“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.”
Author details
Related authors
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
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
55% 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
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
For every rockabilly festival staged here, there are 10 held overseas.
Brian Setzer
53% of people like this quote