Top 32 Quotes by Roy Ayers

I've been sampled so much and I'm glad it's happened, it's a great compliment.

I don't like rap that you can't understand. The youth is so quick and alert.

When I was recording from '70 to '82, I always played piano and laid the tracks down. But I used to talk to the other musicians while the track was playing.

Some people really trip on success or popularity. My friends would talk to me about that, about tripping on all this stuff, but you know what I tripped on? I started buying property.

I don't trip on that much. I just like to enjoy life and be happy.

Back in the day, I used to be in the studio recording 20 hours a day. And that was all of the time. I still record a lot of hours, but I don't go as long as I used to.

Artists don't always know. Almost every song I ever recorded that was a hit at the majors that the promotional people picked I didn't think it would be a hit. I was wrong every time!

I generally sell my records online or at the show. You can undersell the distributor and the stores, and people know what they're getting cause they've just seen you live.

I'm celebrating my 40th year in show business this year.

Soul has no musical geographical or racial boundaries.