A lot of people put all tha... by Brian Setzer, an American Musician

Brian Setzer Quotes

“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.”

50% of people like this quote

Brian Setzer

Author details

Name: Brian Setzer

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Apr 10, 1959

Profession: Musician

Related authors

Pete Townshend Eric Clapton Phil Lesh

Max Weinberg Nana Mouskouri Shirley Manson

Other Brian Setzer Quotes

We weren't afraid to mix some crazy styles into the standard rockabilly look. We also took a lot of different musical influences that were part of that era.

Brian Setzer

57% of people like this quote

I wanted to go back to Sun. Unfortunately, most of the gear is gone from Sun. The way I take it now, it's almost like a tourist destination. So, it would have been pretty difficult to have brought all the gear into Sun to make it like it was in the '50's.

Brian Setzer

54% of people like this quote

The biggest challenge for me was Get Rhythm. I don't know why.

Brian Setzer

54% of people like this quote

With the Stray Cats at least, we really took the music somewhere else. First, we wrote our own songs. That's a real weak point in modern classics if you do rockabilly or blues.

Brian Setzer

53% of people like this quote

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

53% of people like this quote

View all Brian Setzer quotes