You can't have the Allman Brothers without Butch Trucks and Gregg Allman. Those are just irreplaceable spirits.
You can remember almost every Elmore James solo by heart because he was playing songs. Nothing's wasted. Nothing's throwaway.
When you're producing your own record, you do your best to be objective and take a step back from it from time to time.
When you're improvising, you connect with people in a way you don't in normal life, strangely.
When you're dealing with the age of Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram, then everything becomes very selfish and cynical.
When you think about your heroes, it absolutely shapes how you play and who you are.
When things come up, you deal with them. However uncomfortable that is, let's have this discussion right now.
When I had the idea to build a home studio, the purpose was to start making records.
Well I've been playing an SG forever, and I've got some other vintage Gibsons I like to use in the studio.
We got our old Neve recording console, it was owned by The Kinks for a long time.
The one thing the Allman Brothers Band does not do is phone it in. They bring it every night and that's something I draw from.
The Allman Brothers Band has a long, storied history and I wouldn't count them out. It's just not in the cards for me.
Slide can sound like the most beautiful woman's voice.
People have a tendency - you let your ego get in the way of the big moments.
My grandfather's from Pinson, Alabama, all the Truckses came from there.
My earliest memories are of traveling from Jacksonville, Florida, to visit my uncle and his family in Tallahassee.
My dad was a roofer; my mom worked in elementary school.
It's funny, sometimes life just comes down to bringing a little bit of light to somebody when you can.
It's always nice with two guitarists in one band to have some contrast.
I'm a big fan of other guitar players, Duane Allman and tons of them, but I don't really love totally guitar-specific albums.
I was nine when I bought my first guitar at a garage sale.
I think we appreciate the musicianship we're surrounded with. Too many bands - it's an ego trip for the leader.
I think the first time I was at Red Rocks was my first gig as a member of the Allman Brothers Band, June of 1999.
I live in Jacksonville, Florida, but Atlanta always feels like the hometown gig.
I got a picture of me taken next to George Jones. I rarely ask for that, but he's someone I couldn't pass up.
But the Allman Brothers made some great studio records.
But I don't pretend I earned a Lifetime Achievement Award.
B.B. King wanted people to carry the torch. He wanted people to keep that music alive, and he would talk about it.
