Top 38 Quotes & Sayings by Johnny Winter

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Johnny Winter.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

John Dawson Winter III was an American singer and guitarist. Winter was known for his high-energy blues rock albums and live performances in the late 1960s and 1970s. He also produced three Grammy Award-winning albums for blues singer and guitarist Muddy Waters. After his time with Waters, Winter recorded several Grammy-nominated blues albums. In 1988, he was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame and in 2003, he was ranked 63rd in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

American - Musician | February 23, 1944 - July 16, 2014

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I never really got to know Jimi as a person.

Johnny Winter

I always wanted to play music and have it be my career and knew this by the age of 12.

Johnny Winter

The best artists are gone now.

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I think it will always be around it just takes one person to make people aware of the blues.

Johnny Winter

My mother played piano so we always had music around the house.

Johnny Winter

Everybody was tellin' me that I had to do something different, and I kind of agreed that I did need to vary it a little bit. I still love some rock 'n' roll too.

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I'm not good enough to be playin' much acoustic guitar onstage. Man, you gotta get so right; I mean, the tones, the feel, the sound. Plus, acoustic blues guitar is just that much harder on the fingers.

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I started playing ukulele first for 2 years from age 9 to 11 and got my first guitar and got inspired by blues I heard on the radio that turned me on and I started learning myself.

Johnny Winter

I just like the blues better than rock 'n' roll.

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There were a whole lot, I bought every blues record I could find, it wasn't just one or two people. My vocal influences were Ray Charles and Bobby Blue Bland.

Johnny Winter

Little Walter I would've liked to have played with.

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When I got old enough to go to night clubs to hear that music at the age of 15.

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Jimi was always at The Scene when he was in New York and we played many times together. He was just everywhere - he went out and jammed everywhere he was.

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I like playin' for an audience the best, though, I think.

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I really appreciate when someone can blow me away with live acoustic blues.

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Yeah, we went to England to do a show and I got off the plane and I couldn't write my name or hold my hand up.

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T-Bone Walker was a big influence on just about every guitar player around.

Johnny Winter

Derek Trucks is a real good new artist. He's a young guy.

Johnny Winter

I think the blues will always be around. People need it.

Johnny Winter

When I started workin' with Muddy. That convinced me that I could get away with doin' the blues.

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The Progressive Blues Experiment, Johnny Winter... and Still Alive and Well is my favorite rock record.

Johnny Winter

Well, one of the best things is workin' with Muddy.

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Oh, I love to play on the road. I really love it.

Johnny Winter

I always wanted to play music and have it be my career and knew this by the age of 12

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I love playing guitar. It's the only thing I've ever really been great at.

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I just hope I'm remembered as a good blues musician.

Johnny Winter

The blues was so big in the late '60s that it kinda wore itself out, and people weren't diggin' the blues as much.

Johnny Winter

I really appreciate when someone can blow me away with live acoustic blues

Johnny Winter

The Progressive Blues Experiment, Johnny Winter... and Still Alive and Well is my favorite rock record

Johnny Winter

Little Walter I would've liked to have played with

Johnny Winter

Oh, I love to play on the road. I really love it

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The Rock'n'Blues Fest is my kind of festival series! It's always great playing shows with my brother and, add to that, all the other great artists and their bands and this should make for one historic round of concerts.

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I just like the blues better than rock 'n' roll

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My mother played piano so we always had music around the house

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Every now and then I know it's kinda hard to tell, but I'm still alive and well.

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When I was about 12, I knew I wanted to be a musician. The blues had so much emotion and so much feeling; if you don't have that, you're not going to be good at it.

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