Eric Burdon Quotes

As far as the Animals breaking up - it was my fault. I wanted out. We took it to the max, as far as we could take it. Our reunion tour in 1983 went pretty good until we left America. Then we pushed it too hard and it fell apart.
Eric Burdon

Good, Hard, Pretty

Blues was made for the recessed.
Eric Burdon

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

Live, Whatever, Wherever

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

Everything, Changes, Line

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

Everything, Personal

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

Dead, Personal, Themselves

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.'
Eric Burdon

Rock, Moment, American

Having lived in the arid deserts of Southern California since the 1970s, my interest in water conservation is a very personal concern. Water! The source of life! Some people are squandering the world's most precious resource while others have too little clean water to drink.
Eric Burdon

Life, Others, Personal

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.
Eric Burdon

Dreams, Place, Wanted

I did have a life before the Animals, and I'm trying constantly to prove that I have a life after the Animals. People tend to forget that I was the frontman with War for two years. People sort of have compartmental memories.
Eric Burdon

Life, War, Forget

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

Wanted, Decided, Committed

I feel great that I've been given a chance in the golden years of my life. To me, it's the last battle, and I've been given a chance to get stuck in some good armament, some good power, and there's a chance that now I can finish off my working years with my head held high.
Eric Burdon

Life, Good, Great

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.
Eric Burdon

Life, Love, Another

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

Life, Live, Envy

I look upon The Animals, they were a great band initially, we left our mark, but thing was it was a band that couldn't live up to its name so I soldiered on. On one level, it was devastating for a while. On another level, maybe I should thank them for helping me make my own way in my own career.
Eric Burdon

Great, Live, Career

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.
Eric Burdon

Passion, May, Different

I used to hang out a lot in jazz clubs, and the groups took to a kid like me who wasn't afraid to get up and sing with a jazz band. Then I started to hang out in rock clubs and learned to carry off different styles.
Eric Burdon

Rock, Different, Learned

I was in college, and very disappointed. I majored in commercial art and interior design for three or four years. At that time, it seemed the thing I really wanted to do, production design, just wasn't available in the U.K., so I turned to music.
Eric Burdon

Music, Time, Art

I'm really still a child of the Forties. I still think about it a lot, about the repercussions of armed conflict. Until 1953 we had rationing. We couldn't buy meat, we couldn't buy pleasurable goods like cigarettes and sweets. I didn't starve - my family were lucky - but I knew what it was like standing in line waiting for foodstuffs.
Eric Burdon

Family, Waiting, Child

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.
Eric Burdon

Life, Away, Easy

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.
Eric Burdon

Good, Struggle, Evil

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.
Eric Burdon

Important, After, Leave

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.
Eric Burdon

Change, Around, Brothers

Longevity is something I never gave a second thought to. I guess it's the shadow of growing up in post WWII, but I never believed I would live past 20. Here I am though... a senior citizen... my voice and heart are stronger than ever, but boredom is the greatest enemy so I have to be careful not to slip over the edge.
Eric Burdon

Live, Heart, Enemy

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.
Eric Burdon

Drunk, Beer, Used

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Nationality: British

Born: May 11, 1941

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