Author: Dickey Betts

Quotes

As far as the music goes, I like melody.

As far as the music goes, I like melody.

- Dickey Betts

I have so many great memories of the Allman Brothers early days. It was an incredible time.

I have so many great memories of the Allman Brothers early days. It was an incredible time.

- Dickey Betts

My daddy had been a fiddler, and I heard a lot of fiddle music as a child. I had a ukulele and had played along with him.

My daddy had been a fiddler, and I heard a lot of fiddle music as a child. I had a ukulele and had played along with him.

- Dickey Betts

When I was a kid, my dad was in construction and used to move the family back and forth between central Florida's east and west coasts.

When I was a kid, my dad was in construction and used to move the family back and forth between central Florida's east and west coasts.

- Dickey Betts

I grew up in South Florida, and my family was pretty poor. We weren't your upper-class whites by any means.

I grew up in South Florida, and my family was pretty poor. We weren't your upper-class whites by any means.

- Dickey Betts

I really feel like I've written my most effective music in the instrumental realms.

I really feel like I've written my most effective music in the instrumental realms.

- Dickey Betts

I've written some songs that are pretty scary, but 'Jessica,' 'Ramblin' Man,' and 'Blue Sky' are happy songs. That's the way I wrote them: have-fun tunes to make you feel good.

I've written some songs that are pretty scary, but 'Jessica,' 'Ramblin' Man,' and 'Blue Sky' are happy songs. That's the way I wrote them: have-fun tunes to make you feel good.

- Dickey Betts

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