Oh, he’s magic. Faulkner has opened passages in my brain. You do things you’d never expect. – Butch Trucks
When I listened to Elvin Jones, man, for the first time I heard a drummer that had all the technique plus emotion, passion, feel, and just – good God! – Butch Trucks
When I play, I stare at the left hand of whoever is playing lead. And I get to know what people are playing well enough that when they start going somewhere, once they arrive, I’m already there. – Butch Trucks
Putting together two powerful sets is always difficult. After you really pour it out one night, it’s hard to pour it out the next night. – Butch Trucks
These people that dress up in spandex trousers with all the extraordinary makeup – I find it incredibly repulsive, always have. – Butch Trucks
One that really caught me was Joe Morello. He was the first drummer I ever saw that could do a roll with one hand. He would turn his hand over and use his fingertips to get the stick bouncing. He could sit there with his right hand doing stuff on the cymbals and tom-toms while he was doing a roll with his left on the snare drum. – Butch Trucks
Eric Clapton has earned all of our respect. He is the greatest. He opened the doors for us. Without Cream, there is no Allman Brothers. – Butch Trucks
With the jam bands I’ve seen, it’s about music, and it’s about theory, and it’s about making everyone feel better with music. – Butch Trucks
Nobody is playing music like this, like the Allman Brothers, and there’s still a lot of fans out there, so that’s what we’re doing with Les Brers. – Butch Trucks
I take my laptop with me on the road. When I come home, I log onto AOL, go to the Web site, and answer questions. – Butch Trucks
When we started Allman Brothers, Atlantic Records kept telling us there was no way it was going anywhere. – Butch Trucks
After we did the last Allman Brothers Band show, my wife and I just packed up and went to France for pretty much all of 2015, and I just got bored; I got the itch. I wanna play. – Butch Trucks