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If you listen to everybody's opinions, I mean, I always say I'd be digging a ditch on the side of the road now if I had listened to what everybody told me what to do. You know, you have to follow your heart, you have to.

~Brian Setzer

Topics: Always Digging Ditch Do You Know Everybody Follow Follow Your Heart Had Heart Know Listen Listened Me Mean Now Opinions Road Say Side You Your

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Don't be afraid to take liberties with this music. Try and put some of yourself into it.

~Brian Setzer

Topics: Afraid Liberties Music Put Some Take Try Yourself

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Elvis is not so difficult as Johnny Cash because his voice is so distinctive. If you try to copy Johnny Cash, it's just going to sound dumb.

~Brian Setzer

Topics: Because Cash Copy Difficult Distinctive Dumb Elvis Going His Johnny Johnny Cash Just Sound Try Voice You

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I'm not God's gift to rockabilly. There's great players out there, and some of them deserve a lot more than they've gotten.

~Brian Setzer

Topics: Deserve Gift God Gotten Great Lot More Out Players Rockabilly Some Than Them

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It is hard to play Blue Suede Shoes. I know everyone has heard it 10 million times, and that makes it even harder to play it, but there's a very laid back tempo on that. I was surprised at how slow it really was.

~Brian Setzer

Topics: Back Blue Even Everyone Hard Harder Heard How Know Laid Laid Back Makes Million Million Times Play Really Shoes Slow Surprised Tempo Times Very

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A lot of people put all that stuff on a pedestal, and they won't touch it. But I don't think that's the reason they did that. I think they played that stuff out of pure joy.

~Brian Setzer

Topics: Did Joy Lot Out Pedestal People Played Pure Pure Joy Put Reason Stuff Think Touch I Think

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For every rockabilly festival staged here, there are 10 held overseas.

~Brian Setzer

Topics: Every Festival Held Here Overseas Rockabilly Staged

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I basically sat down for a month, with all the Sun stuff I could find and just picked out my favorites. I didn't think that they were indicative of '54 to '57, although I tried to stay within that period.

~Brian Setzer

Topics: Although Basically Could Down Favorites Find Just Month Out Period Picked Sat Stay Stuff Sun Think Tried Were Within I Tried

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I can't tell you how many people have asked me to show them Stray Cat Strut and that little diminished run on the C. I guess my brain is wired backwards. I don't know what possessed me to do that, but I did.

~Brian Setzer

Topics: Asked Backwards Brain Cat Did Diminished Guess How How Many People Know Little Many Me People Possessed Run Show Stray Strut Tell Them Wired You

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I didn't want to take the guitar solos down note-for-note, but more or less use them as a map, and keep all the hooks from the guitar playing, and let myself come through.

~Brian Setzer

Topics: Come Down Guitar Guitar Playing Hooks Keep Less Map More More Or Less Myself Playing Solos Take Them Through Use Want

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: April 10th, 1959

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