Author: Rick Derringer

Quotes

My family is involved and my wife Brenda is a great, great writer. She helps me with the writing of everything and also sings with me. I owe a lot to Brenda.

My family is involved and my wife Brenda is a great, great writer. She helps me with the writing of everything and also sings with me. I owe a lot to Brenda.

- Rick Derringer

I was almost kind of trapped by my own success into only doing rock.

I was almost kind of trapped by my own success into only doing rock.

- Rick Derringer

I've always been a guy who's pretty supportive, its just my nature, so I came in to the situation with the attitude that I wanted to support Johnny and make it work.

I've always been a guy who's pretty supportive, its just my nature, so I came in to the situation with the attitude that I wanted to support Johnny and make it work.

- Rick Derringer

I wanted to play some more grown-up music - jazz.

I wanted to play some more grown-up music - jazz.

- Rick Derringer

I just really longed to do music that reflected me as an adult and music that I thought was for other adults.

I just really longed to do music that reflected me as an adult and music that I thought was for other adults.

- Rick Derringer

I took the rhythm place, which a lot of people didn't know how to do the way I could, and this was really the first time that Johnny had a rhythm guitar player.

I took the rhythm place, which a lot of people didn't know how to do the way I could, and this was really the first time that Johnny had a rhythm guitar player.

- Rick Derringer

If my musical tastes are continuing to grow up, and I am not really too interested in the music that my kids listen to, then I assume that the audience is doing the same.

If my musical tastes are continuing to grow up, and I am not really too interested in the music that my kids listen to, then I assume that the audience is doing the same.

- Rick Derringer

It's a great relationship when you can work with the person who you consider to be your soul mate.

It's a great relationship when you can work with the person who you consider to be your soul mate.

- Rick Derringer

The first time I heard Johnny play at the Fillmore East, I wasn't really impressed. He had come on the scene with everybody telling me how great he was, and I didn't hear it.

The first time I heard Johnny play at the Fillmore East, I wasn't really impressed. He had come on the scene with everybody telling me how great he was, and I didn't hear it.

- Rick Derringer

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