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Steve Miller
American Musician
Born: Oct 5, 1943
Always Just Me Music People You
I was exposed to jazz and blues and gospel and country music and rock, and I was the only kid I knew who knew about that stuff. Steve Miller
Music Country Jazz Kid About Only Knew Stuff Country Music Gospel Rock Blues Who Exposed
Giving a record company an album is like giving a gangster your baby or something. Steve Miller
Giving Baby Record Record Company Something Like Your Company Gangster Album
If there were 3,000 people in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the musical education would be so much better than this little elite thing. Steve Miller
Education People Better Musical Would Would-Be Hall Rock Rock And Roll Were Fame Than Roll Little Much Thing Elite
Should the Moody Blues be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? That's absurd. Of course they should be. Steve Miller
Moody Absurd Course Hall Rock Rock And Roll Fame Roll Blues Should
I've been blessed to work with so many wonderful musicians and engineers and friends over the years. Steve Miller
Work Musicians Wonderful Blessed Over Been Years Friends Engineers Many
I played American football, but I did my best work with baseball. Steve Miller
Work Best Best Work Football American Did American Football Baseball Played
We have screwed with our environment. We have a culture that's going crazy, and it's all being propelled by the trillion-dollar advertising corporations. Steve Miller
Crazy Culture Our Corporations Environment Advertising Going Going Crazy Being Screwed
Vinyl's like a really juicy steak compared to like a kind of tough steak or something. It's really good. And once you listen to vinyl and get a chance to hear it, I think anyone will enjoy it more than they will digital. Steve Miller
Good You Digital Will Tough Enjoy Think Once I Think Kind Something Steak More Like Hear Juicy Than Get Listen Anyone Really Compared Vinyl Chance
For the longest time, I was uninterested in dealing with EMI Records. Steve Miller
Time Records Longest Longest Time Dealing Uninterested
Growing up in Dallas, my first influences on the guitar were T-Bone Walker and Les Paul. T-Bone taught me how to play lead guitar behind my head and do the splits in 1951 when I was nine. Steve Miller
Me Guitar First Nine Lead Splits Lead Guitar Head How Were Up Walker Behind Taught Influences Paul Les Growing Growing Up Play Dallas
We'll go out and we'll be playing in front of 15,000 people and say, 'Hey, we're going to do three new songs from something we just recorded' and 5,000 people get up and go get a hot dog and a beer and they don't come back until they hear the opening strings of 'The Joker' or 'Fly Like an Eagle.' Steve Miller
Beer People Dog Fly Three Back Hey Say Strings Out Something Recorded Joker Songs Hot Hot Dog New Opening Come Like Until Go Hear Up New Songs Get Front Going Just Eagle Playing
Journey was a jazzy jam band when they first started. They were very out there. Steve Miller
Journey First Band Out Were Very Jam Jazzy Started
When I was a kid, I never thought I would ever be able to make records and never really thought seriously about a musical career because a musical career was being Fabian or Frankie Avalon or something. It didn't make any sense. There wasn't any possibility to get into that world. Steve Miller
World Seriously Thought Sense Musical Kid Frankie Possibility Would Able About Something Records Never Make Because Get Any Being Really Ever Career
When 'Joker' came out in '73, I finally got a viral hit. Every DJ who heard it played it. Steve Miller
DJ Every Viral Finally Out Joker Got Came Heard Hit Who Played
Each time I hit the road to gig, it still feels like I'm going to summer camp. Steve Miller
Time Summer Summer Camp Gig Road Feels Like Still Camp Hit Going Each Each Time
In some states, the population is pretty low and if 5,000 kids vote, they could completely change the political atmosphere. Steve Miller
Change Vote Political States Kids Some Pretty Atmosphere Could Low Population
There aren't that many people that cover my music. It's kind of hard to cover. Everybody always has their own spin. The only guy who didn't, I think, was Seal. It just sounded like a bad version of 'Fly Like an Eagle.' Steve Miller
Music People Fly Own Think Everybody I Think Kind Bad Spin Guy Only Like Always Cover Version Just Hard Seal Who Many Eagle
I think the audiences abroad are older and come from a more mature society. They have a different understanding of whats happening as art. Steve Miller
Art Understanding Older Think Society I Think Abroad More Come Audiences Mature Different Happening
From a small child to right now - I mean, when I was five years old, Red Norville, Tal Farlow, Charles Mingus, Les Paul, Mary Ford, people like that were coming over to my house. So I was around professional adult mature musicians who had had big careers. Steve Miller
Musicians People Old Big Charles Small Small Child Mary Adult Had Red Over Like House Ford Around Coming Were Years Five Mature Child Mean Paul Les Who Professional Now Right Careers
Growing up, I was always around adult musicians who played for their entire lives. So that's what I wanted to do, and I always had that in mind. Steve Miller
Musicians Mind Entire Entire Lives Adult Had Around Always Up Wanted Who Growing Growing Up Lives Played
I was living and working with adult men who were playing a real art form. And I had been playing blues all my life. As soon as I formed my first band, we played Jimmy Reed stuff. So it wasn't like I was a white kid who was learning the blues from B.B. King records. Steve Miller
Life Art Learning King Men My Life First Band White Living Jimmy Kid All My Life Records Adult Had Soon Stuff Like Real Reed Were Been Art Form Blues Form Formed Working Who Played Playing
You know, songs like 'Rock'n Me' were actually written to be played in large... for a hundred thousand people kind of gatherings. And a lot of what came out on 'Fly Like an Eagle' and 'Book of Dreams' was music that was put together to be played in big, big venues with big light shows. Steve Miller
Music Dreams Me You Together Book People Light Fly Big Gatherings Hundred Out Kind Thousand Songs Written Put Like Know Venues Came Were Lot Large Shows Actually Eagle Played
It's not always about huge giant commercial success. It's about art. Steve Miller
Success Art Giant About Always Huge Commercial Commercial Success
I can walk into Tower Records, go get my box set, take out my Steve Miller credit card, and the clerk will look at me and go, 'Thanks, next.' Steve Miller
Me Walk Will Thanks I Can Out Records Take Tower Look Steve Clerk Box Go Get Next Credit Card Credit Card Miller Set
What the hell is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and what does it do besides talk about itself and sell postcards? Steve Miller
Hell Besides Postcards About Talk Hall Does Rock Rock And Roll Sell Fame Itself Roll Hell Is
I love performing, and connecting with an audience never gets old for me, but it does get old for me when my audience is just only interested in something they've already heard. Steve Miller
Love Me Old I Love Something Only Never Performing Audience Does Heard Get Gets Just Interested Connecting
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