Quotes by Jim Capaldi

We all had a desire and appreciation for such a wide range of music.

— Jim Capaldi

Wisdom

We loved everything. We wanted to be able to do anything.

— Jim Capaldi

Wisdom

They gave it to us for about five bucks a week, and we just went there to live. Probably the first band that ever did that back then and it became the famous cottage.

— Jim Capaldi

Wisdom

Everything that Traffic ever did, I'd give Steve a complete lyric, titled, written out with the verse, the bridge, the shape and rhyme and then Steve had to figure out how the meter of the words would fit musically.

— Jim Capaldi

Wisdom

We played at a club called, the Elbow Room. Don Carlos, the nightclub owner, was very hip and a very important person who made a big impact on my life.

— Jim Capaldi

Life

Traffic was very, very free. It was great.

— Jim Capaldi

Wisdom

But then you have to write a song, so at that point, I picked up the reins and started to write lyrics.

— Jim Capaldi

Wisdom

For me, naming bands was the forerunner to really writing lyrics, because I work off titles.

— Jim Capaldi

Success

I think you do better when you are really up for it, cause passion goes up.

— Jim Capaldi

Wisdom

After that, I specifically started writing lyrics. I would like sweat and think and get it all together.

— Jim Capaldi

Wisdom

Because I would just tell everyone it was going to be great and just put that belief in them.

— Jim Capaldi

Wisdom

Far From Home was also my idea from a magazine I'd seen.

— Jim Capaldi

Wisdom

Guys would hang out in groups just to be with the music.

— Jim Capaldi

Wisdom

I turned everybody on so, psychologically, I guess I was pushing the boundaries creativity.

— Jim Capaldi

Wisdom

Mr. Fantasy was the only song that was scribbling on a piece of paper.

— Jim Capaldi

Wisdom

So the name of a group has to say something. The name has to be strong.

— Jim Capaldi

Wisdom

There I met Gordon Jackson and Dave Meredith who were playing in local bands.

— Jim Capaldi

Wisdom

We all ended up jumping up and down, hugging each other when Ali won;cause Ali is the greatest.

— Jim Capaldi

Wisdom

You have to have a strong title. It's got to say something.

— Jim Capaldi

Wisdom

You know, I had the ability like a catalyst to really get everybody hyped up.

— Jim Capaldi

Wisdom

You try to be moody when you're young and it had a good ring to it.

— Jim Capaldi

Wisdom

This kind of music was just hitting England, so we were getting this following in clubs in Birmingham just cause we were trying to do something different.

— Jim Capaldi

Wisdom

I have always had a tremendous amount of energy and any band I was ever in from the age of fourteen, I would always be the one who would describe the future and vibe everyone up.

— Jim Capaldi

Hope

I have to confess that a strong contributing factor was that I had just taken what was probably the first acid ever made, given to me by a guy called Johnny Fellows, who had just returned from America.

— Jim Capaldi

Wisdom