Steve Cropper

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

— Steve Cropper

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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. ↗

— Steve Cropper

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

— Steve Cropper

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

— Steve Cropper

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

— Steve Cropper

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

— Steve Cropper

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

— Steve Cropper

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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. ↗

— Steve Cropper

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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. ↗

— Steve Cropper

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