Gary Clark, Jr. Quotes

I grew up with synthesizers and weird, spacey music-hip-hop, R&B, modern rock-that I heard on the radio. That's influenced the way I play music. It's natural for me to go with what I feel. If I didn't let that other stuff out and stuck to a certain format, I would feel like I was missing out on something. I'm just enjoying my ride and being who I am.

You're gonna know my name by the end of the night

For a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression.

The blues is the foundation for a lot of things. Things have branched off. It's cool how music grows, but the foundation is always there. It's not going anywhere. The blues is always going to be relevant.

Most of my songs start out as being very aggressive and guitar-driven.

You could say I'm a laid-back kind of guy.

When I was growing up, I would go hang out with older guys at night in blues clubs.

All I can do is do what I can do, and do what I know how to do. I do what I love to do, and that's pretty much it.

The guys in my band buy instruments and sell and trade them. But if I have something I hang onto it. Everything is sentimental to me.

Music is soaking up things that I see in other people or things that go on in my life, and I put it out there in the form of a song.

I never expected to be approached for an ad campaign.

I failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared.

I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.

I grew up being a huge fan of Bruce Lee, and this quote always stuck out to me. He said, "Water can flow, or it can crash. If you put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot." It always made sense to me to adapt the flow and roll with whatever the situation is and to not think about it too much and get caught up in it. It works easier for me that way.

There's so much music in Austin, and it's all so different.

I don't believe in competition, ain't nobody else like me around

I'm obsessed with fuzz pedals.