaves you with a very good feeling.

You're playing for yourself. And if you're not playing for yourself, you're an entertainer, doing it for the crowd.

The only way a musician can express feelings is playing.

I look at making a record and being in a recording studio as more of a craft; You have to be so much more careful and play simpler.