Quotes By Steve Cropper

Most studios in Memphis had a house set of drums; the drummers just brought their own sticks.

I had been raised on country and western in Missouri. But gospel was great.

Memphis is in a very lucky position on the map. Everything just gravitated to Memphis for years.

My favorite moment of the whole thing was when John Belushi suggested that I get a hold of all the blues records I could so I could research the music.

Lorne finally said, Do the Blues Brothers thing. The response was amazing. People went nuts.

Garry Trudeau put me in the Doonesbury strip many years ago. So I've been a cartoon once.

I lived in a hotel across the street from Disneyland for a month.

My ears won't fool me. Even when I do a session on digital, we still warm it up somewhere in the process, in mastering or mixing, running the signal through some tubes somewhere.

I could have gone on to be an engineer full time, except that there was more demand for my playing. But the love of working the board never leaves you.