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The basis of everything that I plugged into when I was younger was blues, and it always stayed with me.

From my personal point of view, the Animals are dead. They killed themselves.

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.

From Eric Burdon

Everything I do - if I do it, is going to be personal.

From Eric Burdon

Recording - once something's done, it's done, there's not much you can do about it. It's out there and you just have to pray to the gods.

From Eric Burdon

I always wanted to be a Californian. In my wildest dreams, I always liked California - it's the place where oranges grows on trees! Fruit just falls off the trees.

From Eric Burdon

OK, I've had a life of sort of success, some people know who I am but a lot of people don't. I feel the need to change that still.

From Eric Burdon

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.

From Eric Burdon

I have a life beyond performance. I love it, and it probably is the better part of my life, but I do have another life.

From Eric Burdon

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.

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