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Top 25 Buddy Guy Quotes (2025 Update)

Buddy Guy Quote: “It’s kind of hard to keep going sometimes but you just have to believe in what you are and what you can do and that’s the way to success.”

1. “It’s kind of hard to keep going sometimes but you just have to believe in what you are and what you can do and that’s the way to success.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “Blues musicians don’t retire. They drop.”

2. “Blues musicians don’t retire. They drop.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “Blues is like American Express. I don’t leave home without it.”

3. “Blues is like American Express. I don’t leave home without it.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “If you don’t think you have the blues, just keep living.”

4. “If you don’t think you have the blues, just keep living.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “I’ve never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that’s why I go on doing it – I like to see everybody smile.”

5. “I’ve never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that’s why I go on doing it – I like to see everybody smile.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “I’m gonna play something so funky you can smell it.”

6. “I’m gonna play something so funky you can smell it.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “Don’t be the best in town. Just try to be the best until the best come around.”

7. “Don’t be the best in town. Just try to be the best until the best come around.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “When I went to Chicago, I’ll put it like this: I was looking for a dime and I found a quarter.”

8. “When I went to Chicago, I’ll put it like this: I was looking for a dime and I found a quarter.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “Your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime.”

9. “Your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “So here I am – a 75-year-old man sitting on a bar stool in a blues club, trying to figure out exactly how I got here. Any way you look at it, it’s a helluva story.”

10. “So here I am – a 75-year-old man sitting on a bar stool in a blues club, trying to figure out exactly how I got here. Any way you look at it, it’s a helluva story.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “Once I was checking to hotel and a couple saw my ring with Blues on it. They said, ‘You play blues. That music is so sad.’ I gave them tickets to the show, and they came up afterwards and said, ‘You didn’t play one sad song.’”

11. “Once I was checking to hotel and a couple saw my ring with Blues on it. They said, ‘You play blues. That music is so sad.’ I gave them tickets to the show, and they came up afterwards and said, ‘You didn’t play one sad song.’”

Buddy Guy Quote: “When you play the guitar, you don’t have to say nothing. The girls would say something to you.”

12. “When you play the guitar, you don’t have to say nothing. The girls would say something to you.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “Listen to the lyrics – we’re singing about everyday life: rich people trying to keep money, poor people tying to get it, and everyone having trouble with their husband or wife!”

13. “Listen to the lyrics – we’re singing about everyday life: rich people trying to keep money, poor people tying to get it, and everyone having trouble with their husband or wife!”

Buddy Guy Quote: “If you don’t think you’ve got the blues, just keep living, and if you don’t think you’re drunk, just keep drinking what you’re drinking.”

14. “If you don’t think you’ve got the blues, just keep living, and if you don’t think you’re drunk, just keep drinking what you’re drinking.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “I love what I’m doing. And the world is so mad at everybody. If I do something to make people smile, I’m going to say, I got you. For that moment, if it don’t last, I made you forget about the other thing you might have been thinking about.”

15. “I love what I’m doing. And the world is so mad at everybody. If I do something to make people smile, I’m going to say, I got you. For that moment, if it don’t last, I made you forget about the other thing you might have been thinking about.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “Why did they keep changing guitars and amplifiers when they were perfect? They did the same things with cars, if you ask me. They forgot how to make them right, because they focused on style and bells and whistles.”

16. “Why did they keep changing guitars and amplifiers when they were perfect? They did the same things with cars, if you ask me. They forgot how to make them right, because they focused on style and bells and whistles.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “Standing between these two guys you’d have to be me to know how I’m feelin’!”

17. “Standing between these two guys you’d have to be me to know how I’m feelin’!”

Buddy Guy Quote: “I’m going through a divorce now. This is the second one, and like baseball, I’m not gonna get three strikes. I’ve been living by myself for five years and I’m very comfortable. I can play my guitar when I want to.”

18. “I’m going through a divorce now. This is the second one, and like baseball, I’m not gonna get three strikes. I’ve been living by myself for five years and I’m very comfortable. I can play my guitar when I want to.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “Even the disc jockeys are saying, if I play your record, I made you. You got to play for me free.”

19. “Even the disc jockeys are saying, if I play your record, I made you. You got to play for me free.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “I said, I’m going to stand up and somebody is going to pay attention to me.”

20. “I said, I’m going to stand up and somebody is going to pay attention to me.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “When you catch me playing something at home, it’s somebody else’s stuff where I can what we call steal licks from, and that’s how I taught myself how to play.”

21. “When you catch me playing something at home, it’s somebody else’s stuff where I can what we call steal licks from, and that’s how I taught myself how to play.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “I learn everything I play by listening to somebody else.”

22. “I learn everything I play by listening to somebody else.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “What I do is when I go to the stage I forget about me.”

23. “What I do is when I go to the stage I forget about me.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “Everyone thinks because you’re from the south you know everyone down there, but it’s not like that; I never knew nothing about no Mississippi.”

24. “Everyone thinks because you’re from the south you know everyone down there, but it’s not like that; I never knew nothing about no Mississippi.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “I can’t learn nothing from listening to me. That’s something I already know.”

25. “I can’t learn nothing from listening to me. That’s something I already know.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “I was denied a record contract for 15 years, so I’m not going to be too picky about what I do. I don’t have the juice to say no too many times.”

26. “I was denied a record contract for 15 years, so I’m not going to be too picky about what I do. I don’t have the juice to say no too many times.”

Buddy Guy Quote: “The jazz and blues clubs are like the jazz and blues musicians – they’re disappearing.”

27. “The jazz and blues clubs are like the jazz and blues musicians – they’re disappearing.”

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