I write titles of songs a lot. sometimes I'll end up writing a song that I don't have a title for and I'll say, 'Oh, this goes with that title.

- Shuggie Otis

With the groups who asked me to join them - like the Rolling Stones, Spirit, David Bowie, and Blood, Sweat & Tears - I said no right away because I w…

- Shuggie Otis

When we go into the 80's it has more of a pop feel. But it's what I wanted to do. I wasn't trying to reach. See, that's the thing with me, I never wa…

- Shuggie Otis

There were a couple of companies that wanted to put me with a producer, and I said, "Well, I just produced my last album," and I wasn't about to go b…

- Shuggie Otis

Sometimes I'll hear some music in my head or I'll go to the piano and mess around and come up with a tune, or be on the guitar and come up with some …

- Shuggie Otis

I didn't want to be a sideman. My own style was coming out and I was into my own writing. I wrote a whole album, I arranged it all with pencil and pa…

- Shuggie Otis

I was never pushed into the business. I wanted to play the guitar. When my dad found out I could play pretty good he took me into the studio one day.…

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I went to so many record labels - name any one - and they all turned me down. For some reason I just got the thumbs down for years and years. It soun…

- Shuggie Otis

I got a drum set at the age of four. I wasn't playing that well, just kind of banging around. I just wanted to play drums and my dad got me a set. I …

- Shuggie Otis