Kevin Eubanks Quotes

Inspiration is one thing and you can't control it, but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Good luck means, work hard. Keep up the good work.
Kevin Eubanks

Work, Good, Moving

I want someone who is open-minded, dedicated to whatever she is doing and isn't afraid to say I love you. As for looks, she shouldn't have three heads. I want a regular human being.
Kevin Eubanks

Love, Someone, Human

I really live a simple life and don't need very much to feel good and happy. Don't get me wrong; I believe you should get what you earn. Sometimes you have to fight for it.
Kevin Eubanks

Life, Good, Happy

I consider myself a serious musician. Doing a comedy show does not take away from that in any way.
Kevin Eubanks

Serious, Away, Show

My love life is like everyone else's - great, and then terrible.
Kevin Eubanks

Life, Love, Great

After a while I thought it didn't make any sense to use a pick. It's kind of like typing with one finger on each hand instead of using all your fingers.
Kevin Eubanks

Thought, After, Sense

Being as versatile as I am, I take offense to the notion that no serious musician would not be doing a late night talk show gig. One has to be open enough in other areas to be able to contribute to a show like this.
Kevin Eubanks

Night, Enough, Serious

Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing.
Kevin Eubanks

Dad, Made, Whatever

I am blessed to have Mom and Dad.
Kevin Eubanks

Mom, Dad, Blessed

I can pay my rent now. I guess I could always do that, but now I can get an apartment with heat.
Kevin Eubanks

Pay, Guess, Heat

I feel very honored to be playing with Bill Pierce. He's such a great musician.
Kevin Eubanks

Great, Playing, Musician

I had the fortunate experience to play with people from different schools of music. Sam Rivers is from the fundamentalist school of music.
Kevin Eubanks

Music, Experience, School

I love both my parents dearly.
Kevin Eubanks

Love, Parents, Both

I really worked with icons in the music business, which really had a strong effect on me. It wasn't just pick-up gigs.
Kevin Eubanks

Music, Business, Strong

I think Wes Montgomery is the greatest jazz guitarist that ever lived.
Kevin Eubanks

Greatest, Lived, Jazz

I thought people cared about music in a deep way, so I was writing to that spirit in people and in myself. It was me, thinking I knew what was up. Youth, who else can change the world?
Kevin Eubanks

Change, Music, Deep

I was playing violin for a long time, about 6 years. It takes a while. You need very patient people in your house when you have a violin.
Kevin Eubanks

Time, Long, While

I wish I could sing. I love singers, but I am way too shy. Scares the hell out of me.
Kevin Eubanks

Love, Wish, Hell

If you play jazz, then you play with your fingers. If you're playing rock, you use a pick. There's really no rhyme or reason to that other than that's just the way it has been.
Kevin Eubanks

Rock, Play, Reason

In most places that are rich in guitar culture, everyone uses their fingers, like in Spain or Africa. In Japan there are string instruments played that way. It is not until you get in the States that you find people using picks.
Kevin Eubanks

Find, Guitar, Rich

It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because there is nothing to defend.
Kevin Eubanks

Time, Nothing, Hard

It's shameful what's happening in this country in terms of what we deny our children.
Kevin Eubanks

Children, Country, Happening

James Brown is the reason I play guitar.
Kevin Eubanks

Play, Guitar, Reason

My love life doesn't stink; it's nonexistent.
Kevin Eubanks

Life, Love, Stink

People see my current success but don't realize I've worked hard to get where I am. I used to clean garbage off the Philadelphia docks and put a lot of time into developing my music.
Kevin Eubanks

Success, Music, Time

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Nationality: American

Born: November 15, 1957

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