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Eric Burdon (Singer)

Inside each of us, there is the seed of both good and evil. It's a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other.
— Eric Burdon evil
On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets, who started preaching peace, men and women who have made this world a kinder place to live.
— Eric Burdon women
Having lived in the arid deserts of Southern California since the 1970s, my interest in water conservation is a very personal concern. Water! The source of life! Some people are squandering the world's most precious resource while others have too little clean water to drink.
— Eric Burdon life
Everything changes and, somewhere along the line, I'm changing with it.
— Eric Burdon change
As far as the Animals breaking up - it was my fault. I wanted out. We took it to the max, as far as we could take it. Our reunion tour in 1983 went pretty good until we left America. Then we pushed it too hard and it fell apart.
— Eric Burdon art
I live my life, breathless... A life of constant motion and excitement. A life that many will envy and most would avoid!
— Eric Burdon life
I don't think Jimi committed suicide in the conventional way. He just decided to exit when he wanted to.
— Eric Burdon suicide
Longevity is something I never gave a second thought to. I guess it's the shadow of growing up in post WWII, but I never believed I would live past 20. Here I am though... a senior citizen... my voice and heart are stronger than ever, but boredom is the greatest enemy so I have to be careful not to slip over the edge.
— Eric Burdon art
My voice? Yeah, well, I used to drink a lot of beer when I was a kid and I sounded like a drunk in a choir. I don't drink anymore.
— Eric Burdon voice
One of my reasons for living in California is its close proximity to Mexico. The Latin influence is in every corner of the community. My love of Spanish music hasn't wavered since the '50s. I could hear the blues voicing from the Flamanco families and I always dig for inspiration in Latin music.
— Eric Burdon love
You have to be very careful how you insert new stuff, 'cause people want to hear the old stuff. It's like cooking, you know? You can't put too many peppers into the eggs... otherwise it's going to be distasteful.
— Eric Burdon people
I look upon The Animals, they were a great band initially, we left our mark, but thing was it was a band that couldn't live up to its name so I soldiered on. On one level, it was devastating for a while. On another level, maybe I should thank them for helping me make my own way in my own career.
— Eric Burdon live
I'm really still a child of the Forties. I still think about it a lot, about the repercussions of armed conflict. Until 1953 we had rationing. We couldn't buy meat, we couldn't buy pleasurable goods like cigarettes and sweets. I didn't starve - my family were lucky - but I knew what it was like standing in line waiting for foodstuffs.
— Eric Burdon family
The Animals were their own worst enemy. The Animals were a band that couldn't live up to their name. I was the singer in the band and as long as I was enjoying myself I would keep on working with the band. But it got to be rather nasty once the big money showed up - things started to turn toxic.
— Eric Burdon art
People we've encountered at pivotal moments who profoundly influence our direction are not necessarily the people whose names everybody knows. More often, they are the people who say or do just the right thing, at the right time.
— Eric Burdon time
Everything I do - if I do it, is going to be personal.
— Eric Burdon person
I may sing the same songs for over 40 years now but I always sing them in different ways in order to keep the excitement and passion alive.
— Eric Burdon passion
In the day-to-day life of a traveling musician, it's easy to miss so many details. The world goes by at high-speed; it will take your breath away.
— Eric Burdon life
It's more important what you leave to people on this planet. I want my legacy to exist now, currently, not after I'm gone.
— Eric Burdon people
The basis of everything that I plugged into when I was younger was blues, and it always stayed with me.
— Eric Burdon you
The rock biz is the low end of the creative world. Faces come and go so fast.
— Eric Burdon world
There are so many times in one's life, when one feels he has nothing more to offer. But no, my river has not run dry.
— Eric Burdon life
I feel great that I've been given a chance in the golden years of my life. To me, it's the last battle, and I've been given a chance to get stuck in some good armament, some good power, and there's a chance that now I can finish off my working years with my head held high.
— Eric Burdon life
I used to hang out a lot in jazz clubs, and the groups took to a kid like me who wasn't afraid to get up and sing with a jazz band. Then I started to hang out in rock clubs and learned to carry off different styles.
— Eric Burdon art
I was in college, and very disappointed. I majored in commercial art and interior design for three or four years. At that time, it seemed the thing I really wanted to do, production design, just wasn't available in the U.K., so I turned to music.
— Eric Burdon time
Inside each of us, there is the seed of both good and evil. Its a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other.
— Eric Burdon evil

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