Car Collecting Quotes

I've always had an affinity and a passion for cars and that whole car culture.

L.A. has a fantastic car scene and because the climate is so gentle, cars can last forever.

My dad is into cars.

I've always wanted to build a '37 Lincoln Zephyr.

I love American muscle cars. It's my thing.

I just like cars, period. I can find something to like about pretty much any car. I've had as much fun whipping around Italy in a little Mini Cooper as I've had whipping through Miami in a Bentley GT.

Man, have I become a car guy!

I'm a car nut. My father was a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership.

I've never wanted to drive a car fast for the sake of it. I mean, I like nice cars. I've got the Bentley, I've had a Lotus, I've had a Rolls-Royce and a few Jaguars, including an E-type. But I'm not somebody for driving tremendously fast.

I'm not a collector. I don't like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate.

Our dad is not one to impart advice or gloat or reminisce about the good old days. But he's a race car guy, been a car guy forever, and he always wants to talk about cars.

I'm just a big kid; I get excited. That's probably the one thing in life that I get really excited about is cars.

I'd never had much interest in cool cars.

My Picassos and Ferraris - those are kind of just toys. Those aren't the things that matter. What matters in the car collecting or the art collecting is to learn about it, and then actually not the acquisition but to put them into a collection that I think is curated. You know, so something of me in the collection that the artist actually created the work. If I was going to collect art, it had to be something of me, my eye, things that appeal to me so when I looked at it, it would really look like a collection, not just an accumulation of stuff.

'Cars' is a really personal story for me because, first of all, I grew up in Los Angeles - the car crazy capital.

I was just always into nice cars and the experience that goes along with them.

I like the old-school muscle cars.

Growing up in Southern California, it's all car culture. When I was a kid, I knew every single model of every single car dealer; I knew every style of every year.

I love old cars. They're hard to maintain - I've had a few myself - but great to drive.

Cars are my life. They're my everything, and if it has a motor, I love it.

I have been interested in V8s for a long time.

Cars mean nothing to me. I'm not a car guy.

I grew up in Texas, and people love their American-made muscle cars there. I grew up around people who loved cars and took care of cars and my dad's a big car nut, so I learned a little bit about cars - how to love them, most importantly. I think that from the time I could remember, I've always envisioned myself in a vintage muscle car.

I really love muscle cars. I don't think people might realize that about me. I really want to go to an auto auction and blow my life savings on a Camaro. They have such design around them, such panache.

I'm as passionate as any car owner or car collector that has one car or 300 cars.