Scotty Moore

“I'd listen to the singer, what he was doing, and I would try to play something that would complement that.”

“When I heard him, I knew that he was a star, because he didn't sound like anybody else.”

“The first time I saw him, he had on a pink shirt and pink pants and white shoes. I thought, 'This is a character.'”

“I always felt like I was just playing what the song needed.”

“It was a magic time. We were all young and full of energy.”

“All I wanted to do was make a living playing the guitar.”

“We didn't know we were creating a new type of music. We were just having fun.”

“I wanted to be a farmer. A musician was the last thing I ever had on my mind.”

“It was all new to everybody, including us.”

“The music we made, it just had a raw energy to it.”

“He had a different type of voice, and he had a different way of phrasing.”

“My mother and father taught me the first few chords and I just went from there.”