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Rick Derringer quotes

American Musician August 5, 1947

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And what makes me happy now has changed as well... Its one thing to play in a bar or at a biker festival, and hear a guy who's been drinking beer all day come up and tell you how good you are. For a long time in your life that will make you happy. Rick Derringer
Brenda did some little vocal arrangements for us and she got to sing as well. So, we're happy to be able to work together and that's another reason why we look forward to doing more of these. Rick Derringer
I know some people will be surprised to hear it, but I've found that my music, whether its blues or rock, or whatever you want to call it, can be channeled into a positive direction that actually helps people. Rick Derringer
Rick Derringer quote: "So, after awhile, you can only get so much happiness from a..."
So, after awhile, you can only get so much happiness from a guy who's drunk come up and tell you you're great. Rick Derringer
My family is involved and my wife Brenda is a great, great writer. She helps me with the writing of everything and also sings with me. I owe a lot to Brenda. Rick Derringer
I've always been a guy who's pretty supportive, its just my nature, so I came in to the situation with the attitude that I wanted to support Johnny and make it work. Rick Derringer
Rick Derringer quote: "It's a great relationship when you can work with the person..."
It's a great relationship when you can work with the person who you consider to be your soul mate. Rick Derringer
Rick Derringer quote: "I was almost kind of trapped by my own success into only doing..."
I was almost kind of trapped by my own success into only doing rock. Rick Derringer
Rick Derringer quote: "Because I was successful over the years, I never had the..."
Because I was successful over the years, I never had the opportunity to do the stuff I really wanted. Rick Derringer
For me, I go in and play a few Christian songs for an audience, and now I have people come up and not tell me I'm great, but tell me that my music is helping save their lives, helping them in the Lord, and helping them end their vices. Rick Derringer
The first time I heard Johnny play at the Fillmore East, I wasn't really impressed. He had come on the scene with everybody telling me how great he was, and I didn't hear it. Rick Derringer
There was nobody at the time who was playing slide guitar like Johnny, and nobody, or no white guys at least, that was playing country blues like that on the acoustic guitar. And it was at that point that I realized what Johnny had to offer. Rick Derringer
If my musical tastes are continuing to grow up, and I am not really too interested in the music that my kids listen to, then I assume that the audience is doing the same. Rick Derringer
I took the rhythm place, which a lot of people didn't know how to do the way I could, and this was really the first time that Johnny had a rhythm guitar player. Rick Derringer
Johnny was great in the studio; he was there to make the music that he wanted to make. We lived right beside each other and had a rehearsal studio that was just ours, with nobody else using it, it was part of Johnny's house, so we could rehearse every day. Rick Derringer

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