Chet Atkins Quotes
When I was a little boy, I told my dad, 'When I grow up, I want to be a musician.' My dad said: 'You can't do both, Son'.
A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.
Years from now, after I'm gone, someone will listen to what I've done and know I was here. They may not know or care who I was, but they'll hear my guitars speaking for me.
It takes a lot of devotion and work, or maybe I should say play, because if you love it, that's what it amounts to I haven't found any shortcuts, and I've been looking for a long time.
If you hear something you like, and you're halfway like the public, chances are they'll like it too.
It took me 20 years to learn I couldn't tune too well. And by that time I was too rich to care.
Elvis changed the country music scene quite a bit; he almost put country music out of business.
