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George Benson

I like to sing because my mother was a singer. She sang to me all the time, so I learned to love singing. I did have a career as little 10-year-old George Benson. I made my first record as a vocalist, but I’ve been playing guitar since I was 9.

– George Benson

George Benson

If you play music for the right reasons, the rest of the things will come. The right reason to play music is that you love it. That’s why I play music. I never imagined that I was going to be doing this, especially because I never thought of myself as an instrumentalist.

– George Benson

George Benson

I Want To Hold Your Hand’ is a great classic by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, I sure love that song. I did like the classic version, a rock-oriented song, then someone heard me do it with the Grant Green approach – Grant Green and Larry Young did it, with a bossa nova beat on the funky side.

– George Benson

George Benson

I’ve done two albums for Concord Records; one was with Al Jarreau and it did very well for us. The second album was called ‘Songs And Stories,’ and it had good songs and good performances, but I promised them I would do an album that was more jazz-oriented.

– George Benson

George Benson

I don’t particularly fall in love with my own compositions, but some of them are decent.

– George Benson

George Benson

We don’t live in a jazz world, unfortunately. I think if I had lived in a jazz world, I would have done OK. I’m not sure I would have done great. I’m a lover of jazz music, so I would have been happy, don’t get me wrong. I go to jazz concerts like the biggest jazz fan in world. The drag is that I don’t play jazz for a living.

– George Benson

George Benson

The jazz rhythm won’t be understood by the bulk of my audience. That’s the problem. We can get away with maybe one tune a night. It depends on where we place it. A song like ‘Beyond the Sea,’ the fans love that. It’s fresh.

– George Benson

George Benson

I think I’m more entertainer than musician. I like to get with the crowd, make this night special for them.

– George Benson

George Benson

One thing all the way through the show to me is boring. I don’t care how great the artist is. I find that if my audience is very young, and they want to hear very young songs, my show will be dominated by that. But there’ll be some ballads here and there and some swing tunes.

– George Benson

George Benson

I have seven boys.

– George Benson

George Benson

I’ve always hated rejection; I only want to go out there when I know I’ve got it right.

– George Benson

George Benson

My whole life, I’ve never worried about being No. 1, because that’s the guy they’ve got to get out of there.

– George Benson

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