“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 backwards.” WellsSaidWantedLastsCompanyCoupleAlbumsProducersBackwards Author: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 paper. I did eventually do a lot of work with my father, but that was different. I was living at home; I wasn't a starving musician. I wasn't spoiled, but I wasn't going to have some producer come in and tell me what to play.” WantWritingDifferentPlayWholeHomeFatherMy OwnStylePaperMusicianAlbumsProducersComing OutPencilsStarvingSpoiledMy Own Style Author:Shuggie Otis
“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 sounds like I'm making that up, but it's true. I'm too serious about music and my creations to take just any kind of deal. 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 backwards.” KindReasonCreationSeriousCoupleProducersBackwards Author:Shuggie Otis
