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

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" Our main thing we'd have to entertain us: All my uncles would come over, and we'd sit around the living room on a weekend night, and we'd play. That was a big event for me, getting to play. We never did have any percussion. "

" 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. "

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

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

" It's hard for people to understand that when five or six guys are together working intensely, they can really get into some duels. "

" If you've got a corporation, and you throw out one of the founding partners that is responsible in part for making the organization what it is today, you have to compensate that person. You have to come to a settlement. "

" Sometimes arguments get publicized so much that it gets blown all the hell out of proportion. "

" In 1969, I was playing guitar in several rock bands that toured central Florida. "

" Some people take me as being a rowdy, honky-tonk hero type. Some people see me as a quiet person. I guess I can be either one, you know, at any moment. "

" I don't have to do Gregg Allman songs. "

" 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. "

" I had a ukulele when I was about seven. Then I started playing around with the mandolin and the banjo. "

" People say a lot of things in the heat of the moment. But in the entertainment business, ya never say never. "

" Everything comes to an end. "

" I kind of question whether to say this or not, but it's almost like the Allman Brothers turned into an Allman Brothers tribute band. "

" As far as the music goes, I like melody. "

" I've learned to climb a tree pretty fast. "

" I wouldn't call myself a jazz player or a blues player. "

" Ramblin' was in my blood. "

" I'm sure you have arguments with your friends, but they don't get printed up and magnified in the papers. "

" Human nature is you work shoulder to shoulder in a real emotional kind of setting, and there are jealousies that come up. There's resentment, and resentment turns to just outright bad things. "