Eric Burdon Quotes

Inside each of us, there is the seed of both good and evil. It's a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other.

You've got to create a dream. You've got to uphold the dream. If you can't, go back to the factory or go back to the desk.

I live my life, breathless... A life of constant motion and excitement. A life that many will envy and most would avoid!

I'm not bitter, I'm bittersweet.

I don't think Jimi committed suicide in the conventional way. He just decided to exit when he wanted to.

This really blew my mind, the fact that me, an over fed, long haired, leaping gnome, should be the star of a Hollywood movie.

It's the need for change that drives us to join forces with our brothers and sisters all around the world - but change is slow.

I tried to reach the combatants with my music. I tried to turn my anger into something positive. Myself, and others like me, just tried to keep rock and roll alive.

I may sing the same songs for over 40 years now but I always sing them in different ways in order to keep the excitement and passion alive.

OK, I've had a life of sort of success, some people know who I am but a lot of people don't. I feel the need to change that still.

Blues was made for the recessed.

It's more important what you leave to people on this planet. I want my legacy to exist now, currently, not after I'm gone.

Britain, and my hometown, will always be with me wherever I go and whatever I do - but I prefer to live in California.

My voice? Yeah, well, I used to drink a lot of beer when I was a kid and I sounded like a drunk in a choir. I don't drink anymore.

I've got a great dislike of reunions. It's a little like trying to go back and relive the best parts of your life, but you can't do it. Nothing is ever the same.

Have you seen 'American Idol' lately? I'm sure that some kids somewhere at this moment are thrashing themselves silly over what they call 'Rock n' Roll.

Recording - once something's done, it's done, there's not much you can do about it. It's out there and you just have to pray to the gods.

The rock biz is the low end of the creative world. Faces come and go so fast.

In a nut shell, air travel is the worst part about touring.

My activism was, and is, unknown, unannounced, but somehow effective.

I have a life beyond performance. I love it, and it probably is the better part of my life, but I do have another life.

In the day-to-day life of a traveling musician, it's easy to miss so many details. The world goes by at high-speed; it will take your breath away.

I always wanted to be a Californian. In my wildest dreams, I always liked California - it's the place where oranges grows on trees! Fruit just falls off the trees.

There are so many times in one's life, when one feels he has nothing more to offer. But no, my river has not run dry.

Everything I do - if I do it, is going to be personal.

I don't think I've ever changed. I am only one person, it's just me. I'm confident and I'm quite happy with who I am, but it's my life and I'll be what I want.

The basis of everything that I plugged into when I was younger was blues, and it always stayed with me.

From my personal point of view, the Animals are dead. They killed themselves.

Everything changes and, somewhere along the line, I'm changing with it.