“I was living and working with adult men who were playing a real art form. And I had been playing blues all my life. As soon as I formed my first band, we played Jimmy Reed stuff. So it wasn't like I was a white kid who was learning the blues from B.B. King records.”

American musician

Steve Miller is an American musician, born in 1943, best known as the founder and only continuous member of the Steve Miller Band. He has been the band’s frontman, principal songwriter, lead singer, and lead guitarist. He began in blues and blues rock, then moved toward a more pop-oriented arena rock sound in the mid-1970s through the early 1980s. Over that period, he released a run of popular singles and albums. In 2016, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.