"Everything changes and, somewhere along the line, I'm changing with it." — 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.

There are some songs that don't belong to The Animals that I refuse to give in to and not do. I enjoy singing other people's songs, you know. That's why they're written in the first place.

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.

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.

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.

The rock biz is the low end of the creative world. Faces come and go so fast.

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.

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

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Everything changes and, somewhere along the line, I'm changing with it.