Johnny Winter

Musician

1944-02-23

Quotes by Johnny Winter

• 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.

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

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

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