No one on this Earth knows how old I am.
The first time I tried to sing along with my guitar, everybody in the studio booed. They all said it wouldn't work.
Larry Carlton is an incredibly versatile guitarist who has been a major force for guitar for many years. He is easily recognizable - all you have to do is hear him once and from that point on you'll be a fan, just like me. It gives me great pleasure to extend congratulations to Larry on his 2011 George Benson Lifetime Achievement Award. Congratulations !
I have been doing music all my life so everyday when I get up I expect music will be part of it.
The melody is the most important thing that must stay in the minds of the people who listen to you. No matter how many notes you play, you can't let them forget what the song is.
As my career has progressed, I've had the pleasure of playing with the baddest jazz cats on the planet. But that doesn't change my desire to entertain folks. That's really who I am.
I spent a lot of time teaching myself theory and harmony so I could be free to express myself on the instrument.
I got a flash of. . . what it means, now, 'you can't be too rich or too thin. ' How well it works, will keep on working, because the vast majority of women will never be thin. Thin enough. How well the hope of class mobility keeps every mother dieting, and handing the diets down to her daughter, hoping the daughter may do even better. When you combine this with the fact that many non-white peoples tend to be heavier than white folks, dieting becomes a tool not only in enforcing class but in encouraging assimilation.
Sometimes I truly fear that I am losing my mind. And if I did it it would be like flying blind.
One congressman asked 'I just want to know if you've accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior. The minister looked stunned, and he said 'no. ' The whole table almost fell on the floor. The congressman was quite serious. That was his litmus test.
To be awake is to be alive.