Roy Ayers Quotes

But I did mine through a production company. All the music I did, I gave to the production company. Then the production company would give the record company the album. I used to do all my albums like that. It was fantastic. But now, understand, I have never planned to do anything with these other tapes. The one that are released, like the Virgin Ubiquity you have there, I wasn't going to do anything with that music. One day, I was talking to this guy that owns BBE over in England, and I said I've got some tapes and stuff that you might be interested in, and he went berserk.
Roy Ayers

Okay, he was dancing like Jamiroquai when he saw all of the tapes I had. I didn't know that he was a Roy Ayers fanatic. So we were listening to this stuff, and I was thinking, damn, this is some good stuff. You know what I'm staying? Because, you know, sometimes when you do stuff, you just say well, this is just regular stuff, nothing special.
Roy Ayers

You know, the people in England were coming up to me saying "my mother and father turned me on to your music." Now, listen to this, this happened to me 20 years ago. I'm sixty-three, and when I was forty they were saying that. so you've got to understand, it's amazing how people say that. So I said, let me tell you something, I've played for some of your mommas and daddies, and I've played for some of your grandmas and grandpas too. I mean, that's heavy. I've really enjoyed a wonderful career. I am so blessed, and I'm glad that I have a lot of faith, and I give thanks to God just for having my health, you know, that's the key.
Roy Ayers