Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore. Chet Atkins
Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.
Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it. Chet Atkins
Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it.
If you hear something you like, and you're halfway like the public, chances are they'll like it too. Chet Atkins
If you hear something you like, and you're halfway like the public, chances are they'll like it too.
You shape your own destiny. Chet Atkins
You shape your own destiny.
Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre. Chet Atkins
Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
Years from now, after I'm gone, someone will listen to what I've done and know I was here. They may not know or care who I was, but they'll hear my guitars speaking for me. Chet Atkins
Years from now, after I'm gone, someone will listen to what I've done and know I was here. They may not know or care who I was, but they'll hear my guitars speaking for me.
I'll always be poor in my mind. Chet Atkins
I'll always be poor in my mind.
A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that. Chet Atkins
A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.
